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R Dhamotharan

R Dhamotharan

Chennai

Summary

A seasoned Solution Architect with a proven track record at Ericsson India Global Services Ltd, I excel in client relationship management and systems design. My expertise in cross-functional team leadership and technical project management has driven successful 5G deployments and innovative customer implementations, showcasing my ability to enhance business solutions through strategic cloud computing and microservices architecture.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solution Architect

Ericsson India Global services Ltd
08.2014 - Current
  • Supported customer implementations and confirmed success through identification and application of repeatable best practices.
  • Developed strategies for ensuring successful deployment of new solutions into production environments.
  • Created detailed design documents that outlined system architecture, security measures, and integration points with other systems.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams in the execution of 5G projects.
  • Piloted proof of concept initiatives to validate architectural approaches and technologies.
  • Analyzed existing systems and identified gaps between current system capabilities and customer requirements.
  • Established metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of architectural solutions.

Assistant Manager

Aircel limited
05.2013 - 07.2014
  • Deploy the Technical Expertise to meet the Businesses Level Requirement and defining Revenue KPI’s and performs the close trend to identify & manage increased Leakage Scenario’s
  • Increase the Scope of RA objective to include the revenue enhancement & Cost saving
  • Providing Technical support Revenue Assurance Function
  • Active participant in RA transition from Circle Level to Centralization of RA Operation
  • Business Case Creation, Simulation & Validation for All Network Related Commissioning & Migration Activity
  • Deploy Network Related TRAI/Business Requirement and same to be cascade to Down Stream
  • Mediation, Billing Logic Analysis, Validation in Pre-production & production system
  • Circle Vise Daily/fortnight/Monthly Dashboard to Top Panel for Revenue Leakage & Saving information

Core Engineer

Nokia siemens Limited
03.2010 - 03.2013
  • Centralized Technical Support for Core implementation and Up-gradation Audit & Acceptances Test Activities and Providing Onsite Technical support for circle teams based upon agreement for certain period & during Emergency situations
  • End to End Code Network Design and Optimization of Core Element
  • Onsite Support for Second Level Technical Support ATCA NSS Element
  • Providing Level-2 Operation and Maintenance Support to Regional teams for NSN Entities MSS, MGW & SGSN, One-NDS (Network Directory Server) based HLR.
  • Database Configuration, Verification & Implementation of New features for NSN Entities MSS.
  • Performed & managed implementation Mobile Number portability.
  • CDR analysis & CDR Exchange with Different Operator who involved the AT process

Network Engineer

Aircel Business Solution
09.2008 - 02.2010
  • Effective planning, maintenance, and expansion of the NLD/ILD (TDM & NGN) network, establishing POIs with international carriers, monitoring network performance, reducing OPEX, and providing suggestions for improving reliability and quality of service provided to operators and customers.
  • Forecasting traffic growth using inputs from sales and marketing teams, and deciding the capacity to be expanded for equipment and bandwidth.
  • Managed a routing team that implements cost-effective routing based on day-to-day requirements given by the business team.

NSS Engineer

Reliance Communication
10.2007 - 09.2008
  • Surveillance and preventive maintenance of NSS elements, and conducting AT for newly installed switches. Spare maintains RMA tracking for the faulty cards.
  • Operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of NSS elements, and carry out preventive maintenance operations on basic SLA.
  • Creation of SS7, SIGTRAN links, POI augmentation, and creation of dial plans, and executing dial plans as per the requirement.
  • Conducting acceptance tests for newly commissioned MSCs and MGWs, and clearing pending punch points.

Monitoring Engineer

Nokia siemens Limited
08.2006 - 10.2007
  • Providing First Level Support for Network Element, Fault Escalation & tracking of Services affecting related issues
  • Hardware Faults: Faults in the Hardware of MSC, HLR, and BSC.
  • Analysis of all Network parameter& raise trouble ticket to field team report in case of exceed the threshold value of quality parameter

Education

BCA -

Alagappa University
01.2019

MBA -

Jaro Education
01.2012

Diploma in Electronic And Communication -

DOTE
04-2006

Skills

  • Requirements gathering
  • Client relationship management
  • Systems design
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Technical project management
  • Performance optimization
  • Migration strategies
  • Customer implementation
  • System integration planning
  • Containerization technologies
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Systems design analysis
  • Cloud computing expertise
  • Microservices architecture
  • Business solutions

Certification

  • CKA Certifed
  • ETCP – 5GC Associate Certified
  • ETCP - 5G Packet Core and Policy certification- Certified
  • SSCA- Sip School certified Associate.
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer REL.7 Certified

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12/17/87
  • Nationality: Indian

Languages

  • English
  • Tamil

Hobbies and Interests

Reading

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.

Awardsrecognitions

  • SDEA Award -2023
  • Key Contributor Award-2020 and 2023
  • Rock Star & Power Awards MMEA Deliveries
  • Key Contributor Award -2013

Key Clients

  • MSB-Sweden -5GC DMC delivery, 04/2024 ongoing, Solution Architect Design and deployment, PCC, CCPC, Solution preparation and securing the approval., Geo-red and MOCN design and implementation, Scope analysis and estimation, Extensive trouble shooting Support for Integration and Internal Verification.
  • Jersey Telecom- UK-5GC E2E delivery, 03/2024 ongoing, Lead Solution Architect Design and deployment, PCC, PCG, WMG, SGSN, CCPC, LPG, Solution preparation and securing the approval., Dimensioning, deployment & expansion of PCC, PCG on Ericsson full stack in production & lab., AAT test case design for functional areas, MOP review and approval for LCM of PCx nodes and ECCD cluster checks
  • Polkomtel -Poland, cMME delivery, 03/2023 ongoing, Solution Architect, Low level design and deployment, PCC(MME), CIQ, HLD and LLD preparation and securing the approval., E2E Solution verification based on Present network Topology., Traffic migration strategy and solution verification from Legacy Nodes, Analysis of Upgrade feasibility and effort estimation for PCC-MME 1.27 and 1.34 version, Extensive trouble shooting Support for Integration and Internal Verification
  • DCMS -UK-DCMS DMC delivery, 03/2023 to 08/2023, Solution Architect & Solution Integrator, Low level design and deployment, PCC, PCG, E2E Solution verification and validation of TS Small 2.0, Deploy and integration of Paco nodes with self-sign TLS. Even Small 2.0., 3rd party integration with Spirent Core Simulator (AMF, SMF) as multi-vendor integration, Supporting the TOL & TI creation for functional & non-functional areas., Implement extensive security assurance and hardening in paco nodes.
  • BSI 5G- Germany-BSI 5G DMC delivery, 10/2022 to 03/2023, Technical lead, Low level design and deployment, PCC, PCG & CCPC, LLD Preparation for Small 5G DMC 1.0 deployment., Preparation of Value files for PCC, PCG and CCPC node., Deployment of PCC, PCG & CCPC with small DMC 1.0 deployed over Ericsson CNIS., Supporting the TOL & TI creation for functional & non-functional areas., Verification and support for AAT test case design for functional areas.
  • BTBD France,vSAPC Scale out and redeployment, 08/2022 to 09/2022, Integration Engineer, Deployment, WMG2.5, MOP prepared for the redeployment of ePDG., Redeployed the ePDG through direct CEE (Existing config was not available hence it is considered a new deployment)., Integrate the nodes as per LLD design and did the comparison check., Physical license loaded and checked all working fine without having any issues., Post-checks were performed and did the babysitting for a week to ensure no issue was observed from the node end., Support and checks performed during traffic migration for 2 live environments.
  • DTAC Thailand- Remote-CS & PS Planning and Optimization, 01/2020 to 06/2022, Solution Architect, Planning design & optimization, MSC, CSCF, ATS, USN & UGW, Optimization of CS, PS and IMS performance and capacity KPIs, Perform the monitoring and failure analyzing following KPIs Registration Success Rate, Call completion rate, Connection delay and services retainability on regular basis., Planning design and dimensioning of MME/P-GW/S-GW/ SBC/ IMS/ MSC/ MGW/P/I/S-CSCF/MGCF/MRF/MRS nodes connectivity design routing design with legacy network, Pre/Post analysis performed after the upgrade or capacity expansion.
  • DTAC Thailand-Remote-5GC Deployment support, 05/2021 to 11/2021, SA, LLD Preparation Support, PCC, PCG, Verification of 3.x SW upgrade procedure in lab on Native EPG from SW version 1.10 to 3.x., Supporting the deployment & expansion of PCC, PCG on Ericsson full stack in production & lab., E2E Online & Offline Charging & policy design & testing., TOL & TI creation for functional & non-functional areas., MOP preparation for LCM of PCx nodes.
  • TTD Denmark-Remote- Design Document Preparation, 10/2021 to 12/2021, Solution Architect EPC, LLD, MME (Mkviii), vEPG, vWMG, Scope and activity plan preparation, LLD Preparation for EPC nodes using CCR tool., Planning input validation and recommendation.
  • Asiacell Iraq-Onsite-CS & PS Core Audit and Special event Management, 08/2019 to 01/2020, Core Technical Lead, Auditing, Forecasting & Event management, SGSN, GGSN, DNS, SAPC, Capacity Audit and identify the bottlenecks for special event and Traffic profiling and forecasting., Performance and configuration audit for CS and PS node, Traffic redistribution preparation and implementation to mitigate the traffic overload., Optimization of PS (ASR, PDP, PSR,RAU, IRAT)& CS (LUSR,PSR,HOSR) Mobility KPIs & License Capacity Audit.
  • Tigo & Airtel Rwanda-Onsite,Core Consolidation, 09/2018 to 07/2019, Solution Architect & Solution integrator, Design & integration, MSC, MGW & HLR, Huawei PGW Gy and PDP measurement analysis to identify the traffic trend towards Gy interface., HLD preparation for MPLMN feature implementation., Consolidation of Core nodes between two operators and Data Migration from Classic HLR to Layered., Integration of full mess connectivity in core level., MSC & MGW pool Implementation & Core SW upgrade to latest level., GLR based roaming implementation.
  • Tigo & Airtel RSSA-Hybrid, MMEA, SW Upgrade Support, 10/2016 to 09/2019, Lead Solution Architect, Impact report Preparation, Capability & MDE analysis and SWDP Preparation, UDM, MSC, MGW, Analysis of Network Compatibility and proposing for SW level., Preparing the NIR for desired SW level., Troubleshooting of prerequisite issue., Supporting the fault fixing of CUDB and HLR-FE during the project phase., Perform Dimensioning exercise for forecasting DSG and PLDB in special case., Performing regular HC for CUDB & HLR-FE node., Supporting for ordering SW and CID preparation., MDE analysis and ordering for uplifts., Managing technical query from the SWDP team and support for solution.
  • Zain IRAQ- Circuit Core Network Optimization and Performance improvement. Nokia Nodes, 07/2016 to 11/2017, MS Engineer, Planning & Optimization, MSC, MGW, Managed Services Solution Support & Quarterly Audit Reports Generation., Provide solutions for the KPI improvements during degradation., Activity planning for any change in the network and CR Creation & coordination., KPI improvement presentations & Weekly Performance Report preparation.
  • Tigo Tanzania-Onsite, MMEA, Tigo Tanzania Africa – MNP Implementation Project, 02/2016 to 08/2016, Solution integrator, Implementation, UDM, Preparation of DLD for MNP rolls out and DT Preparation and implementation., Solution Analysis and update in case of any changes in the Solution., Aligning the Other stack holder for MNP Implementation and Testing., Knowledge the transfer to MS team and customer for E2E MNP Call flow and functionality perspective.
  • Airtel RSSA- Airtel Manage Capacity Project and Airtel Madagascar Africa – Core Network Relocation Project, 02/2014 to 12/2015, Senior Engineer, Planning, Design and Dimensioning, MSC, MGW & HLR, HLD & DLD preparation for New Node integration and existing Node Migration for One Location., Analyse complex customer requirements and propose technical E2E solutions in new areas and domains during customer projects., End to end network design and optimization for Ericsson Core nodes (MSC-S,M-MGW and HLR)., Proposing network expansion based on the network utilization and business requirements., Driving Add on Sales and business opportunities during the entire process to contribute to increase sales volumes to the Service Delivery Unit., Capacity planning of License, feature, node parameter, interfaces Utilization, Mobility/Session Log analysis, IMSI series, throughput analysis, APN performance analysis.

Accomplishments

· SDEA Award -2023

· Key Contributor Award-2020 and 2023

· Rock Star & Power Awards MMEA Deliveries

· Key Contributor Award -2013

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Solution Architect

Ericsson India Global services Ltd
08.2014 - Current

Assistant Manager

Aircel limited
05.2013 - 07.2014

Core Engineer

Nokia siemens Limited
03.2010 - 03.2013

Network Engineer

Aircel Business Solution
09.2008 - 02.2010

NSS Engineer

Reliance Communication
10.2007 - 09.2008

Monitoring Engineer

Nokia siemens Limited
08.2006 - 10.2007
  • CKA Certifed
  • ETCP – 5GC Associate Certified
  • ETCP - 5G Packet Core and Policy certification- Certified
  • SSCA- Sip School certified Associate.
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer REL.7 Certified

BCA -

Alagappa University

MBA -

Jaro Education

Diploma in Electronic And Communication -

DOTE
R Dhamotharan