Asif Qamar, Communication Engineer

Asif Qamar

Communication Engineer

Parsons

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Radio Communications Engineering
Experience
12 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :12 years, 0 Months

Communication Engineer at Parsons
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since March 2014

Project: Etihad Rail (ER) Project Stage 1 (264 km rail network links Shah and Habshan to Ruwais)

• Working as Electrical/Communication Engineer in the Etihad Rail (ER) Project as team member of Program Management Consultant (PMC).
• Interfacing with client (ER) in weekly progress meetings.
• Interfacing with Contractor Systems team on weekly and daily basis, as required.
• Reviewed the detail design for communication networks against the project requirement specifications, some of the main reviewed systems are:
• MSN (Multi Service Network) which enables the communication for all the vital and non-vital services from the site to the operation center, using fiber ring.
• BMIS (Business Management Information System) which enables the IT services for the users, secured intranet, and highly protected and managed internet access through dedicated firewalls.
• LAN (Local Area Network) for all the depot buildings.
• Verified the Installations (ITPs, ITRs etc.), Testing and Commissioning (SATs, SSTs etc.) of Signaling and Communication systems which includes;
• ETCS level 2 IXL System
• GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications - Railway)
• MSN (Multi-Service Network)
• SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
• PMS (Power Management System)
• FDES (Fire Detection and Extinguishing System)
• BMIS (Business Management Information System)
• MMIS (Maintenance Management Information System)
• SMS (Security Management System)
• CCTV (Closed-circuit television)
• ACS (Access Control System)
• FCS (Freight Control System)
• HABD (Hot Axle Bearing Detector)
• HWD (Hot Wheel Detector)
• RHT (Rail Head Temperature)
• WIM (Weigh in Motion)
• DED (Dragging equipment detector)
• Lead Reviewer of SYSTEMS Red-Green and As-Built Drawings
• Lead Reviewer of several CMS (Construction Method Statements) documents
• Managing the Master Punch List close out.
• Core member of PMC’s Defect Liability Period (DLP) team, responsible for direct coordination with Operator “Etihad Rail Deutsche Bahn (ERDB)” System’s department on behalf of client ER.
• Member of Failure Review board (SYSTEMS) under the DLP.
• Responsible for managing the DRACAS.
• Responsible for managing the overall project closeout.

Communication Engineer at Parsons
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2017 to December 2017

Project: Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) For Dubai iTraffic - Phase 1 (ITS 2020) Package 1E - Traffic Management Center

• Working (Part Time) as Communication Engineer in the Dubai Traffic Management Center project.
• Member of Design team for DTMC.
• Responsible for designing building Information and Communication Technology (ICT) network and its services; Data, Telephone, Access Control, Public Address, Closed-circuit Television.

Teaching Assistant at Blekinge Institute of Technology
  • Sweden
  • September 2012 to December 2012

Worked as Teaching Assistant in the course Signal Processing II, ET1303

Senior Technical Support Engineer at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2009 to July 2010

Troubleshooting and rectifying user end technical issues regarding multimedia and broadband services, which include DSL, EvO Wireless and Smart Tv (IPTv).

Network Engineer Trainee at Almoayed Group Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2008 to February 2009

Gaining familiarity with Juniper routers and firewalls and Nortel switches.
Working on PTCL ENVISION Project.
Understanding and Implementing the E1s connectivity in PTCL environment.
Troubleshooting and rectifying the Ethernet connectivity issues at end point.

Education

Master's degree, Radio Communications Engineering
  • at Blekinge Institute of Technology
  • July 2013

Distinction in six different courses which includes : >Wireless Networks >Signal Processing II >Wireless Personal Area Networks >Complex Analysis and Transforms >Random Processes >Capacity Analysis and Reliability

Master's degree, Masters Degree Project
  • at Lund University
  • July 2013

Master’s Thesis: 3GPP LTE versus IEEE 802.11p/WAVE: Competition or Coexistence? The purpose of this M.Sc. thesis is to gain an understanding of vehicular communications using these two technologies (LTE and WAVE), by analyzing LTE performance issues in relation with VANET, from both comparison with WAVE as well as coexistence point of view.

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
  • at National University Of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST) KHI
  • June 2008

I scored A(4 gpa) in my final year project. FINAL YEAR PROJECT: INSTALLATION OF BTS SITES Description: BTS (Base Transceiver Station) or a BS (Base Station) is the main source or simply the basis for every cellular communication. This project covers the complete procedure involved in the installation of BTS Sites form ground zero to commercial launch on air, which includes SSO, CER, TSS, TSSR, PAT etc.

Specialties & Skills

Datacom
Wireless Networking
(NS3) Network Simulator - 3
MS Office,MS DOS, MS Windows 9x, 2000, XP and 7
(OPNET)Optimized Network Engineering Tools
Simulation Softwares: PSpice, Multisim, Boson Netsim

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Swedish
Beginner
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

IEEE
  • Graduate Student Member
  • January 2012
Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer
  • January 2014

Training and Certifications

Xpedient Certified Wimax Core Network Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2008
Valid Until:
April 2008
LEVEL-I Cellular Communication Training Program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
Valid Until:
March 2007

Hobbies

  • Traveling
    Has traveled around multiple countries which includes; -Pakistan -Sweden -Poland -Denmark -Germany -Estonia -Finland -Russia -Iran -United Arab Emirates