Afaq Ahmed Siddiqui, Telecommunicatoin Engineer

Afaq Ahmed Siddiqui

Telecommunicatoin Engineer

Saudi Electricity Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Dammam
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Telecommunicatoin Engineer at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since February 2014

• Manage the Testing and Commissioning of the Telecommunication Systems (FOX515, FOX20, TN1U, UNode) for power utilities and local communication between the substations.
• Manage the Testing and Commissioning of the DC - DC Rectifiers, DC Charging Systems and Distribution panels
• Manage the Testing and Commissioning of Fiber Optic Cable use for the power utilities (CD, PMD, OTDR, Light Source and Power Meter Testing)

Senior Technician at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2008 to May 2013

• Managing the Development work in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region for the GSM/UMTS/LTE (2G/3G/4G) Backhauling \n• Managing the Development work of SDH Transmission (STM-1, STM-4) in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n• Managing the Development work of GPON Network for 2G/3G Mobile Backhauling in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n• Managing the Development work of CISCO Metro Ethernet Switches ME3400 for the IP connectivity of UMTS/WiMAX/Radio NMS/IPNGDLC with Metro Core Network in Abu Dhabi Region. \n• Managing the Maintenance work Metro Ethernet Switches Cisco3400 in Abu Dhabi Region \n• Managing the Migration of PRI from SHDSL Modem to GPON in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n• Managing the Migration of 2G/3G Services from SHDSL/SDH to GPON in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n• Managing the Provisioning PRI on GPON in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n• Managing the Maintenance work of 2G, 3G Backhaul in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n• Managing the Maintenance work of SDH Transmission for Access Network in Abu Dhabi (AUH) Region. \n \nGPON FTTH Project: \n \n• Planning, Managing and Implementation of the ISP Work. This includes managing the ODF Installation, Indoor Drop Cable Laying, Termination of Drop Cables, UTP Cable laying and Testing, \n• Manage the Hardware Installation of Huawei GPON OLT MA5600T and ONT (MA5628-O, OT925, OT928G-A/D, HG851A, and HG851), UA5000 for the Integration of 2G/3G/POTS, Internet, TDM E1, IPTV, SIP Services for Business and Home Costumers using NMS N2000/U2000 Software. \n• Alarms Monitoring, Trouble shooting and Faults removing \n• Configuration, Commissioning and Testing of HSI, IPTV, SIP, TDM E1, POTS Services OLT MA5600T using NMS N2000/U2000 \n• Migration of 2G/3G Services from Copper to FTTH/GPON \n• Handling of Test Equipments like Power Meter, Light Source, E1 Tester/FE Tester, OTDR \n• Structured Cabling System and Connectors (RJ45, Balun Connectors, BNC Connectors, Coaxial Connectors) \n \n4G (LTE) Project: \n \n• Manage the Hardware Installation of OLT (MA5600T) for 4G Services \n• Managing the ISP in Exchanges and Remote site. This includes the patching of fiber from OLT to ODF Racks, Patching to Access Fiber Racks and Patching between ODF to LTE equipment \n• Testing of Fiber Power from OLT to LTE \n• Configuration of 1Gb Ethernet Port on Huawei OLT (MA5600T) for 4G (LTE) Services \n• End To End Testing of Active Ethernet Ports of 4G(LTE) Services from last point to Metro Core Network. \n \nTransmission Project: \n \n• Installation and Configuration of Huawei Metro 1000 and OSN 3500 Transmission Equipments using NMS T2000 Software for the Integration of 2G/3G/MSAN/Wimax/NMS Servieces \n• Configuration of STM-1/STM-4/E1/E3/DS3/PRI using PP Ring and SNCP \n• Migration/Cutover of 2G/3G Transmission from Radio/Copper to SDH Network \n• End to End Testing of E1/E3/DS3 link from OMCR \n• End to End Testing of Ethernet link from Metro Core \n• Alarm Monitoring, Fault Localization and Removing the Faults \n• Handling of Test Equipments like Power Meter, Light Source, E1/E3/34Mb/45Mb Tester, FE Tester, Packet Analyzer, OTDR, Splicing Machine \n• Structured Cabling and Connectors \n \nCisco Switch Deployment Project: \n \n• Installation of Metro Ethernet Cisco Switches (Cisco ME3400) in Exchanges \n• Configuration of Cisco Switch ME3400 (VLAN, Trunk Ports, Access Ports, Port Channels) for the integration of Services and Aggregate the Cisco Switches ME3400 with Alcatel Aggregate Switches

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics
  • at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro
  • August 2003

Specialties & Skills

Transmission
GPON NETWORK
TRANSMISSION NETWORK

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineering
  • 178073
  • February 2014

Training and Certifications

GPON (Training)
Training Institute:
ETISALAT ACADEMY
Date Attended:
April 2009
IP NETWORKS (Training)
Training Institute:
ETISALAT ACADEMY
Date Attended:
August 2009