Experience

rain South Africa

• South Africa
• Telecommunications
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior IPRAN Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Delivery of IP/MPLS based IP RAN in line with the company's objective by providing the systemrequirements, scope of works, designing, implementing, supporting and deployment.



Altron Nexus

• South Africa
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IP Engineer

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

  - Responsible for the evaluation, design, support, preparation and solutionimplementation on new and existing IP Core, WAN, LAN and WLAN technology related projects.- Support the multi-vendor WLAN network (Huawei, Nokia, MikroTik & Wavespot inclusive ofAP, WAC, Authentication Servers, Captive Portal).



Cell C

• South Africa
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Transmission Configuration: Transmission Specialist

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2019

  To configure the transmission access nodes for the enhancement of network quality as well as expansion of the network and assist with performance related fault management and root cause identification.



SIAE MICROELETTRONICA

• Italy
• Telecommunications
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Technical Support Engineer

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

  - Remote customer support, performing first/second level analysis over troubles/technical questions arose on already deployed SIAE Microwave Systems.- Support Central Technical Support analysis collecting and forwarding all the required information for the third level analysis in a structured way.- Perform detailed and thorough analysis of the gathered information using test equipment (i.e. ethernet testers) filtering technical issues to be escalated to Central Technical Support, being able to solve most of the basic issues.- Supporting the acceptance phase required to verify the functions, features, performance, inter-working, conformance and quality of SIAE microwave equipment in front of the customer (POC's both in the lab, bench tests and field trials).- Knowledge sharing and dissemination of new features to internal local resources and to external partners.- Attend Operational review meetings with customers.



Huawei Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Datacom Engineer

  • Oct 2013 - Apr 2016

  - Planning of the new backhauling solution for the customernetwork (including IP planning, IP/MPLS, IGP(ISIS/OSPF), EGP(BGP), L2VPN,L3VPN, QoS, clocking), this included producing the HLD (high level design) andLLD (low level design)- Use of Unistar software to design the backhaul network topology according tothe BOQ (Bill of quantity) specifications and for IP address allocations- Attend & compile reports for Site Surveys- Initiating the supply chain procedures to deliver new siteequipment to site for hardware installations and ensuring that the subcontractorinstalls the correct site according to set quality standards- Router (ATN950B, CX600-X2, CX600-X8) & OSS server (U2000 Oracle serverrunning Linux) hardware installation, scripting/configuration and softwarecommissioning- Follow up on sign-off from the customer for QA (qualityacceptance) and PAT (preliminary acceptance test) of new sites- Attend to on-site troubleshooting of the physical equipment, including physical fiber link connections and liaising with theDWDM & transmission engineers and ordering spare parts to replace faulty parts on sites- Perform maintenance on routers & OSS Server (ATN950B, CX600-X2, CX600-X8, U2000 Oracle Server), this involves monitoring the status of all the routersthrough the U2000 OSS server and sending out reports, also performing software/patch/license upgrades on the U2000 server.- KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Monitoring for routers that are newlyintegrated into the customer’s network for acceptance purposes before livetraffic is cutover- Liaise with the customer and a third-party company during the cutover(s) fromSDH (synchronous digital hierarchy) to the IP/MPLS backhaul transmission- Conduct customer training on the IP/MPLS backhaul solution- Updated the script generation tools to eliminate human error

• Radio Network Planning & Optimization

  • Mar 2012 - Oct 2013

  - Planning engineering parameters for new/re-homing/re-parentingBTS/NodeB/eNodeB sites- Attending & compiling reports for Initial Site Surveys, Revised Radio Planning,Technical Site Surveys, Single Site Verif ication, Walk tests(for indoor DASdistributedantenna system sites),Drive tests- KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Monitoring for both new and existing sites toensure that they are within the acceptable ranges (incl. worst cells)- Conduct pre and post Cluster drives (including benchmarking) & implement optimizationrecommendations Using post drive data logs analysis tools then produce reports for both the pre and post drives- Conduct customer complain investigations through KPI monitoring/drive testsand/or stationary tests on location & implement optimization recommendationsthen produce pre and post reports- Liaising with the Wireless & core network engineers regarding engineering parameters duringnew site(s) integration/troubleshooting and re-homing/re-parenting- Testing & integration of new solutions to be introduced intothe customer’s network (i.e. conducting extensive RF testing on micro-cell &pico-cell solutions for both outdoor and indoor use)- Use of the following tools for the planning of engineering parameters/KPImonitoring/post drive analysis/initial site surveys/configurations updates ormodifications: M2000/Naster/PRS/Probe/Assistant/Actix/Mapinfo/Unet/GoogleEarth- Liaising with the sub-contractors during the implementation of on-site hardwarechanges for optimization activities

• Wireless Engineer

  • Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

  - BSC6900/RNC6900/ BTS3900/NodeB/eNodeB (DBS3900-distributed basestation)/IP Clock hardware installation & troubleshooting, scripting, software commissioning/upgrade/troubleshooting (on-site & through the M2000)- Attend BSC/RNC/ BTS/NodeB/eNodeB SQA(static quality acceptance) &FQA(functional quality acceptance) on site- Conduct BTS/NodeB re-homing/re-parenting with the RNP (radio networkplanning) engineers & Core Network engineers- Arrange replacement parts for faulty items on BTS/NodeB/RNC/BSC sites- Responsible for updating and archiving acceptance documentation for newlyintegrated sites- Testing & integration of new RAN (radio access network)solutions (i.e. introducing mini sites & mobile COW sites to the customer’snetwork)- Conduct ATP (acceptance testing procedure) testing for new solutions orafter major software upgrades- Updated the automation software tools to generate scripts correctly all the timethereby eliminating human error.