1. Seeking a SDH Transmission Engineer position in your concern where I can use my
innovative ideas as well as my technical knowledge for the benefit of the company.
SYNOPSIS
 A smart professional with over 6 years of experience in SDH/DWDM network engineering.
 Presently working with TATA Communications Pune as Sr. Network Executive, (Global
Corporate NOC).
 Working on EMS and NMS Clients (Viz. ECI, TEJAS, FIBCOM,ALCATEL, NEC, CIENA)
 Possess good working knowledge in SDH Transmission systems, LO & HO Multiplexers,
provisioning and Trouble shooting of IPLC, NPLC, VPN, MPLS, SILL and ILL circuit
related issues.
 Strong communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new
technical concepts quickly & utilising in a productive manner.
 Experience in Excel dashboards, VBA Macros & process automations in excel VB.
 Working on automation project since last 4 years which is built for Auto configuration in
SDH Tranmission network by integrating OSS & BSS Tools.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Working with TATA COMMUNICATIONS Ltd. As Sr. Network Executive Networks (Oct. 2010
to till date)
PROJECTS
I) Transmission:
Working on EMS/NMS SYSTEM for Tejas (MC1L, MC4L, MC16L), ECI (XDM100, XDM1000,
XDM2000), NEC for LO provisioning and MARCONI (MSH 2K1), Ciena-CD for HO Provisioning.
Huawei Devices: SDH OSN7500, Huawei OptiX OSN 9800/8800
Provisioning of Customer Circuits (E1s, DS3,Ethernet, STM1, STM 4, STM16) for:
o Enterprise Customer Ckt’s for VPN, ILL, IPLC and NPLC Circuit
Providing Back-end support to other regions of the company for Circuit troubleshooting and
stability of the Network.
Map End to End KLM details on EMS (Elementary Management System) &NMS (Network
Management System) Equipment’s.
Vishal Katore
Mobile: +91-8237077303
E-Mail: katore_vishal@ymail.com

2. Shifting, Termination and Up gradation, down gradation of live links in downtime.
Interaction & co-ordination with national & international service providers in down time.
Responsibilities:
 Provisioning & Testing of circuits: Carry out the provisioning of E1/ E3/ EoSDH
(EOS)/DS3/VC12 to VC4/STM1/STM4/STM16 link provided by traffic management
team (TM).
 Co-ordinate with Traffic Management Team for the testing and performance
monitoring of newly provisioned links & create the Network topology in NMS with
different capacities.
 Executing Planned Events and Activities in live circuits, without affecting the
customer links.
 Working on SDH/DWDM equipment’s like, Tejas, ECI, Fibcom, Ciena, Alcatel,
Marconi NEC for Link Analysing, Network Implementation, Network Management,
Bandwidth Provisioning & troubleshooting of Network.
 Migration circuits on STM1, STM4 and STM16.
 Handling termination circuits on E1 to STM16 levels.
 Monitoring SDH/DWDM NMS of ECI Telecom with different SDH/DWDM transport
equipment of STM 1 to STM 16 capacity i.e. XDM 100, XDM500, XDM1000/ Tejas
Equipment’s link MC16, MC4, ME4, MC1 & CP100, TJ1260,
TJ1270,TJ1600,TJ1500.Presently working on ECI NMS/EMS & Tejas NMS/EMS.
 Performing switching test for new provisioned link.
 Troubleshooting and restoration of E1/ E3/ DS3/VC12-VC4/STM-1/ 4/ 16 links based
on the complaints from customers with minimum restoration time with high
resolution & checking whole performance/Alarms/errors in NMS.
 Co-ordination with vendors and inter departments for fast delivery of Circuits.
 Handling outage activities/maintenance windows for changes or up gradations in the
network
 Maintain & update the network related data in (MS-Office Excel, Word, Power Point,
Paint) in every day and populate it whenever asked, Verification of Plan events (PE)
in network before time Window & generating various reports, Diagrams for network
activities(PE).

3.  Maintain relation with Operation Team, Implementation Team, Field/MAN/Site
Engineer, and Project/PM team, ITMC, Access, Bop(TM) etc. & Interact with other
NOC groups for completing activities during PE.
I I) Excel VBA Macros
 Assisted with automation of monthly “Data Compilation & KRA measurement” of
manual processes by writing VBA code and using macros and formulas to speed
processes and maximize accuracy.
 Created VBA programs to automatically update Excel workbooks
 Developed Macro to auto download CSV files from web portals & send to concern
peoples via outlook mail.
 Developed macro to check reachability of nodes though Win32
 Automated total 11 processes within team to save manual time like daily reports
preparation, Lead Lag measurement, and daily work completion trackers.
I I I) ACE- Auto Config Engine (OSS/BSS Integration Tool)
 Working on automation project since last 4 years which build for Auto configuration
in SDH Tranmission network by integrating OSS & BSS Tools.
 Leading ACE TX ETE projects UBR Inputs, SLA/UAT signoff and now deployed
with 98% success at starting phase.
 Products covered (both IP & TDM) and all types of operations like NEW orders
configurations, MACD (Upgrade, downgrade, Shifting & Terminations) etc.
configurations & de-configurations.
 Technology/Tools: SDH- Wireline, NMS, EMS, Metasolv, BPM, Cramer.
 Preparation of business cases, Change requests, Enhancements discovered during
Adoption for funding approval from the business on OSS/BSS Tools. MIS reports on
Adoption.
 Instrumental in Auto configuration engine (ACE-TX) production deployment and
Played key role in ACE-TX adoption success to 98% (3500 Nos) and First Time
Right (no touch) till 80% (2500 Orders per month).

4. ACADEMICS & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Degree University Year of Passing Percentage
B.E [E&Tc] Pune University Aug, 2010 68.53
12th HSC Maharashtra State Board June, 2006 74.83
10th SSC Maharashtra State Board March, 2004 77.86
Academic Projects:
“JPEG2000 Still Image Compression” Digital Image
Processing
Extracurricular activities:
 National level Quiz competition at J.S.P.M.C.O.E., Hadapsar, Pune.
 National level Robotics competition at J.S.P.M.C.O.E., Hadapsar, Pune.
 National level Robotics competition Verismo’08 held at v.p.c.o.e.Baramati
 National level Paper Presentation at K.B.P. Satara
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of birth : 11th Nov 1988
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Unmarried
Alternate E-mail : katore.vishal@rediffmail.com
I accept challenges in odd situations. I have strong analytical and interpersonal skills. I am a
hard worker, self-starter, Focused and a dedicated professional. I always try to fulfil the
commitments I make.
Vishal Katore.