1. WAQAS AHMED ABBASI
Flat # 202 Block T1 QATIF Central Hospital Housing, DAHRAN-JUBAIL Highway, KSA
Email: engr.waqasabbasi@gmail.com
Cell # 966-0538571365
Transferrable IQAMA
Career Summary
6 years of experience in Telecom sector in Field Operations (FLM) and BO support (TXN)
I have worked as Team Lead FLM in Field Operations at China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak-Zong)
I have worked as Executive Transmission at China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak-ZONG)
I have worked as Team Lead SDH Transmission at Alcatel-Lucent Pakistan on China Mobile Pakistan Project
I have worked as Quality Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent Pakistan on China Mobile Pakistan Project
I have worked as TXN Field Engineer at Myson Engineering Pvt Ltd on China Mobile Pakistan and UFONE
Pakistan Project
Completed several projects with major telecom Operators in Pakistan like Mobilink (vimplecom & China
Mobile Pakistan)
Good project management skills and proven ability to provide leadership to teams
Skilled in building excellent report with team members to achieve assigned targets
Excellent skills in technical reporting & budgeting
My goal is to secure a promising position in telecom industry that offers both a challenging opportunity in
project management of Implementation/Roll out/FLM
Academic Record:
Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (Major in Telecommunication) 72% (2004--2008)
I did my Bachelor Engineering from International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Pakistan Engineering Council Registration # Electro /9807)
CCNA (Routing & Switching) (Certificate ID: 417774169607JMCI)
Professional Experience:
Regional Team Lead Field operations
(August 2015- December 2015)
Worked as a Regional Team lead responsible for the Scheduled Preventive Maintenance as well Corrective
maintenance activities of the network
Outage Analysis as per given OMT targets
Target the frequent outages of platinum sites on daily basis to ensure the desired NA of sites
RF Issues (HFR, DCR, and TCH improvement Hard ware Issues to maintain voice quality as well call
connectivity issues in the region
Assigning the tasks to respective Field Teams and getting reports and feedback for the activities to customer
Arrange weekly & monthly meetings with the Field Teams and Vendors ,setting the target dates to resolve
the network problems with effective controlling and tracking approach for producing desired results
Coordination with the RAN/BSS department to deploy the hardware and software changing in the network
Ensure the availability of all field teams by 24×7
Plan the detailed health checks for new deployed sites and ensured that sites are OK with all respects
Follow up on long outages escalations with the field teams till the resolution and present the RCA to
management.
2. Responsible for the subcontractor management and prepare the monthly progress report of outsourced
projects
Ensure that all subcon field teams have their complete resources and tools as per defined in SLA
Randomly visits the field to check the field team’s capabilities & skills
Coordination with other departments Security, Fueling, and logistics for all related O&M activities.
Prepare weekly reports of OMT and TCH availability and analysis the root cause of outages and low TCH
Conduct weekly meeting with customer to discuss the entire network related prevailing issues
Jr. Executive Transmission
(21-January-2015 – 01-August-2015)
Microwave Products: Huawei RTN 900 series, Huawei RTN 600 series,
NMS Products: Huawei IManager_U2000, HUAWEI AMS
E2E Integration of LTE sites
E2E integration of 3G sites
Alarm monitoring and rectification of 3G/4G sites
Packet loss analysis and rectification
Data utilization analysis for 3G/4G sites
Data Traffic cutover of 3G/4G sites from Microwave to FTBTS (Fiber to BTS) PTN nodes
Network Performance Monitoring
Troubleshooting Microwave Issues
Radio Links Performance Monitoring
Critical Alarms analysis and Alarms rectification
VLAN design and implementation
NMS Visibility
Vendor coordination for Microwave issues
Microwave Network Availability
Packet Loss analysis (Data Traffic)
Preventive Maintenance of HUB Links
Network Audit
3. Integration Professional TXN
(AUG-2011 – JAN-2015)
Product line Summary:
Microwave Products: Microwave Packet Radio (MPR 9500 Ver. 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1), 9500 MXC (1-STM-1, 2-STM-1)
SDH Optics: 1642EM, 1650 SMC, 1662 SMC (ST
NMS Products: SAM1650, 1353 NM & 2811, E1 to LAN converters, Cisco Routers & Switches
Project 1: China Mobile-PAK Phase-3D (MPR Network Upgrade) 3G-4G/LTE Integration
Team Lead CMPAK 3G-4G LTE Integration Project (North-II)
End to End 4G-LTE Integration
End to End 3G integration
QOS Implementation
Adaptive Modulation Implementation on MPR-9500
SW Release upgrade on Microwave Packet Radio
VLAN Configuration on SDH Nodes and Terminal Sites
End to End configuration from NodeB, E-NodeB to RNC
PTN Connectivity with Microwave
PTN Gateway and WMS Integration with Microwave
Preparation of Network upgrade procedures
Software Release upgrade from Rel 3.1 to Rel 3.3,3.4 and to 4.1
License upgrade for MPR MSS-8.MSS-4 and MSS-1C
IP (DCN) Planning and Implementation
Hardware up gradation of MPR Links from XPIC (1 + 0) to XPIC (1+1) HSB
Completed 35 XPIC links Upgrade in One Month time.
Customer Trainings
Subcontractor Management & Trainings
Integration of multiplexers 1642, 1650 & 1662 SMC.
Project 2: China Mobile-PAK Phase3A and 3B-3G Deployment (SDH New Links & Expansion links MPR + MXC)
Commissioning and integration of MPR-9500 links in Ring & PTP configuration of capacity 1-STM-1, 2-STM-1
& 4-STM-1.
Commissioning of Multiplexers ADMs (1642, 1650-SMC and 1662-SMC).
Commissioning of MPR and up gradation of software.
Configuring SNCP for MSP Protection.
M/W links commissioning [1+0, 1+1 HSB, 1+1 , XPIC (1+ 0 & 1 + 1 HSB) ]
DCN connectivity of MPR-9500 NE’s and ADM NE’s.
4. Carried out Traffic cutover on newly installed SDH Rings.
Configuration of E1 to LAN converters and switches.
Optical Media mapping and Media verification.
Optical media integration from DWDM network to MPR Rings and Backbones.
SDH Ring protection testing at E1 level and STM level
Coordination with BSS teams for media shifting on SDH/PDH sites.
Performing Analyzer test of MW link.
Field provisional acceptance test (PAT) with customer
Providing L2 operation and maintenance support to customer for SDH rings and backbones which includes
Microwave and SDH optics
Provided L1 support on NMS
NE Management from 1353NM
Trouble shooting of SDH microwave links for Media and NMS related issues.
Project 3: L2 Support (MXC-9500 , MPR-9500 and ADMs)
Providing L2 support to customer for MPR 9500 , ADMs and MXC-9500 (IDU and INUe)
Handling issues related to E1 verification and E1 testing.
Providing E1s for New sites by SNCP break activities.
E1 re-routing and RTC drops Analysis
Transmission Engineer at MYSON Engineering Pakistan
(JULY-2010 – JULY-2011)
Troubleshooting & maintenance of BTS ZXJ8112 & ZXJ8018(VSWR, AEM,Cell break)
Installation & commissioning external alarms systems (GSU, GSUR, MISU).
Deployment and Commissioning of MW links (ALU,NEC)
O&M of Deployed Links in N2 for CM-PAK
Troubleshooting of Links
Carried Traffic Cutover on SWAP links
Up gradation of MW links
PAT from customer for both PDH and SDH links
HOT SWAP of PDH links in N2 for ALU MPR SWAP
Team Management and Documentation for PATed links
DATA4 Networks Pvt Ltd, Pakistan
Job: August 2008 to June 2010. BSS/Datacomm Engineer
o Area of Expertise: Huawei projects for Ufone, Zong & PTCL. (NGN, Microwave installation and
BTS) , SWAP Projects
o Product Line: HUAWEI RTN 600, 620 and BTS 3900, 3012 and 3600.
o Optix : HUAWE: OSN 3500, UMG 8900,
o Data Communication : HUAWEI NE-40, NE-80
5. Job Description
MW/Transmission Engineer
Worked as MW/Transmission Engineer and done task like:
Installation of MW link 0.6, 1.2 & 1.8M size dishes.
Huawei Microwave link installation & Commissioning.
Survey of LOS for link establishment.
End to End media clearance from BSC to site.
RTN 600 & 620 based Microwave links
Installation and commissioning of FIU19
Media patching/testing and troubleshooting
E1 grooming, re-homing and rerouting
iManager T2000 Web LCT used for Microwave links
Links of 1+1 and 1+0
BSS Engineer
Worked as BSS Engineer and done task like:
Huawei BTS Installation and Commissioning
Indoor & Outdoor BTS installation.
Rectifier Installation.
Local Commissioning of sites by using LMT.
Huawei BTS 3012, 3012AE and 3600 Installation & commissioning.
Configuration through Nokia BTS manager & HW Configuration.
VSWR measurement & sweep test using Bird site Analyzer.
Alarms Installation of Indoor & Outdoor sites.
Rectification & Maintenance of BTS sites problem.
Power measurement of BTS using Power sensor.
Expansion of DTRUs/TRUs on existing sites in 900 & 1800.
Different swap projects within time period.
Cabinet addition for expansion of sites.
Expertise:
HUAWEI: RTN 900 Series (910,950,950A, 980 and 905) RTN600/900 installation, Commissioning &
Troubleshooting. HUAWEI PTN 3900.
HUAWEI iManager U2000
ALCATEL: MPR 9500 [MSS8, MSS4 and MSS1C].
ALCATEL: Optix ADMs 1642,1650 and 1662
ALCATEL: 1353NM, SAM
Skills:
Telco Implementation/SWAP/Roll out/MS Project management.
Field Resource Management.
Subcontractor Management.
MS Project Reporting Skills.
Good analytical and presentation skills.
Project activity plan and control.
Personal Details
Nationality: Pakistani
Passport # DX1015322
6. Hobbies & Interest:
To study books about technology and internet surfing.
Sports (Cricket, Football) etc.
To initiate social causes and participate in welfare projects.
References:
References will be provided upon request.