Rizwan ABBASI, Associate Engineer

Rizwan ABBASI

Associate Engineer

Etisalat

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Diploma, MCSA
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Associate Engineer at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2015

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

Co-Owner at NextGEN Tech
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2014 to June 2015

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.

Resident Engineer for SDH and DWDM equipment at Alcatel-lucent
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2012 to April 2013

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.

Assistant Manager NOC (Transmissions) at PTCL
  • Pakistan
  • April 2009 to February 2012

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

Lab Engineer at The Network Academy
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2009 to September 2010

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

PTCL at PTCL
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2008 to April 2009

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

RAN Integrator at Ericsson
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2007 to February 2008

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

Education

Diploma, MCSA
  • at Microsoft Academy
  • July 2014

Microsoft Operating System

Diploma, Microsoft Certified IT Prodessional
  • at CISCO REGIONAL ACAGEMY
  • December 2011
Diploma, CCIP
  • at CISCO REGIONAL ACADEMY
  • June 2011

CCIP PASSED MPLS AND BGP

Diploma, LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
  • at TECHNO-ED
  • December 2010
Diploma, CCNP
  • at CISCO
  • July 2010
Diploma, CCNA
  • at CISCO REGIONAL ACADE|MY
  • April 2010
Bachelor's degree, Electrical (Telecommunication)
  • at Air University
  • September 2007

Awarded scholarships in two semesters for attaining GPA above 3.5

Bayt Tests

IQ Test
IQ Test
Score 72%

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Operating Systems
Networking Concepts
Operation
Cisco Networking
Telecommunication/Transmission

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Redhat (Local) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Valid Until:
February 2011
Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (Local) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
Cisco Certified Network Associates (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
December 2009
Cisco Certified Network Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
July 2010