Ahmad Said, FTTX Project Lead

Ahmad Said

FTTX Project Lead

Etisalat

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
12 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months

FTTX Project Lead at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since January 2019

• Execute and handle technical projects from initiation to closure including scoping, timing, objective assurance, people and risk management.
• Plan and execute Mobile Network Modernization and Enhancement projects.
• Coordination between internal stakeholders to provide Fixed Access Network Backbone services to fixed/radio 5G, SRAN/LTE and Wi-Fi Sites.
• Attend major troubleshooting and ensure process fulfillment and closure based on remedy portal.
• Provisioning of fiber network to royals, rulers and VVIP customers.
• Drive end-to-end automation of mobile backhauling services by running the committee and taskforce.
• Acting as main point of call for technical requirements related to redundancy of VVIP sites using Cell Site Gateway (CSG) or Direct BBU module for Main and STBY links.
• Drive Data Digitalization & Link Cleansing (E2E Data Reconciliation).



** My Achievments**

• Expand the footprint of Etisalat by e& by
provisioning more than 20, 000 LTE sites.
• Provide adequate coverage for 5G users and
applications by provisioning 2000+ 5G sites, until
date.
• Contributed in positioning U.A.E the first in
mobile speed by Ookla speedtest global index.
• Enable remote access for more than 6000
unmanaged mobile sites.
• Build and implement the strategy for link
diversification for 33+ VVIP clusters across U.A.E.
• Reconciliation and governance of mobile sites IPs
to resolve mismatches for over 6500 IPs using
automation tools.
• Accomplished 80% reduction in link provisioning
failures by automating mobile backbone services.
• Deploy & maintain mobile service for over 2500
high-profile customers of Etisalat

FTTX Senior Project Engineer at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2017 to January 2019

• Expert in using GUI/CLI NMS (Network Management System) of multiple vendors: Huawei, Nokia, DZS and Ciena.
• Experience in using Ericsson’s Granite Inventory for resources and IP management.
• Handle /resolve trouble-tickets and identify the root-cause and provide solutions.
• Work with contractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure readiness of the site for execution of project (installation).
• Overseeing and managing the site technicians and sub-contractors.

FTTX Project Engineer at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2014 to January 2017

• Develop and maintain technical design documents and procedures.
• Support both operational and fulfillment activities related to the delivery of SRAN 3G, 4G, 5G, Fixed LTE, WiMAX, Radio Wi-Fi, Alarm link and CCTV solution over GPON ODN.
• Ensuring QA & removal of snags as per QA guidelines by solving issues arising for any link provisioning/shifting for GSM network.
• Handle end-to-end data binding process by updating the records in multiple source systems for mobile site requests.

Technical Field Commissioner Engineer at Inteltec Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2014 to November 2014

• Worked as technical site engineer for Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei equipment’s and taking all the required info’s about the TransmissionxNode to prepare a Technical Site Survey Report (TSSRs) to be reviewed by the client.
• Commissioning, troubleshooting and maintenance of Node-B, eNode-B, Huawei BBU 3900 and Alcatel BBU.

IT Administrator at Inteltec Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2012 to January 2014

• Provision, maintain and troubleshoot corporate network of 70+ employees including software, hardware and network elements.
• Deploy various network topologies (LAN, WAN, WLAN, VLAN, VPLS, MPLS, Virtual Switches & Firewalls (SonicWall).
• Provision, maintain and troubleshoot CISCO devices (Routers/Switches/Hubs/Access Points).
• Configure different routing protocols such as (RIP, OSPF, IRGP and ERGPs) based on the IT requirements.
• Maintain and refurbish corporate devices.
• PBX Extension analog Phones and IP address (VoIP). (Nortel PBX and Net-star PBX).
• Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) to digital video recorder (DVR) analog and IP-Based Network Video Recorder (NVR).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Misr University for Science and Technology
  • September 2012

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the college of Information Technology, Major Computer Science Engineering. with Very Good Grade.

Specialties & Skills

Fixed Networks
Project Management
IP Networking
Telecommunications
Project Management
Telecommunication Engineering
Project Lead
Reporting & Portal Skills
Networking Skills
Fiber Optics
Network Managment Systems (NMS)
Fixed Access Network
Account Manager

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Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Robotics Process Automation (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Introduction to Internet of Things (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Big Data Analytics (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Cloud Computing Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
SDN and NFV (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Building Blockchain (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Big Data Foundations by IBM (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM
Digital Transformation (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Virtualization and software Define Data-Center (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
Next Generation Networks – NGN (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
GPON Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy
CCNA (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco
Date Attended:
June 2015
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
December 2021