June 2000 Nov 2000 Joined IT-Eagles, Pakistan as a Network Administrator managing a LAN of Windows NT Workstation based PCs. Carried out troubleshooting and installation of proxy server and other services relating networking. Upgraded and configured Windows NT server 4.0; Windows 2000 Server, upgraded and configured Windows NT workstations, Interacted, installed with various applications
Nov. 2000 Sept. 2002 Joined Cyber Internet Service Provider as a Customer Support Engineer. Carried out Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Network Infrastructure. Remained responsible for the Analysis, Support, Installation, Integration and Testing of the Network Environments and Operating Systems like Windows 2000 Advanced Server, XP, Windows NT, Windows 98, NT Security, Management, Maintenance and Troubleshooting. Achieved customer satisfaction as by giving them technical support on phone and in person at the Customer Care Centre.
Oct. 2002 till date Joined Emirates Telecom(ETISALAT) to render services to the Engineering Department projects in O&M Team in UAE. Completed various technology transformation projects and managed multiple operational activities including Provisioning and Layer-2 Technical Support on FTTX.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Excellence Award in 2005 Certificate of Excellence Awarded Appreciation of Good Work Certificate of Top Performance Staff 2008 Employee of the Month June 2012 Employee of the Month April 2013 Employee of the Month May 2014
SKILL SET 12+ years experience in the field of Telecommunication & IT Systems. 5+ years experience in Project Management and Business Continuity. Expertise in Access Network Operations, Management of Networks & technical co-ordination with Local and counterparts at various levels. Unix (SCO), Solaris, VISIO, MS Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Windows XP, Windows 7 environment. Ericsson ATM Switch, Cisco Routers/Switches etc. Graphics Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator. Self-motivated and result-oriented with analytical skills and technical expertise in Project Handling. Excellent record of independent work and leadership qualities.
Experience as a Professional Engineer
Administration, Planning and Budgeting:
Assessed and provided recommendations to the vendors to modify services management application for better operations, administration and provisioning. Implemented Business Continuity Model for Business Critical Services. Ensuring E2E service delivery for various Enterprise Customers Defined processes and procedures with in the Engineering sections in compliant with the company`s policy to ensure efficient services to the internal and external customers. Ensuring and reporting of Quality of Service and Quality of Experience as per the service levels of multiple customers for different products. Recommendations for OPEX optimization. Conducted in house training sessions for the staff . Vendor Supply Chain Management for Fixed Access Network.
PROJECTS Completed Successfully:
Network Modernization (Legacy offloading) FTTH Roll-Out Project. Process Mapping for Technology Transformation. GPON OLT(Huawei, Zhone, ALU) Upgrade. Replacement of Zhone GPON OLT Line Cards.
SYSTEMS` TESTING (FAC/PAC) carried out for Acceptance:
Alcatel GPON Server Zhone GPON Server GPON OLT Commissioning & Testing MSAN / DSLAM Commissioning & Testing OPERATIONS Looked After:
Operation & Maintenance of Systems providing Triple Play services for Residential & Business Customers through FTTC & FTTH Network. Experience in Multi-vendor Environment for such networks viz. HUAWEI (U2000/MA6000T), ZHONE (MXK819) & Alcatel ISAM Gigabit Passive Optical Network GPON in UAE. Testing & commissioning of Optical Line Terminal (OLT) for Huawei, Zhone & Alcatel Networks. Able to perform troubleshooting using Command line Interface for different systems. Configuration & handling Cisco switches providing backhaul services to other devices. Testing, analysis & report formulation for new equipment/system defined in Etisalat Access Network. Creation, escalation & correspondence of Technical Support Report (TSR), based on faults and issues registered against equipment after thorough analysis. Testing & Optical link budgeting of Passive Optical Network including Exchange. Optimizing GPON/ FTTH network & formulation of consequent feasibility reports. Maintaining new Patches/SW up-gradation of respective networks. Maintaining reports & forecasting network requirements with Layer-2 & Layer-3 divisions. Maintaining proposals & Implementation of OSS/BSS snags. Formulation of network feasibility & migration of existing customers from copper to GPON Network. Handling ATM & IP-DSLAMs/NGDLCs/MSANs in FTTC network (Huawei & Zhone). Knowledge of different PSTN Switches (NGN, Soft-Switch, AXE etc.)
TRAI NI NGS Attended:
Course: Customer Service Etiquette over the Telephone Developing a Positive Attitude for Success Effective Communication Skills PLACE: ETISALAT Academy, Dubai, UAE.
Course: MS Project Voice Over IP SNMP Zhone MXK GPON O&M IPVPN LTE Technical Overview PMP (Project Management Professional) CCNP