Ahmed J. Ansari, Assistant manager Voice NOC

Ahmed J. Ansari

Assistant manager Voice NOC

Wateen Telecom (Abu Dhabi Group)

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering with majors in Telecommunication
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

Assistant manager Voice NOC at Wateen Telecom (Abu Dhabi Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since April 2014

Working as a Tech Lead (Assistant Manager) in Class-4 network of Wateen LDI/Wholesale domain and also looking configurations/operations for hosted solution based of Boston, USA.

Mainly working on troubleshooting issues related to:
• Sonus Session Border Controller - SBC5K and Ribbon Communication Sonus legacy platforms i.e. GSX/PSX/SGX/DSI/EMS & Genband NEXTONE (RSM console)
• Working on International Gateways, Policy server, Number Translation (ITFS), Number Portability (LNP), PSTN trunk groups, IP trunk groups, E1s, Dial code management, Short codes emergency calling (e.g 911, 15etc), CICs & channels, SS7 signaling Links, Routing Labels, Numbering plans, Partitions.
• Providing technical support to VOICE NOC for VoIP and TDM network
• Interconnect creation/testing with telecom operators either at VoIP or TDM platform
• Conduct formal training sessions to newly hired members of both the operations and engineering teams as needed.
• Laisaon with vendors for nationwide software/hardware upgrades and maintain internal register
• Performing call routing for all kinds of traffic either International, nationwide LL and mobile operators or transit traffic across the globe as per requested by the business team
• Performing network interconnects testing and reconciliation of call details record as per PTA policy
• Analyzing Call Data Records (CDRs) and pointing out the technical reasons for issues, bugs and errors such as - Long PDD, Low ACD, Low ASR, FAS issue etc.
• Liaising with national/international VoIP operators to improve MHT, ASR and QoS parameters
• Diagnosing the problem & opening trouble ticket and interact with Service Providers/Vendors in case of any major failure or problem in LDI Network
• Performing complete troubleshooting for all LDI POPs from switch end in co-ordinations with the Site technicians in different regions.
• Taking backups for all network elements including Policy servers, element management servers and network file servers on monthly basis

Project Executive at Wateen Telecom (Abu Dhabi Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2012 to March 2014

Job Description:
My main responsibility is to provide seamless connectivity and client satisfaction to enterprise clients nationwide & international. Working on a project to minimize the gaps amongst internal teams (Wireless operations, VSAT, OFC, WiMAX). Where I am devising new procedures to reduce the resolution time of connectivity issues occurring to enterprise clients.

Team-Lead Technical Support Engineer at Wateen Telecom Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2011 to July 2012

Job Description:
I lead a team of 10 technical support executives, as a lead I trained my team and provided support to my team & department 24/7. Further job description is as follow:
 Regularly attended training and coaching sessions. Learning about organization’s products or services and keeping up-to-date with any changes to them
 Planning and coordinating field engineer site inspections for network maintenance
 Suggest alternatives and possibilities to resolve customer’s issues on priority basis
 Preparing weekly reports for management (containing number of complaints received, resolved complaints, turnaround time (TAT), network outages and duration etc.)

Technical Support Engineer at Wateen Telecom Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2010 to June 2011

Job Description:
 Receiving and acknowledging escalated technical complaints from the corporate complaint Helpline
 Investigating the complaints on a network level (checking for network outages etc.)
 Take all possible measures to timely resolve customer query and process them in accordance with Established procedures and policies
 Coordinating with engineering teams(Core, Wireless Operations, VSAT, Fiber) regarding respective issues
 Respond to technical queries related to Internet, Voice and Data services on different platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering with majors in Telecommunication
  • at Air University
  • August 2010

Registered with Pakistan Engineering Council (Registration No. ELECT/34668)

High school or equivalent, HSSC (F.Sc) Pre- Engineering
  • at PAF Intermediate College
  • August 2005
High school or equivalent, SSC (Matric) - Science
  • at Garrison Boys High School
  • August 2003

Specialties & Skills

Telecommunications Engineering
Team Leadership
Customer Relationship Management
Team Leadership
Customer Relationship Management
Technical Support
Project Management
LDI Voice Engineering | GSX/PSX/EMS (Sonus)
Signaling | Call Flows | Prefix Profile | Routing Labels | Route Optimization

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer (Registration No. ELECT/34668)
  • August 2012