Jalal Soufi, Telecom Engineer

Jalal Soufi

Telecom Engineer

Mobinets

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Master's degree, Computer and Communication Engineering
Experience
11 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months

Telecom Engineer at Mobinets
  • Lebanon - Tripoli
  • My current job since November 2016

o Deploying the Network Engineering Platform (NEP) at customer premises, integrating different vendor equipment in the tool (Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, Alcatel, ZTE, Cisco, NEC etc.) and testing end-to-end results
o Customer interface in Omantel and Zain (Kuwait), representing the company and supporting the customer to meet the needed requests and requirements on the project.
o Studying the functionality of different vendor’s network and transmission equipment (BTS, NodeB, eNodeB, BSC, RNC, Router, Ethernet Switch, IDU-MW, ADM-SDH, WDM, etc.) and writing their functional requirements specifications (FRS) covering most domains and technologies (RAN, CORE CS/PS/IMS, Transmission etc.)
o Equipment modeling, modification and updates for the equipment types in NEP catalogue.
o Customer support and follow up for better performance and satisfaction.
o Meeting customer requests and new requirements and reporting to Dev team.
o Follow up with customer to provide the requested dumps.
o Analyze customer’s dumps.
o Import Customer data into NEP.
o Testing and QA end-to-end results, and bug reporting in JIRA.
o Documentation development and scope management.

Senior Communications and Electronics Engineer at Saudi Oger
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since August 2015

o Testing and commissioning: Leading testing and commissioning scope for Low Current and High Current systems. (GSM-WCDMA-LTE, Tetra, Fire alarms System, CCTV System, Access Control System, Intrusion Detection System, WLan Equipment WiFi, PAVA, VESDA, Two-Way Communication, Lighting Control, Hostile Vehicle Mitigation...)

o Documentation development: Method Statement, Operation and Maintenance Manual, Training Manuals, Spare Parts Data Package, Bill of Materials, BOQ, MRP, TRV, NMR...

o Construction follow up: Monitoring daily site progress, coordination with suppliers, meeting project handover schedule, good experience in detailing, finishing and daily site activities. Able to attend clients’ inquiry, site progress, plan layout and Etc...

Communication and Electronics Engineer at Akorn Telecommunications
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since July 2012

Location: Beirut

June 2013- Present

Drive Test Engineer (2G, U900, 3G and 4G network)

Perform field testing and gathering log files using different equipment/drive test tools measuring the performance of signal coverage and quality of indoor and outdoor base station sites.
Analysis of drive test data. Determine and implement required changes and improvements based on optimization data
Analyzing and optimizing soft, softer, hard handovers through proper neighbor relationships of 3G-3G, 3G-2G.
Analyzing Call setup success, Call Drop, and Neighbor Verification.
Responsible for KPI’s monitoring.
Verify the network, site functioning properly, antenna positions, antenna directions or tilt and swapped feeders.
Collect scanner data (SC, RSCP and Ec/No, RSSI)
Analyzing 3G logs using Genex probe assistant.
Delivering analysis reports towards customer complaints then provide solution and recommendation.
Collect throughput data regarding(RSRP reference signal receive power and SINR signal to noise ratio and CQI channel quality indicator) for 4G LTE

    Tools:
- Genex Probe/Assistant software for Huawei sites.
- TEMS software for ZTE (2G) and ERICSSON (3G)
- Nemo outdoor for ERICSSON (4G LTE)

Transmission Engineer “Team leader”.

Installation of the needed equipment as like microwave links, alignment, configuration and troubleshooting. Using Mini Link-Craft for Ericsson Links configuration.

Worked on FAC “Site acceptance” project for Touch.
As like Microwave link dismantle with the IF / Power cables and the transmission equipment. Checking all the possible snags as like groundings, cables cross, labeling, Feeder boots...
Also friendly with the telecommunications equipment in RF field such as RRU’s and RFU’s, BBU’s, RTN’s, antenna’s (readings: electrical and mechanical tilts, azimuth, wave pattern and coverage)...Etc.

 August 2015 - Present
STED co ltd.
Testing & commissioning for MEP and LCS on behalf of Saudi Oger
Location: Al Dhahran, KSA.
Project: Aramco - King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture.
- Communication and Electronics Engineer.
o Testing and commissioning: Leading testing and commissioning scope for Low Current and High Current systems. (GSM-WCDMA-LTE, Tetra, Fire alarms, CCTV, Access Control, WLan Equipment WiFi, Lighting Control...)
o Documentation development: Operation and Maintenance Manual, Training Manuals, Spare Parts Data Package, Bill of Materials, MRP, TRV, NMR...
o Construction follow up: Monitoring daily site progress, coordination with suppliers, meeting project handover schedule, good experience in detailing, finishing and daily site activities. Able to attend clients’ inquiry, site progress, plan layout and Etc...

Education

Master's degree, Computer and Communication Engineering
  • at Arts, Sciences &Technology University in Lebanon (AUL)
  • September 2012

MSc Arts, Sciences &Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), 2011-2012 Computer & Communication Engineering BSc Arts, Sciences &Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), 2007-2010 Computer & Communication Engineering CISCO 2008-2009     CCNA I: Networking for home and small business.     CCNA II: Working at a small to medium business or ISP.     CCNA III: Introducing routing and switching in the enterprise.     CCNA IV: Designing and supporting computer networks.      at “ADC Academic & Development Center- Azm & Saada”      Lebanese Baccalaureate Math series. 2007 Projects Patch antenna design and simulation 2012 based on ANASOFT HFFS simulator with transmitter circuit Design a Rectangular Micro strip patch antenna using HFFS simulator and then fabricate the antenna regarding to its essential parameters. Produce an electric wave from a transmitter circuit to send it as an electromagnetic wave from a Microstrip patch antenna. Study the electromagnetic wave/radiation pattern, diversity, polarization estimations, and power gain on a specific frequency. Understand how frequency, Dielectric constant, antenna dimensions and the substrate affect the Radiation Pattern, Power Gain, and Polarization estimations. GSM “Cell planning for Tripoli area” 2010 Producing a good quality network plans. Set up a model of a network and create subsets of the data for applying different characteristics and planning rules. - plan a network with minimum error and maximum productivity.

Specialties & Skills

Construction Engineering
Transmission
IP Networking
Telecommunications Engineering
computer programming
telecommunications
logic design
networking

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

PDH-SDH,DSL-ADSL,GSM,SWITCHING (Training)
Training Institute:
OGERO TELECOM
Date Attended:
June 2010
Duration:
48 hours
Cisco CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2008
Valid Until:
May 2009

Hobbies

  • Football"soccer"
    Lebanese league for 2nd division, player at: Al riada wal adab football club