Raafay Zakaullah, Operations and Maintenance / BSS / Telecom Implementation Engineer

Raafay Zakaullah

Operations and Maintenance / BSS / Telecom Implementation Engineer

Hayat Communications (UAE)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Operations and Maintenance / BSS / Telecom Implementation Engineer at Hayat Communications (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since April 2007

Hayat Communications (UAE) April 2007 to date

Work carried out:
• FLM (Operation and Maintenance) Engineer for Ericsson and Huawei Project. (Current Project).
• HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning). AWL (Air Craft Wing Light), FACP (Fire Alarm Control Panel), Fire and Gas Networks / Access Control systems, BTS and Rectifier Systems trouble shooting and rectification carried out during PM.
• Maintenance of UPS (EATON).
• Team Leader in Site Survey Project for HUAWEI 2G, 3G Swap Project.
• du’s swap project from NSN to HUAWEI (du HSPA) along with BTS3900 installation and integration of 2G, 3G both.
• Installation, commissioning and troubleshooting of Optix RTN 600, 620, 950 (HUAWEI’s Transmission Rack) and alignment between two microwave links during the network rollout along with BTS3900 installation, commissioning and integration.
• Installation of LTE(long term evolution) for Huawei in Etisalat Project.
• Using Site Master to take feeder’s sweep test results.
• Alarms testing and acceptance tests for HUAWEI and NSN sites.
• PAT and FAT with the customer and snag clearance according to HUAWEI’s, NSN and Ericsson standards.
• Civil work BOQs (Bill of Quantities) creation and validation.
• FTTH-GPON installation project for etisalat.
• Sound technical knowledge of PABX, PAGA, ISND/ADSL.
• Optix OSN 1500, 3500 Intelligent Optical transmission and ODF Installation.
• Optix OSN PAT for single site and system.
• NSN Ultra and Flexi BTS installation, commissioning and integration.
• Quality Inspection for NSN and Huawei’s complete equipment and installation.
• Complete Documentation for Nokia and Huawei’s folders.
• Installation of Motorola’s feeder cables, splitters and antennas in IBS as well as complete documentation of the Motorola Folder.

BSS Engineer at Star Links
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2006 to February 2007

Star Links (Pakistan) July2006 - February 2007

Work carried out:
• Installation and Commissioning of 2G HUAWEI Equipment.
• Installation and Commissioning of Microwave links.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
  • at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
  • June 2006
High school or equivalent, A' Levels in affiliation with University of Cambridge, England
  • at Beaconhouse
  • June 2002
High school or equivalent, O' levels in affiliation with University of Cambridge, England
  • at Beaconhouse
  • June 2000

Bayt Tests

Computer Skills Test
Score 68%
IQ Test
IQ Test
Score 75%

Specialties & Skills

Rollout
Telecommunication Services
DOCUMENTATION
ENGINEER
FIRE ALARM
MICROWAVE
Operations and maintenance
Rollout
Commissioning and Integration
Swap project nsn to huawei

Languages

Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

UPS trouble shooting (Training)
Training Institute:
Huawei
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
2 hours
Optical Network Cooperator Technical Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Huawei
Date Attended:
August 2009
Duration:
40 hours
CDMA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2005
Valid Until:
May 2015

Hobbies

  • Jogging, running, cricket.
    Gold Medal in 200 m race, Gold medal in 4x100m relay race.