VSAT Engineer
SNL- Saudi Aramco
Total years of experience :14 years, 6 Months
• Operation and maintenance of Saudi Aramco(oil and gas) VSAT fleet
• Fix Antennas (1.2 and 1.8m), AVL Autotrack(tracStar) system and SeaTel Stabilized Marine antennas(4006 and 5010), Vegastream Voip modems.
• Installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of offshore and onshore VSAT equipment such as antenna(FIX/Stabilized), modems, Data Switch (CISCO, HP, Juniper), Antenna controller unit, Gyro track compass, UPS.
• Remote troubleshooting and Monitoring 350+ sites from NOC and managing all active sties.
• Creating and assigning trouble tickets to field technicians and doing the follow-up with clients
• Reporting to intelsat regarding RF interference
• Making sure all spare parts should deliver in time to remote sites.
• Manage database for all field activities and all Trouble ticket remedies.
• Training of Advantech VSAT hub operations
• Seatel Installation and maintenance training for Stabilized Antennas
• Project Management of Pakistan's first Ka-band VSAT satellite based internet service. (Yahclick of Yahsat)
• Coordinating Satellite Communication Equipment Vendors, VSAT Service Providers and NOC Operators.
• Responsible for field VSAT installation and after sales support in Pakistan
• Liaisoning with the Satellite Operator & Field Engineers to bring the new Sites into the Network and interacting with the Customers.
• Installation, operation and maintenance of Earth Station Setup.
• ( IRDs, Encoders (SCPC, MCPC), Modulators, HPAs, Routers, Servers)
• Channel Distribution, Frequency and Power management.
• Installation, operation and maintenance of Mobile VSAT Network.
• Troubleshooting and Operation of Transmission/Broadcasting Systems
• Operation, maintenance and Technical Support to MCR and Feed Room
• NMS and Irdeto encryption System Fault Rectification.
• Technical Support and training to VSAT DSNGs and its staff.
• Installation of iNetVu Autotrack GPS based flyaway System.
• Monitoring through Spectrum Analyzer and power Meters.
• Communication and Coordination with different Functional Domains.
• Managing live Feeds from locations.
• Maintaining KPIs and Project documentation.
• RF CATV system Installation, maintenance and Troubleshooting.
• Technical Survey for system installation.
• Installation of 1.2, 1.8, 2.5, 3.7, 4 .5m Tx/Rx Dish Antennas.
• ( BUC, LNB, Waveguide, Coaxial Cables, ODU)
• Work in RF, BSS and Transmission Departments.
• Hand on experience in Commissioning BTS, TRAU at MSC.
• Work on SRAL modulators (SDH) at Co-locations.
• SDH principle issues and SDH Networking issues.
• Knowledge about E1, STM, Fiber optics, GPS.
• RF Drive-Testing knowledge.
• Signaling system 7 (SS7)
• Map info, Google Earth.
2010 - 2012 Masters of Engineering in Telecommunications Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan. CGPA: 3.08
2005 - 2009 Pakistan Engineering Council Registration Telecom: 1749