AJMAL SHAMSUDEEN

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dubai (July, 2015 to Present )
Division : SCADA Network - Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI-Smart Grid)

Experienced in Smart Metering Projects based on PLC communication (PRIME OFDM, G3, BPL and Vendor Specific S-FSK, FSK), Meter Protocols ( DLMS, OMS, DSMR, Meters & More )
Smart Grid / Metering
Meter Data Management (MDM) & Head Ends
Automated Demand Response .
Communication system for utility industry PLC, RF, SDH, MPLS, Metro Ethernet, wi-fi, WIMAX


Intelligent Telecommunication Systems LLC, United Arab Emirates (February, 2014 to till date )
Client: Abu Dhabi company for onshore oil operations (ADCO) Telecom Operations Department.

 Procurement, Installation, Integration, Commissioning and Acceptance testing of SDH/ PDH network
 Provision and Maintenance of OSP Fiber optic network for Abu Dhabi company for onshore oil operations (ADCO)
 Trouble shooting and Maintenance Transmission equipments, Network management systems, SCADA systems, CCTV, Public addressing systems, PABX and all other Telecom network facilities

• Procurement, designing, Installation and commissioning of Telecom Transmission Equipments (SDH, Analog telephony, IP telephony, IP TV, Data & Voice access points)

 Verifying the alarm status and clearing the alarms if they are activated.
 Software Up gradation for Traffic Nodes
 Installation, Integration, Commissioning and Acceptance testing of SDH Transport Equipment for STM-1, STM-4, STM-16 fiber rings
 Managing and coordinating with inter departments so as to facilitate site planning and equipment installation.
 Observing & clearing of alarms in case of its appearance on the equipment on daily basis, which are detected on the NMS
 Trouble shooting of Transmission equipments in the event of fault.

• Planning and Co-ordination of large projects including software programs changes on associated SAUDI ARAMCO communication network. Direct the efforts of others when designed as “in- charge” employee on any work operations associated with system design, installation, testing commissioning and trouble resolution.

Duties and responsibilities in Saudi Aramco IT projects

 Planning and Execution of OFC network and in building connectivity
 Daily check up of loss in the fibers in the route and analysis of the same.
 Also involved in Link Power Budget Analysis for unperturbed communication.
 Integration and commissioning of Saudi Aramco SDH ring
 STM1/STM4/STM16 Ring Splitting
 Troubleshoot SDH circuits ranging from E1 to STM-64 bandwidth.
 Alarm monitoring & troubleshooting faults
 Managing the process linked with provisioning, of E1, Loop verification.
 Answerable for Testing of end-to-end transport circuit.
 Interacting with field engineers on solutions to troubleshoot and repair complex circuits, hardware faults and PDH faults


• Project Engineer of RTDB-2/ DR-2 Communication line. The Communication line starting from Rastanura /Dhahran ending in Riyadh .It Includes Installation and commissioning of Leak Detection System, Remote Terminal Units and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems for providing effective Link between the Remote Terminal units and SAUDI ARAMCO Communication network. This project Provide IP telephony and Analog Telephony in the whole network through SAUDI ARAMCO SDH network.

• Project Engineer of communication line for sales gas delivery to Riyadh Powerplant#10 from SAUDI ARAMCO Pump Station#5 at Riyadh. Installation and Commissioning of 25Km Fiber Optic Cable, Remote Terminal Units, IP telephony through Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems of SAUDI ARAMCO.

• Now I have been the Project Engineer of SAUDI ARAMCO Shaybah Residential and industrial complex expansion project. The project includes the provision of complete communication facilities to the residential and industrial complex. It covers IP and Analog telephone connections, Data connections, and Virtual satellite connection for internet and Cable TV network.