Experienced telecommunication professional with strong troubleshooting, design & planning, network performance management and Project Engineer experience.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Network performance Lead
Bharti Airtel Network, Ericsson Global Services Limited
, India
04.2020 - Current
Performing daily network performance reports and providing subsequent suggestions/proposals for improvement in KPIs.
Verified VoLTE telephony voice services, CSFB (Circuit-Switch Fallback) and SRVCC (Single Radio Voice Call Continuity), Handover Scenarios in different RAN environments
Improve Network KPIs (Call drop rate, Network availability, call success rate, Access fail, Traffic congestion, Good quality speech) by reducing hardware issues and network outages
Involved in IMS core resolution and isolation to elements such as P-CSCF, I-CSCF, S-CSCF, MGCF and BGCF and TAS/AS
Resolving problems through individual analysis of UE, eNodeB and EPC elements like MME, S-GW, P-GW, PCEF, PCRF, HSS
Worked in validation call flow testing traversing RAN/LTE/EPC and IMS Core x-CSC functions, SIP
Diameter referenced interfaces
Manage processes and relationships with senior customer representatives, vendors, and internal stakeholders
Working in close coordination with peer teams (RAN, Transmission etc.) to ensure network is in healthy state
Overall responsibility for Packet Core related vendor analysis of new products, services and software
Responsible for day-to-day management of packet core systems
Responsible for management and maintenance of correct design and planning procedures and processes
Responsible for provision of capacity forecast
Execute policy compliance checks on all Core Services systems and solutions
Maintain very high systems availability in Packet Core Network domain
Timely deployment software patches and releases to all Core Data Systems
Assisted with technical support activities assessment of client needs, and preparation of product specifications for development and installation of core and packet core nodes
Act as SPOC for Packet Core network
Engineer solutions for enterprise and consumer business units
Provide weekly reports and recommendations to management
Deployed radio BTS, IP networks, Core and Packet core nodes
Main role included technical analysis based on KPI trends of several reports
Optimization related activities in Mobile Core (e.g., traffic balancing, load sharing etc.)
Manage Vendors, internal and external stakeholders
Identify root cause of Priority 1 and Priority 2 Incidents and recommend appropriate resolution action and other events that Customer identify as requiring Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Integration configuration (new links with other nodes, 3rd party, Et, New APN/Static IP configure, Package creation as per commercial.
Delivery Manager
Bharti Airtel Network; Ericsson Global Services Limited, Ericsson Global Services Limited
, India
09.2017 - 03.2020
Handling 24X7 Incident management for Core & IN domains and maintaining key KPIs for network systems like network availability, P1 & P2 emergency situations incurring revenue and service impacts, system Up time, MTTR etc
Organizing Change requests (CR) for Core & IN domains along with validating MOP, CLI, preparation of recovery plans, team alignments and subsequently handshake with Customer
Driving Special Projects for network modernization, new node integrations and deployments
(EOS/EOL nodes removal from network, Nokia NT HLR swap, Oracle STP swap, WCDMA shutdown etc.)
Managed customer relationship during delivery and serves as primary interface towards customer in all activities-related to own scope of contract, including customer complaints, corrective actions, and changing requirements
Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) management and execution
Monitors and controls that project is delivered within approved budget, profitability forecast, and planned scope
Onsite support for managed services of Core network for Voice and Data Core, IN networks
Network upgrades on latest versions to ensure latest features and capacities are being supported
Weekly review with Customer on network performance and requirements along with supported projections
Monitors, controls and reports KPIs defined in customer contract
Ensures data in all project-related tools and repositories is kept up-to-date and with high quality
Working in close coordination with peer teams (RAN, Transmission etc.) to ensure network is in healthy state
Actively applies appropriate best practices and lessons learnt
Preparation of Bill of quantities using tools like Verdi and ECP for Mobile Core networks
Expertise in Mobile Technology (GSM/WCDMA/LTE/IMS) in Design & Planning, Pre-Sales (Product Management), Technical Support and Operations
Holding internal quality meetings as necessary to address specific issues and implement improvement with updated process/documentation
Performance monitoring of network by fetching huge data from Business Intelligence tool and convert it into presentable format & dashboard to share with Customer for network trending or new business requirements
Support to customer for Strategy & Operational planning at short-term, mid-term & long-term.
Coordinated delivery of contracted solutions at program level and in full accordance with outlined cost, scheduling and quality terms
Network Performance Engineer
Bharti Airtel; Ericsson Global Services Limited
, India
01.2012 - 08.2017
Have overall responsibility and accountability for on-time delivery of managed services and managed capacity Network dimensioning based on traffic trends and patterns using tools like CANDI etc
HLD/DLD update for network changes in Circuit switching and packet switching networks
Preparation of Bill of quantities using tools like Verdi and ECP for Mobile Core networks
Expertise in Mobile Technology (GSM/WCDMA/LTE/IMS) in Design & Planning, Pre-Sales (Product Management), Technical Support and Operations
Manage processes and relationships with senior customer representatives, vendors, and internal stakeholders
Performance monitoring of network by fetching huge data from Business Intelligence tool and convert it into presentable format & dashboard to share with Customer for network trending or new business requirements
Support to customer for Strategy & Operational planning at short-term, mid-term & long-term
Optimization related activities in Mobile Core (e.g., traffic balancing, load sharing etc.)
Responsible as first-line interface with new business accounts, in conjunction with Business Development staff, to ensure that technical requirements are fully understood and recorded at early stage
Presentations to customer (Chief Technical Officer & technical team) and internal senior management for new hardware introduction and new feature/release roll out
Supporting Project Manager for network roll out with assisting in network change plan and MOP (method of procedure)
Worked closely with technical manager for new feature and hardware trials in network
Worked in Build organization for timely delivery to customer for network roll out
New site lay out, C-module and IE-Select tool update.
Core engineer
Ericsson India Limited
07.2009 - 12.2011
Worked in in operation & maintenance of Ericsson AXE-10 & AXE-810 MSC/HLR/ BSC platform (Looked after 2 BC ,6 MSC, 3 MSS ,2 GMSC,3 MSC, 1 SGSN and 31 BSCs')
Defining and changing of all type of MSC related data like B-Number analysis Table, Route parameters, forwarding analysis, charging analysis as & when required
E1 addition, Interface definition's like ATER and A-Interface
Routing management which includes route creation, signaling definitions, link creation, traffic initiation and traffic routing
Supporting work done to field engineers and third parties like BTSOL, Comvivia, Huawei
Making changes in B-Table and new routes definitions
B number/pre-B number analysis, protocol analysis on SCCP/MTP3&2 layer and global title (GT) routing
Education
B. Technology - Electronics and Communication
Punjab Technical University
India
08.2005 - 06.2009
Skills
Stronghold on CS/PS network assessment and optimization and problem solvingundefined
Key Qualifications
· Expertise in network design, system back up, roaming configuration, monitoring of CS and PS Network performance and network set up and launch
· Multi-tasking, time management, prioritizing and job rotation.
· Service delivery management for multiple domains (Core, Packet Core, BSS & Transmission).
·Experience in design documentation acceptance testing, bills of materials, installation and commissioning documents, and detailed upgrade procedures for variety of BSS, Core, and IP nodes.
· Operations management by ensuring 24X7 fault management and service continuity
· Ericsson 5G Core, Ericsson Cloud and IMS certified.
Accomplishments
6 months internship at Ericsson Switch (Bharti Airtel) Jammu
Operation and maintenance of Ericsson AXE and CPP platform
CISCO Packet Core Training
Huawei GMSC/DRA IP Networking
LTE operation and maintenance
5G CORE, EPC, IMS, IP (Ericsson Certification)
Previously JNCIS certified.
Additional Information
Other Details
Visa: , Permanent Australian Resident visa (189 Visa)
Timeline
Network performance Lead
Bharti Airtel Network, Ericsson Global Services Limited
04.2020 - Current
Delivery Manager
Bharti Airtel Network; Ericsson Global Services Limited, Ericsson Global Services Limited
09.2017 - 03.2020
Network Performance Engineer
Bharti Airtel; Ericsson Global Services Limited
01.2012 - 08.2017
Core engineer
Ericsson India Limited
07.2009 - 12.2011
B. Technology - Electronics and Communication
Punjab Technical University
08.2005 - 06.2009
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