Mohamed Taha, ITSC Engineer

Mohamed Taha

ITSC Engineer

Mobily

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

ITSC Engineer at Mobily
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2014

 Checks and ensures that all alarm systems and terminals of the network are working effectively and reliably.
 Preparing the DT for the traffic changes, doing tests monitoring changes effect.
 Exchange data daily modification; B-table changes, routing Cases, routing analysis, accounting, etc.
 Performance Analysis & Investigation based on KPI reports.
 Using protocol analyzers & troubleshooting skills.
 Create incident and outage reports as required by Customer and Management.
 Carries out assigned O&M tasks in respect of Trunk circuits, commissioning, testing, monitoring, trouble shooting, fault clearance and preventive maintenance activities as required.
 Assists in preparing monthly/weekly/daily reports on O&M parameters for reporting and reviewing with superiors; follows up as required.

Front Office Core Engineer at Mobily
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2016

 Monitor alarms and performance information on 24x7 basis.
 Perform initial analysis to identify issues follow by restoration if possible (1st line of Support).
 Perform periodical network backups and health checks to determine network status.
 Respond to Network Customer Support Team within agreed SLA time frame.
 Create and update/manage trouble tickets for any detected problem.
 Ensure all docket information is capture in activity log.
 Managing technical escalation to ensure faults is rectified within agreed SLAs.
 Perform Escalation and Notification to keep management and other business units informed during system outages.
 Assist the FO shift leader in producing activity report for KPI calculation.
 Assist the operation team in process improvement and ongoing development of tools and system.
 Ensure proper work progress, shift handover, data communication, team work spirit etc.
 Monitor alarm event panels, such as WinFiol, OSSALV, OSS Command Handling.

Senior Back Office Core Engineer at MTN Sudan
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • September 2013 to May 2014

My duties were:
 Supervision and Maintenance of Ericsson Core Nodes.
 Handling Core Projects based on Customer Requests.
 HLS Support for Ericsson MSC/VLR, MGW, APG40 C2/C4, APZ 212 50, HLR &
FNR Nodes.
 Definition of new mobile services.
 Delivering specialist mobile services to meet the business requirements.
 Leading projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget and with required quality.
 Motivating, coaching and leading teams to ensure that individuals possess the skills
and capability required to deliver team objectives.
 Attending NCCA, CSR, PRM meetings.
 Generation and monitoring of GSM/WCDMA statistics and KPI reports

Back Office Core Engineer at MTN Sudan
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • June 2010 to August 2013

My duties were:
 Troubleshooting and fault resolution using tools like the Wire shark and test systems
for trace capturing and analysis on the core nodes.
 I am the responsible Engineer for MNP project from core side (we did not go live yet,
but all configuration has been finished).
 I was the responsible Engineer for all Roaming issues (use IR21 in the configuration
for Inbound & Outbound roamers, Implement IR24 for postpaid & IR32 for prepaid
tests, handling Roaming subscribers complains during tests and after going live) in
MTN Sudan for about two years.
 Responsible for all O&M, proactive and preventive maintenance on all AXE nodes
BYB 501, APZ 212/50, MSS R 4.1 ( MSC R12.1& MGW R 4.1) & MSS R 6.1 (
MSC R14.1& MGW R 6.1 GMP V3).
 Blade Cluster APZ 214.3 (finished from integration steps that contains: APG's and
SPXs CP startup, SPX CPs and CP Blade Middleware loading and activation &
Dump loading, MSCs, TSCs and HLRs - BC SCTP Association Data is loaded in all
nodes, MGW SCTP data loading, Integration with IN & VAS & OSS, Call test
scenarios (pre and postpaid), HW acceptance. NOW: we will swap traffic from
MSCs to BC).
 Change configuration, integration and expansion of traffic route, signaling over IP,
ATM & TDM between different network elements. (MSC, MGW, BSC, HLR, RNC,
SGSN, VMS, IN, PRBT).
 Respond to core networks faults and outages by providing immediate troubleshooting
and root cause analysis.
 Integration, commissioning and change of hardware boards extension modules and magazines on AXE and MGW.
 Implementation of procedure for memory extension in the Central Processor Server
Block (CPSB) in APZ 212 50.
 Implementation of CP Restore.
 Implementation of DAT TAPE Driver Reinstall Procedure
 Implementation of procedure to perform a power cycle on an Adjunct Processor
(AP).
 Implementation of procedure to change a node in the Adjunct Processor (AP) cluster
(APG40C/4).
 All forms of backups, hardware change and hardware inventories.
 Preparing & implementing all types of Data Transcripts (DT) on core node.
 Interconnects with other Third party nodes, PLMN and PSTN.
 Responsible for all acceptance tests for all new core network nodes.
 DT preparing and implementation for Analysis functions on core nodes, Pre-B
number, B-number, A-number, EOS, Routing case, GT & IMSI series.
 Responsible for the operation, configuration, fault correction and expansion of the
Infrastructure IP network carrying SS7/IP (Sigtran) and Nb/IP consisting of switches
and site routers.
 Implementation of Jobs/Activities as planned by the Core Network Planners.
 Collect and analysis Core KPI’s and STS and make sure they within the acceptable
and below threshold values and take proper action When KPI’s cross the threshold
values.

Front Office Core Engineer at MTN Sudan
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • June 2008 to June 2010

My duties were:
 Monitor alarms and performance information on 24x7 basis.
 Perform initial analysis to identify issues follow by restoration if possible (1st line of
Support).
 Perform periodical network backups and health checks to determine network status.
 Respond to Network Customer Support Team within agreed SLA time frame.
 Create and update/manage trouble tickets for any detected problem.
 Ensure all docket information is capture in activity log.
 Managing technical escalation to ensure faults is rectified within agreed SLAs.
 Perform Escalation and Notification to keep management and other business units
informed during system outages.
 Assist the FO shift leader in producing activity report for KPI calculation.
 Assist the operation team in process improvement and ongoing development of tools
and system.
 Ensure proper work progress, shift handover, data communication, team work spirit
etc.
 Monitor alarm event panels, such as WinFiol, OSSALV, OSS Command Handling.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Management Business Administration.
  • February 2011
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications
  • at University Of Khartoum
  • September 2006

Specialties & Skills

IP Networking
Scenario Analysis
Excellent self-study abilities
Perfect skills in computer applications (Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office)
Capability to work in team, under pressure, overtime and go in business trips

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

MGW R6.1 Operation & Configuration (GMP V3 & GMP V4) (Training)
Training Institute:
Ericsson Education Center, Beirut ,Lebanon
Date Attended:
October 2011
Duration:
40 hours
Training in Telecommunication Department (Training)
Training Institute:
UKM & IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date Attended:
September 2005
Duration:
40 hours
Course in Fundamentals of GSM, WCDMA & GPRS (Training)
Training Institute:
MTN Academy, Khartoum ,Sudan
Date Attended:
April 2009
Duration:
40 hours
CCNA Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Sudatel Telecommunications Academy, Khartoum ,Sudan
Date Attended:
April 2011
Duration:
80 hours
Communication Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
International Center Quality, Khartoum ,Sudan
Date Attended:
June 2011
Duration:
40 hours
Time & Stress Management (Training)
Training Institute:
International Center Quality, Khartoum ,Sudan
Date Attended:
July 2013
Duration:
40 hours
MSC-S R14.0 Blade Cluster Configuration LZU1087685-R1A (Training)
Training Institute:
Ericsson Education Center, Khartoum ,Sudan
Date Attended:
June 2013
Duration:
40 hours