Feras Salman Al Ghamdi, Provisioning Specialist Manager

Feras Salman Al Ghamdi

Provisioning Specialist Manager

Etihad Etisalat ( Mobily )

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Al-Rawdhah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer (Communication & Electronics)
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

Provisioning Specialist Manager at Etihad Etisalat ( Mobily )
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2018

• Prepare RFP, approval notes, service orders and other related documents for international services procurements including but not limited to IRU and leased capacities, colocation facilities, ports, cross connections restoration facilities.
• Prepare business cases and justifications for capacity and infrastructure projects requiring capital investments.
• Plan and design international capacity solutions based on internal, WS and BSU requirements.
• Conduct feasibility studies in coordination with mobily technology team and international carrier.
• Implement end to end international circuits, and infrastructure for mobily stakeholders including but not limited to international IRU and leased circuits, submarine capacities, VPNs, IP backbones peering backhauls, voice trunks, call center backbones and border fiber connections.
• Prepare handover documents for activated circuits and advise corresponding stakeholders in mobily on the closures deliveries.
• Maintain records and database for international circuits, quote requests, KSA transport requests and incoming presales inquiries from both WS and BSU.
• Prepare technical solution proposal for presale requests from WS and BSU.
• Consolidate capacity requirements from stakeholders for budgeting purpose.
• Negotiate pricing with international partners to achieve cost optimal solution for international capacities, for new purchases and renewals.
• Liaise with international partners and vendors, mobily stakeholders and managed network services vendors in planning and service delivery activities.
• Verify test results and circuits fitness for service.
• Capacity restoration planning and implementation.

Senior Telecommunication Engineer at National Grid, SA
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2008 to May 2018

 Planning and design the optical fiber networks.
 Preparation of specification and scope of work for communication networks systems.
 Installation, commissioning & accepting of new communications network projects and ensuring
that all associated drawings & documents are updated.
 Troubleshooting & analysis failures of optical fiber network.
 Supervision for installation & operation of DWDM Network project.
 Supervision for installation & operation of Network Management System project.
 Witness of Type Test for pre-qualification of new communication network equipments:
1. Quality & Type Test for Ethernet Switches, Hirschmann Automation&
Control GmbH (BELDEN), Germany, 13 April 2016 - 25 April 2016
2. Quality & Type Test for 1511 MAX - 1660 SM Alcatel Lucent
Equipments, Laboratoria De Nayer, Belgium, 11 Jun 2012 - 26 Jun 2012.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer (Communication & Electronics)
  • at King Saud University
  • June 2008

Specialties & Skills

Market Data
Digitization
E business
Pre sales Consultancy
Marketing
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Type Test for Transmission Equipments (Training)
Training Institute:
De Nayer Laboratoria
Date Attended:
June 2012
Fiber Optic Transmission System (Training)
Training Institute:
Factory Training in Siemens Company
Date Attended:
June 2010
Fiber Optic Characterization & Fiber Splicing (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Technical Engineering Systems Associated (STESA)
Date Attended:
October 2009
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Training)
Training Institute:
Injaz Development
Date Attended:
May 2009
Programming and Maintenance on ALCATEL OmniPCX ENTERPRISE R 8.0 (Training)
Training Institute:
Hoshan Company Telecom
Date Attended:
November 2008
SDH & PDH, 1660SM & 1511 BA OLS Equipment for O & M (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi Technical Engineering Systems Associated (STESA)
Date Attended:
December 2008

Hobbies

  • Reading, Traveling