Sifian Ben Khalifa, RF Engineer

Sifian Ben Khalifa

RF Engineer

alcatel-lucent

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Telecommunications
Experience
18 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months

RF Engineer at alcatel-lucent
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since July 2014

 Responsible for Maintaining and Improving RF KPIs
 Detailed analysis of Key Performance Indicators.
 Monitoring Network KPIs: Call Setup success rate, HO Success (IRAT+HHO), Blocking rate, Drop calls, Traffic utilization, RF failure rate etc.
 Parameter Tuning for KPI improvements (Nghbr/Freq/Power etc.).
 Audit & Mitigation plan including new feature introduction to maintain/improve the KPIs.
 Frequency Spot tuning. Allocation of BCCH & TCH frequencies, BSIC, HSN and MAIO allocation.
 Radio Capacity Analysis
 Detailed cluster DT analysis (scanner, short calls, long calls) with emphasis on L3 analysis.
 Generation of Raw data & Reporting of Daily/Weekly/Monthly performance reports, based on requirements. Development of Performance reports & presentations.
 Responsible for attending customer complaints.
 Support RNC/BSC re-homing activities. Pre/Post KPI analysis & improvement plans.
 Proactive / corrective actions to reach agreed service quality targets.
Responsible for Performance Management with key objectives of network performance reporting and analysis.
 Co-ordination with other teams (IP, Tx, GNOC) to resolve critical issues the Network KPIs.
 Setting of Formula/definitions and extract the desired KPI indicator, as per the new system upgrades or adhoc needs.
 Involve in Process development as per Managed Services requirements.
 Ensuring that exclusions defined in the Managed Services contract are understood and implemented into the reporting.
 TEMS, Nemo, Agilent, Mapinfo, Tems, EDAT, Actix, Genex, Atoll, Netact, NPO

2G/3G Radio Network Optimization (RNO) Expert at Tunisiana - (Ooredoo - Qtel Group)
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • January 2013 to July 2014

- Preparing swap from Siemens to Huawei
- Follow up Radio KPIs
- Traffic Shifting and carving
- Setting 3G cell parameters
- 3G drive test analysis
- Preparing 2G and 3G EPT
- 2G and 3G SSV analysis
- Preparing SHO and HHO for new 3G area
- Troubleshooting 2G and 3G problem

Radio network Optimization (RNO) Engineer at MTN - Sudan
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • October 2008 to January 2013

Have an experience of 4 years daily interaction with Ericsson network system and software which helped to gain good base on BO, OSS, CNA, FOX, FAS, TEMS, MAP INFO, and many other Ericsson Radio Tools. The job Responsibilities was:
• Performing routine drive test.
• Frequency planning tuning.
• Monitoring of quality of service indicators
• Logical parameters tuning
• Neighbor planning correction.
• Conduct optimization actions to maintain sites KPIs within agreed upon thresholds.
• Work within defined systems and processes and identify opportunities to improve these systems as appropriate.

Radio Network Optimization (RNO) Supervisor at MTN - Sudan
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • September 2012 to January 2013

- Responsible for area KPIs and enhance all Network Quality Indicators within Ericsson regions.
- Supervise team activities to monitor problems and trigger corrective actions.
- Validate planning tuning frequency.
- Maintain QOS KPI and work with the team for enhancement opportunities.
- Coordinate with other departments for smoothing work flow.
- Plan routine drive test for competition benchmarking.
- Follow up Customer Complains in my assigned area.
- Develop and Maintain team skills, & technical needs.
- Provide technical guidance and management assistance for the team members.

System and Network Administrator at Kawther FM 92.0
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • August 2005 to January 2008

Responsible for operation and system administration,  network setup, and server configuration.
 
Tasks Responsibility:
 
- Radio Automation System Program installation, operated through a network of computers, and a standard song classification set on a streaming server to a broadcasting studio.
 
- Shared Network Storage System Configured to allow different users to access a shared data.
 
- Installation of FM transmission Antennas for Radio branches Karima, Dongula, Addaba Cities.
- Development of Radio Web Site, redesigning with audio streaming added for Internet Listeners.
- Participation in building and constructing FM Studios.

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Telecommunications
  • at University oof Medical Science & Technlogy
  • August 2011
Bachelor's degree, Engineering - Telecommunications
  • at Sudan University of Science and Technology
  • October 2005

Specialties & Skills

System and Network Administration
Linux System & Network Administration
C, Assembly, C++, OOP Languages
MCSE Windows Server Configuration (2003)
All Microsoft Windows versions.
Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel
HTML, PHP, MySQL, SQL

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

UMTS Planning and Optimization, Level A Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
July 2012
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2012
Valid Until:
September 2012
GSM P&O – Level B training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
Time and Stress Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
Advance Excel & MS Office (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
GSM Product Factory Planning and Optimization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
MCSE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2007
Valid Until:
May 2007
CCNA , Cisco ID: CSCO11195910 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2007
Valid Until:
February 2007
GSM Radio Network Optimization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Valid Until:
August 2010
GSM BSS G10 Radio Network Features (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Valid Until:
October 2011
HSPA Planning and Implementation Training (RAN11) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
October 2010
HSPA RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TRAINING (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
September 2010
GSM Radio Network Design and Planning (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Valid Until:
August 2010
CCNP - Cisco ID: CSCO11195910 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
Valid Until:
March 2007
BSS B10 E-GPRS Interface Dimensioning Introduction (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
May 2010
HSPA Principle Training (RAN11) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
September 2010
WCDMA Radio Network Design and Planning Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
October 2010
GSM/GPRS/WCDMA fundamentals, Network Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2009
Valid Until:
May 2009
GPRS/EDGE Radio Network Optimization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Valid Until:
August 2010
Advanced Diploma In Mobile Communication and Software Technology (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Valid Until:
December 2007
LINUX -RHCE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2007
Valid Until:
May 2007