Ahmed El-Menshawi, Senior Network / VOIP Engineer

Ahmed El-Menshawi

Senior Network / VOIP Engineer

mbc

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, BA Communication & Electronics
Experience
22 years, 4 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 4 months

Senior Network / VOIP Engineer at mbc
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2007

 Planning, designing and managing WAN environment for 16 remotes offices over MPLS network for smooth flow of data, voice and video applications
 Planning, designing and implementation of data center network appliances (LAN, WAN, Security, Wireless, Voice and MPLS) as well as documentation
 Optimization of network performance, convergence time, redundancy and implementation of the manufacturer best practices
 Maintaining professional relationship and conducting business & technical contractual agreements with vendors and partners
 Sustaining network and systems availability 99.995% uptime
 Streamlining change management, integration of new hardware, and migration processes

Network Engineer at Ericsson
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2006 to October 2007

 Provide implementation and operation of the IP core network
 Provide a professional technical support for problems reported by customers
 Resolve problems, assesses impact, and escalate when required utilizing established processes and procedures

Network Management / VPN implementation Engineer at Orange Business Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2004 to December 2006

 Provide the on-time and error free, implementation. operational maintenance of designated VPN, including the design/validation, configuration, planning and end-to-end testing
 Integrating voice and data at customer premises.
 Perform router configuration, activation and acceptance testing for both new implementation and on-going change management
 Resolve complex data and VOIP network issues
 Manage & document customer VPN and provide support to Project Managers

Network Field Engineer at Prosylab for Information & Communication Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2002 to April 2004

 Installation and Implementation of routers and switches at customer premises
 Designing IP addressing and vlans
 Coordinating with service providers for installing WAN links
 Troubleshooting and resolving customer Network issues
 Manage customer fault and deliver customer satisfaction at all times.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BA Communication & Electronics
  • at Ain Shams University , Faculty of Engineering
  • July 2000

Degree: Very Good Average Grade: 80%.

High school or equivalent, High School Degree
  • at El Nokrashy Experimental Secondary School
  • July 1995

Average Grade: 95%.

Specialties & Skills

Data Center
Security
Network Design
Planning, designing and implementation of data communication networks
Cisco, Network Design, CCNP, CCIP, CCVP, IP VPN, VOIP, Data Center
MPLS and Quality of Service
Cisco Callmanager and Unified Communication Systems

Languages

French
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Chess / Jogging