· 21 years of experience in Telecom/Data Center/IT (Enterprise and Edge) domain across India and global landscape spanning market trends, provider relationships & pricing dynamics, core/edge/access network, Datacentre, and technology evolution.
· Leading all connectivity design activities and responsible to direct, coordinate, and provide technical expertise in all design changes, design transfers.
· Quality support and co-ordination with different teams in the technical support of Manufacturing, Quality, and R&D to resolve product and/or safety issues
· Overall responsibility for maintaining Network systems and Services, ensuring Service Levels
· Drive business value of Telecom/Enterprise/IT and reduce operational expenses
· Lead and WIN major dedicated build OTT RFPs (NLD: Amazon, Google, Metro: Amazon, Meta, Microsoft) & DCs (STT/Adani/Princeton/L&T/Yotta/CapitaLand/JPMC etc)
· Well-rounded experience across multiple roles and responsibilities that combine business and technology skills to think, plan, articulate, convince, collaborate, and execute network infrastructure strategy
· Strategy & Scaling: focused on wireline & wireless network and DC design and deployment projects Build relations with local authorities, ISP, Telcos, Specialized connectivity providers
· Administer network key KPI parameters, Performances, process and procedures
· More than 15+ years of experience and expertise to closely work along with GOVT(DOT/TRAI) authorities to finalize guidelines, policy decisions.
· Product development experience in customer/captive networks for Transmission/IP Products, Capex/Opex budgeting& optimization
· Lead global network rollout spanning planning, engineering, partnering, business case, negotiation, contracting, acquisition, deployment, expansion & upgrade, and lifecycle management.
· Planning, Requirement analysis, KPI analysis, Budgeting, Resource management, Feasibility Studies, Project and Technical support
· Knowledge about DC passive network, Interconnect and MMR (Meet me room) architecture design and operations
· Manage internal and third-party teams to produce high quality designs of HFC, FTTX and B2B networks
· Technology: OTN, IP, IPMPLS, MPLS-TP, DWDM, ROADM& FOADM, CCNA, 4G, SDH, Microwave, GPON, XGPON, Internet Peering, XGS-PON
· An effective communicator with strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.
· CCNP Enterprise // CCNA (Candidate ID: CSCO12737419)//ITIL4 (Code: 1751628) Certified
· Lead Auditor Certificate from BVQI (ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-27001: 2005) to plan, develop, implement and sustain a process framework of policies, procedures
Connectivity design