

Dynamic Staff Engineer with 16+ years of experience in telecommunications and optical networking, specializing in OTN, DWDM, Photonics, SDH, Packet Networks, and NMS operations. Proven expertise in software upgrade testing, automation enhancement, optical network design, and project delivery. Strong leader and mentor with a track record of driving technical excellence, improving operational efficiency, and building lasting customer relationships.
• Technical Lead (working manager)-Embedded Software upgrade Testing Team for optics products.
• Test planning, Define upgrade documentation and procedure, handover to T3/T2.
• Automation enhancement in software upgrade testing.
• Risk evaluation and effort estimation for on-time embedded software release.
• Testing L2 Data features, GMPLS, Security & Encryption, Photonics and service cards during embedded software upgrade testing.
• SPOC for embedded upgrade testing carried out at India R&D Site.
• Impactful role in optics new features customer like testing.
• Technical Lead-India Optics team
• Project Management & handling technical operational issues.
• Optical network link designing with Pre-sales & customer planning Team.
• Customer POC & FAT testing for multiple new optics projects.
• Effective lead role in Government projects-KFON (Kerala) OTN Network deployment & GFGNL (Gujarat) Optical long-haul link (6500KM).
• Technical documentation & handover Process with customer.
• Mentor & trainer role, internal online/offline technical training along with external customer training.
• Impactful role in ECI 100G TTL NLD Link Implementation (Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Delhi-Bhopal-Nagpur-Mumbai), TTSL Karnataka OTN Metro project.
• Lead the DWDM Link implementation and operational issues handling in Gujarat, Rajasthan, MPCG, Assam, Karnataka for TTSL, Vodafone, Idea & Bharti Projects.
• NMS activities like XDM series Mux migrations, SDH to DWDM Link upgrades, BG Embedded upgrade, NMS troubleshooting activities & NMS/EMS sever issues.
• 30+ DWDM long haul, short haul & Metro network implementation in Gujarat & Rajasthan, MPCG.
• Mux Installations/Commissioning, Project Co-ordination & technical support.
• Logistic and warehouse process management.
• Field Installation/Commissioning & Acceptance test for ECI BG & XDM Series Muxes
• Conducive growth while working in multi-vendor environment for field activities.
• Good Insight in Fiber Technology & fiber network maintenance.
• Exercise with fiber route field audit & Optical Fiber Acceptance testing (AT).