Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Present Organization
Previous Organizations
Project Handled
Timeline
Saurabh Choudhary

Saurabh Choudhary

Technical Project Manager
Noida

Summary

Communication technology expert with 16+ years of experience in Project management, operation and maintenance, NOC operations, Incident management, troubleshooting and technical support, Integration, vendor management, network optimization.

Experience on gNB, eNB, Node B, BTS, Outdoor Small Cell, Indoor Small Cell and ESC sites, WiFi, Router, MW and UBR links, Ericsson eNB and gNB, Samsung eNodeB, Alcatel 9130 BSC & A9100 BTS, ZTE iBSC, SDR 8800 & 8900 BTS, RNC & Node B, WiFi Aps like Ruckus, Cisco, Mojo, Samsung ISC.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Engineer

Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
09.2022 - Current
  • Team lead Integration

Deputy Manager

Reliance Jio Infocom Limited, Reliance Corp IT Park Limited, Reliance Digi Platform & Projects Services Limited
03.2016 - 09.2022
  • L2 RF Engineer

Assistant Manager

Idea Cellular Ltd.
12.2015 - 03.2016
  • AM- Operation and maintenance

Manager

Reliance Telecom Limited, ALUMS India Private Limited, Essjay Ericsson Private Limited
02.2008 - 12.2015
  • Zonal Technical Manager

Education

B.E. (EC) from Bansal Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal, Affiliated to R.G.P.V. in 2007.

Skills

    Project Management

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Certification

PMP®, PMI, 2024-2027

Present Organization

Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.- Team lead integration for AT&T

  • Pre and post launch of network deployment services for AT&T
  • Meetings with customer and deployment team for launch and readiness of 5G services
  • Guiding and support team to achieve the monthly target of sites, Responsible for high level analysis, diagnosis and problem solving on the RAN
  • Review detailed Network integration design as well as all approved documentation from integration phase
  • Analysis of post logs to find issues if any
  • Record all required changes as per approved change management process
  • Launch sites and declare on air, site certification and ROC report submission
  • eNB upgradation, sector/carrier addition, RRH swap, BBU swap, RET scripting & Troubleshooting.

Previous Organizations

Reliance Jio Infocom Limited, Reliance Corp IT Park Limited, Reliance Digi Platform & Projects Services Limited- L2 RF engineer, Project coordinator

  • Operation and maintenance of eNB, SMC, ESC and WiFi sites, managed infra of SMC, ESC and WiFi sites
  • Coordinate with IP vendors to improve the network performance and better customer experience
  • Analyzing NWA and periodic interaction with team for improving RAN Network Availability
  • Audit of sites on monthly basis as per site audit plan
  • Follow for RCA of critical faults of network and ensure resolution, Correlate the various KPI's affecting HW alarms and take the necessary action
  • Planning & scheduling of field implementation activities related to network change, Review plans and evaluate the operational impact of the network changes
  • Ensure Preventive and corrective maintenance tasks implementation by NOC & field teams as per process to improve the quality of the network
  • Alarm monitoring & troubleshooting, provide support to team members, resolve zero call sectors, LUT sectors/site, Optimization
  • Providing L2 Support in coordinate with NOC/Vendor to ensure Network issues resolutions within the committed SLA. Coordinate with NOC team for configuration and troubleshooting
  • Ensure implementation of MOPs and processes for smooth running of day-to-day operations in coordination with NHQ/Vendor
  • Initiating planned events for Network optimization, Network expansion & Software Upgrade
  • Repairs and purchase of tools and test equipment
  • Quality check and Acceptance of new sites, HOTO of new sites
  • Support in new site planning, acquisition and RFS, Co-ordinate with vendor for RFR of new sites
  • eNB, ESC, OSC and WiFi site integration for coverage and capacity solution, sector addition, RRH swap, RET configuration
  • Site dismantle work as per requirement of RF planning for LUT sites
  • Vendor management, Inventory management, vehicle management


Idea Cellular Ltd- Cluster Iead of Panna region

  • Operation & maintenance all BTS, MW & Infra (DG, SMPS, Battery, EB)


Essjay Ericsson Pvt. Ltd- Zonal Technical Manager at Gwalior (M.P.)

  • Looked over 07 BSC, 01 RNC and 490 BTS sites of Reliance Communications Ltd. (2G/3G) MS account
  • Supervising operation & maintenance of all network elements
  • Analyzing NWA and periodic interaction with team for improving RAN Network Availability
  • Meeting with customer (RCOM) and IP vendors for infra issues
  • Providing support to field engineers for troubleshooting of BSC, BTS and transmission equipment
  • Co-ordinate with NOC, OMCR, Switch & RF team for network related issues
  • Work in sync with passive infra provider & fiber team
  • Preventive & all scheduled maintenance checks of BSS and transmission equipment
  • Spare management, Vehicle management
  • Performance Report analysis, RF KPI and troubleshooting. Ensure no zero calls sectors in cluster and resolve LUT sector


Alcatel-Lucent Managed Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., Reliance Telecom Ltd.- BSS SME, Project coordinator, O&M engineer

  • L2 support for Alcatel BTS & BSC for M.P. circle
  • Coordinate with OMC team for TC & MFS related issues/activities
  • Track ATER/Signaling link utilization & augmentations where necessary
  • Review status of E1 fluctuations & initiate corrective actions on field
  • Track service affecting alarms, zero call cells and act for resolution, Reset block TRX on daily basis
  • BTS re homing activities as per NPO team guidelines, addition of hardware for congested cells by reframing HW from low utilization sites
  • Review & act on any BSS related outages, Initiate, track & execute BSS related planned events
  • Managed all project activities in cluster
  • Publishing action plan to achieve target, Track RFT declarations & status of new on-air or upcoming sites, maintain daily progress report tracker
  • Subcontractor management to ensure that the targets are met or exceeded
  • Give training to subcontractors for installation, commissioning & integration of ALU BTS for circle
  • Coordinate with MW / Transport /Performance/ OMCR teams for project related activity
  • Co-ordinate with other telecom representative for integration of new sites
  • Material planning and interaction with Circle team and Circle WH
  • O&M of Motorola BTS &BSC, Alcatel GSM BTS & BSC, ZTE GSM SDR BTS, ZTE iBSC & RNC, NodeB
  • Operation and maintenance of Fibcom Mux & NEC PDH and SDH Transmission equipment
  • O&M of DG, BB, SMPS, EB and utility alarm extension to NOC
  • Preventive maintenance of BSC and BTS as per schedule
  • Resolve service affecting alarms and zero call sectors

Project Handled

  • Deployment of OSC, ECS, WIFi for Reliance Jio- More than 350 OSC, 400 ESC 3000 WiFi Aps.
  • BTS I & C- Launched more than 400 BTS, including 3G.
  • BTS Swap- Motorola to Alcatel & Alcatel to ZTE, more than 150 BTS swapped.
  • BTS Rehome- From one BSC to another as per requirement of performance team, BSC traffic & TRX utilization, more than 100 BTS rehomed.
  • MW upgradation- From NEC PDH to NEC IPRADIO, required for 3G launching.
  • Utility handover from RCOM to ALUMS- Act as a coordinator in passive infra handover from RCOM to ALUMS, this includes DG, Battery Bank, SMPS, Air conditioner, Shelter, SEB etc.

Timeline

PMP®, PMI, 2024-2027

01-2024
Senior Engineer - Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
09.2022 - Current
Deputy Manager - Reliance Jio Infocom Limited, Reliance Corp IT Park Limited, Reliance Digi Platform & Projects Services Limited
03.2016 - 09.2022
Assistant Manager - Idea Cellular Ltd.
12.2015 - 03.2016
Manager - Reliance Telecom Limited, ALUMS India Private Limited, Essjay Ericsson Private Limited
02.2008 - 12.2015
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Saurabh ChoudharyTechnical Project Manager