Hisham Ghanem, Senior IP Core Network Engineer

Hisham Ghanem

Senior IP Core Network Engineer

Alcatel-Lucent

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Diploma,
Experience
17 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months

Senior IP Core Network Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since December 2006

Alcatel-Lucent Egypt, The IP Division (IPD) encompasses a wide range of responsibilities including network design strategy, network engineering, implementation, migration planning, service design and optimization services

Missions:

Project: MOBILY-KSA Riyadh, Broadband Network Gatway BNG (7750 routers) Nov 2013 till Present
• 13 7750SR routers are integrated as primary BNGs and 3 backup routers
• IPoE users are backhauled and terminated on BNGs
• Integration for the BNG with AAA, DNS servers and DPI via IP/MPLS cloud
• Operation for the BNG network and troubleshooting for users complain along with flapping with peers

 Project: ETISALAT-UAE DUBAI, Mobile Network using IP/MPLS core routers (7750 routers)
• Configuration of service layer PE 7750 SR routers
• Performing daily work orders of the network modifications required by etisalat
• Customer support for layer 3 aggregator routers

 Project: STC-KSA Riyadh, 4G LTE Long Term Evolution (5620SAM)
• Configuration of Solaris 10 on SUN server X4170
• Configuring Oracle database and SAM application on the SUN server
• Installing and integration of SAM server with the LTE network
• Performing operations of the LTE network monitoring and maintenance

 Project: MOBILY-KSA Dammam, 3G Mobile Backhauling over ALU core (7750/7210/7450 routers)
• Configuring MPLS and services like VPLS, VPRN, Epipe & Apipe .
• Configuring 3G backhauling over ATM between NodeBs and RNCs.
• Configuring MP-BGP peering with other ASs using InterAS option A & B performing the required prefix filtering

 Project: VODAFONE-QATAR DOHA Fixed and 3G Mobile Network within IP/MPLS core environment (7750/7710 routers)
• Work with the Security team to allow new flows requested by the customer
• Working with the Core team (CS, GGSN, VAS, WAP ...etc) to provide connectivity /routing internally and externally through the core IPBB network

 Project: Orange-KENYA NAIROBI, 3G Mobile Network using IP/MPLS core routers (7750/7710 routers)
• Testing new service with other Vendors “ZTE” to check computability with ALU routers (7750 SAR 18, 7705 SAR 8, & SAR 18).
• Installing, commissioning and upgrading of new Orange sites
• Integration of sites using the MPLS RSVP-TE & MP-BGP protocols
• Integration with the 5620 SAM and remote management for all nodes

Multi core NSS Engineer at alcatel-lucent
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2006 to August 2008

Multi core switching team:

Team is responsible for control and Integration of the Core Network elements (HLR, MSC, SGSN…) at the mobile communication networks.

 Project: SOMTEL-Somaliland, Local Project Manager 2009
• Technical Support for the NSS network that includes SGSN and GGSN
• Traffic migration and system upgrade for SGSN
• Following up with the daily activities for the GPRS, BSS and IN projects
• Building local team for the NSS maintenance
 Project: GLOBACOM-Nigeria, EP1 to EP9 upgrade 2008
• Performing the EP1 to EP9 upgrade all over GLO Network (SSPs “RCH & RCX”, RCPs & HLRs “A8360, 62, & 62M machines”).
 Project: MOBINIL-Egypt, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) 2007
• Tracing and modelling the translation of the SSP and RCP
• Performing the local roaming, SMS, Voice SMS, Fax and Call divert in MNP environment
• Call trace for test using K15

Education

Diploma,
  • at Cisco
  • June 2008

Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) – BSCI (Routing). Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) – MPLS . Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) – BGP.

Diploma,
  • at Cisco
  • February 2007

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). Score: 987/1000

Bachelor's degree, Department of Communication & Electronics
  • at Ain Shams University - Faculty of Engineering
  • June 2006

Graduation Project: Fiber To The Home – Passive Optical Network (FTTH-PON) Grade: Distinction

Specialties & Skills

Team Motivator
communication skills with various department
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2008
Valid Until:
January 2008
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2008
Valid Until:
May 2008
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
August 2009
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2010
Valid Until:
March 2010
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2008
Valid Until:
May 2009
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
September 2008
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2007
Valid Until:
March 2007
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009