Network Assurance Engineer/Lead
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
● Assisted a team of service delivery analysts and engineers to support Tier-2 customer's network services and infrastructure using monitoring & control systems on a 24 x 7 basis ● Collaborated with internal departments to initiate quality improvement programs to address key illnesses resulting in 27% cost savings.● Initiated a Change management Forum in collaboration with internal departments and outsource parties to reduce duplication and enhance required processes.● Responsible for support of over 7000 network devices worldwide, including switches, routers, wireless access points, acceleration appliances, firewalls, file servers, VPN infrastructure, and ISP connections. ● Managed performance, scheduling, and career development for NOC team members. Designed and implemented ITIL best practices such as change management, problem management, service catalogue, OLAs, CMDB, knowledge management, and release management. ● Managed a Project team that successfully relocated the NOC team ● Seek opportunities to allow multiple business functions to share common resources and provide internal and external cost savings.● Assist the Sales department with Customise network management, network design, and SLA requirements.● Developed a 3 standard network management product for the customer based on SLA.● Developed a yearly Business Plan for the entire Network Operations Departments.● Ensure the team maintains and updates the knowledge base related to supported services and technologies● Developed and deliver technical training to Level 2 NOC staffs.● Designed Voice, FR, ATM, MPLS, VOIP, and other IP Technology Assurance processes according to ITIL guidelines using 4TQ process software.● Monitored network performance and identified possible threats using network analysis tools● Extensive experience in network capacity management, including capacity planning, scalability analysis, and performance optimization.