Associate Engineer
Etisalat
Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months
Project Coordinator for IPTV Projects
• Installation of MongoDb(version 2.4 and version 3, 2) and making it as secure replica set
• Testing and Commisioning of ubuntu servers
• Installation Testing and commissioning of software based firewall(IPFIRE)
• Installation and testing of software loadbalancers and software based VRRP
• Hands on experience on Huawei L3 S9306 and Cisco 3750 and L2 2659
• Presentation and filing of documents and drawings
• Installation and Commissioning of Openstack Cloud(Kilo and Liberty)
• Maintenance of records and reports
• To ensure that data services are delivered to potential customers without any technical
interruption
• Organisation and coordination for execution of the networking works.
• Report to the client regarding the progress, issues and problems and development of the
project
• Proactive analyses of requirements of field equipments and report to the management for
effective measures.
• Surveys of fields for the deficiencies and new installations requirements and forward to the
concerned departments
Freelance Company for various IT projects.
Worked on hp proliant and dell R710 R520 1950 and 2950
Deployment of various DELL and HP machines at client site.
Deployment of TMG, GFI web monitor for traffic shaping and web control.
Centaurus The Mall:
Centaurus Towers to control exit and entrance paths within tower various floors.
Non profit organization(Confidential):
Provided an end to end VPN solution for 20 organization sites with central corporate office for centralized services delivery and access using SSG150, SSG20 firewalls.
Alcatel- Lucent (January 2012- Till present)
Resident Engineer
Working for Alcatel Lucent, under the KCN Communications LLC, as a Resident Engineer. Main roles for this position are as under
• Managing 3 Teams of three members each.
• Organisation and coordination of the supervision for execution of the Transmission works
• Report to the client regarding the progress, issues and problems and development of the project
• Monitoring day to day activity of Alcatel-Lucent Transmission Fiber systems namely SDH and DWDM.
• Creation of Office Data Manuals.
• To ensure interruption free services to all the customers.
• Proactive analyses of requirements of field equipments and report to the management for effective measures.
• Surveys of fields for the deficiencies and new installations requirements and forward
to the concerned departments.
• Maintaining records and reports daily.
Working as Network Operations Center Engineer at PTCL National NOC, the major responsibilities are
• Managing a team of eight members
• Monitoring of Optical Fiber Core Transmission Network through alarms for faults on a 24x7 basis
• Perform analysis to identify issues follow by restoration when possible (1st and 2nd line of Support).
• Creation, follow-up and closure of Trouble Tickets on HP Service Desk for faults in Transmission domain according to pre defined criterion.
• Coordination and support to field units for resolution of critical faults.
• Preparation and analysis of different reports on Alarms, Fault stats and Trouble Ticket Stats for identification of problem areas.
• Hands on experience on Huawei and ZTE NMS i.e. iManager T2000, ZTE NMS EMS300.
• Perform periodical health checks to determine network status
• Operation and Maintenance of 10Gbit/s DWDM Networks (ZTE & Huawei), the National Backbone of Pakistan.
• Operation and Maintenance of 622Mbps, 2.5Gbps & 10Gbps SDH equipments.
• Configuration of E1, E3, STM-1 & STM-4 of 2.5Gbps & 10Gbps SDH on NMS.
• Assist the FO shift leader in producing activity report for KPI calculation
• Assist the operation team in process improvement and ongoing development of tools and system
Worked as Lab Engineer at the Network Academy (Cisco Local Academy), the major responsibilities were
• Hands on experience in working on CISCO Routers and Layer 2 switches of different models.
• Managed a class of 30 students for the preparation of Labs
Worked as Management Trainee at Microwave department in PTCL, the major responsibilities were
• Managing a team of 6 members
• System design of microwave systems.
• Working on SAP for creating purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
• Working of Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) for the year 2009 - 2010.
• Technical Evaluation on different projects conducted by Universal Service Fund (USF) in Mansehra, Pishin, Dadu and Azad Kashmir
Worked as Trainee at Ericsson Lahore, for the deployment of Cellular Equipment of WARID (Phase 6.1 and Phase 6.2) the major responsibilities were
• Configuration and Trouble shooting of BTS ‘s with BSC’s by Ericsson’s tool WINFIOL
• Worked with a team of 07 members.
• Worked in various activities such as Expansion, Swapping and Rehoming
• Can configure micro as well as macro BTS sites
• Integration of RBS2000 (2207, 2206, 2107, 2106, 2216, 2116, 2111 & 2308) with BSC R10/R11/R12/06A, daily operation and maintenance, with monitoring all sites status from BSC and compiling daily
Microsoft Operating System
CCIP PASSED MPLS AND BGP
Awarded scholarships in two semesters for attaining GPA above 3.5