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Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Network Infrastructure Planning and Operations

Burlington

Burlington, ON

• Responsible to provide network infrastructure in the Cogeco hub sites for internal customers to meet business strategies and customer needs.
• Project management of all Cogeco inside plant/ facilities related to network infrastructure capacity engineering projects (space. power and cooling) in accordance with planning procedures and standards
• Creating and managing project feasibilities, scope, plans, budget and timelines of infrastructure capacity capital projects.
• Creating Capital Expenditure Authorization (CEA) forms and tracking budget status in Oracle; as well as the project cost analysis, attending meetings and special projects.
• Assisting Finance with creating fiscal capital budgets.
• Liaising between internal/external stakeholders and consultants (engineering firms, Government Ministries, etc.) to ensuring project goals and approvals are obtained.

Mississauga, Canada

• Preparation of detail design of Rogers wireline IP and Transport Network infrastructure by interpreting plans, requirements and locations for delivery to implementation teams.
• Interpreting Engineering Plans, technical documents and fiber splice logs to develop a breakdown of the site specific physical elements and requirements.
• Designing and integration of different platform to IP network which includes, voice, video, data and management.
• Preparation of Access Deal Plans using DWDM fiber network for delivering Rogers Network to Customer premises.
• Preparation of schematics, floor plans, powering plans, rack elevations and cable run lists for new build and upgrade/rebuild projects. Developed project-specific installation and construction notes, bills of materials.
• Updated Rogers’s network upgrades using SpatialNET/AutoCAD and inputting as-built information into the database.

Karachi

• Responsible for planning, designing and implementing Cisco LAN switch Network in Wireless LAN environment and Unified Communication.
• Provide recommendations on strategic infrastructure plans for telecommunication platforms (Data/IP, Access, Switching, Broadband, Transport and Radio).
• Planning and migration from existing TDM network to Cisco IP/MPLS network.
• Design responsibilities included (High level Topology diagrams, Devices/hardware naming conventions, Layer2/3 design, IP Addressing and connectivity) to meet project timelines and budget.
• Responsible for planning & design of L2 packet transport technologies i.e. Metro Ethernet services (EPL, EVPL, LAG and LACP) & redundancy protocols (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP).
• Responsible for planning and implementing data and voice communication systems using Microwave/VSAT/Fiber/Third party Network for 2G-GSM, 3G-UMTS, 4G-LTE Network rollout sites and Enterprise Network.

Karachi

• Designing SDH/PDH – Point to Point Microwave Links on (Ericsson- Minilink (TN, E, HC), Huawei 600-900 & NEC access equipment.
• Preparing Link Budgets for the cell sites using TLP (Tems Link Planner)
• Microwave Frequency Planning for the access network ensuring no interference among the microwave routes in accordance with the formulated KPIs.
• Analysis and solution of problematic MW links through performance reports.
• Responsible of performing Technical Site Surveys/LOS, includes LOS reports supported by Telecom rigger/technicians.
• Preparing Capacity plan (MUX) and TXN Network Diagrams in Visio for the network.

Karachi

• Major Responsibilities:
• Implementation & development of LDI in the VoIP scenario.
• Configuration of Cisco 2811 and Juniper J4350 Routers.
• Handling of Soft switches and Media Gateways.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of TELES Media Gateways.
• Routing on NGN Configurator.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Systems And Technology

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering