Sourabh Gupta is an Electronics and Communication Engineer with over 5 years of experience in the telecom domain. He has worked with companies like Ericsson, Aerial Telecom Solutions, Linkquest Telecom and Hayat Communications in various roles involving transmission engineering, network operations and maintenance. He is currently associated with Ericsson Global as a Back Office and Transmission Engineer for MTN-Afghanistan, where he is responsible for network monitoring, fault management and optimization.

1. SOURABH GUPTA
Mobile : +91 9971195554,
Email : sourabhgupta.india@gmail.com
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEER
Professional Synopsis:
• A dynamic professional with ~5 years of rich experience in Telecom Domain.
• Currently associated with Ericsson Global(EGIL) as Back Office/Transmission
Engineer for MTN-Afghanistan.
• Previous association: Ericsson India(EIL) as - Transmission Engineer for Aircel, J&K.
• Prior to that: associated with Ericsson Global(EGIL) for Sprint-Nextel, USA.
• Prior to that: associated with Hayat Comm.(Kuwait) for Idea Cellular, MPCG (Field
deployment).
• Adept in managing network design, installation, commissioning & maintenance of various
telecom equipment, in reducing downtime and enhancing operational effectiveness of
equipment.
• Holds distinction of implementing various systems and techniques for improving the operations
and achieving cost savings.
• Believe in teaming up, Effective communication skills with strong analytical, problem solving &
organizational abilities with result orientation approach.
• Innovative and creative problem solver who is result oriented, has an aptitude for learning and
can maximize resources while possessing a sense of urgency.
SKILL SET
Analytical Approach Analysis of cell outage and Correlation, FM, RSL analysis,
Visibility, Synchronization Reports, PM reports, KPIs
improvement etc.
Operation and Trouble-shooting Operation and Maintenance of SDH (Optical) transport
network(STM-1, STM-4, STM-16, STM-64): Ericsson/
Marconi (OMS800s, OMS1664, OMS 1400s); Microwave
network: Ericsson/ Marconi (MDRS, MLTN, ML-E, ML-HC,
ML-LH)
Planning & Implementation Various protection schemes planned and implemented:
Ring topology and bandwidth optimization according to
utilization.
Installation & Commissioning Installation of SDH equipment like OMS1400/800, ML-TN
and ML-E, MW link: PDH/SDH/XPIC.
Maintenance and routine activities E1 provisioning and troubleshooting of faults,
Co-ordination, PM/ KPI/ Outage analysis with Field
engineers/ Peers to resolve concerns improve the network
services.
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Operation & Maintenance
1. Providing technical support for maintenance to ensure smooth operations.
2. Planning roadmap for keeping telecommunications equipment and systems up to date.
3. Preparing and presenting reports & proposals on telecommunication / hardware related
problems, presenting the reports as an analysis of various faults.
4. Installation & Commissioning related concerns and conducting regular tests to ensure the
performance capacity of various process control equipment.
5. Planning maintenance of various telecom and networking equipment to enhance the
equipment reliability and increasing equipment up time consequently network uptime.
6. Facilitating planned, preventive and predictive maintenance for critical/ Non- critical

2. equipment.
7. Keeping track of various activities and maintaining several trackers.
8. Hands on experience with various different Telecom equipment/ Platforms, EMS/ NMS and
other supporting tools.
9. And various other.
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
OCT., 2014 to till date Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd
Key Result Areas Presently working with Ericsson as Back-Office and Transmission
Engineer for MTN-AF
• Providing 2nd
LA support to the network, coordinating with FO/field providing precision to
fault rectification thereby minimizing the downtime consequently providing reliability/stability
to the network.
• Performance Monitoring & remote troubleshooting of the critical resources in the network:
Network equipment like OMS1400, OMS1664, MLTN, ML-LH, ML-HC, MDRS.
• Hands on experience with various different Telecom equipment/ Platforms, EMS/ NMS and
other supporting tools: SO-EM/ IPTNM-circuit/ IPTNMS-packet/ winFIOL.
• Handling issues related to Transmission network in order to meet required SLAs and handling
customer queries.
• Generation, handling & follow-up of TTs, CRs and CSRs.
• Fault rectification through right Process Management (PCM Plan, Map Info).
• Implementing different protection systems/ techniques: HW protection(1+1/ n+1; Hot
standby/ Working standby etc), Soft protection(SNCP/ RSTP/ MSP/RPS).
• Implementing XPIC functionality to increase the BW of the link, troubleshooting existing ones.
• Supporting Planning Team for expansion of Network on the basis of Capacity Utilization.
• Transmission Network Optimization (RSL, G.826, KPI, Outage analysis).
• Regular health check-up of Nodes and proactive maintenance of Network through CR in co-
ordination with the field Team.
• Network visibility (DCN) checks and rectification to improve Network visibility status.
• Provisioning of New E1's (New BTS, Upgrading Bandwidth of Existing BTS, Inter MSC
Connectivity, ATER Interface, POI, Abis Interface and A-Interface)
• Cutovers (Soft and Hard), Migration of Services, Ring Cutover, Cut in and Cut Out of SDH
MUXes
• Motivating Team members and providing them necessary support.
• License File Generation and Uploading.
July, 2013 to Aug., 14 Aerial Telecom Solutions for Ericsson India
Key Result Areas Worked as Front-Office Transmission Engineer for Aircel,
J&K/H.P.
• Monitor entire transmission network inclusive of 2G/ 3G/ signaling – MW/Fiber.
• Scope of work includes interacting with equipment as ERICSSON- MLTN, MLHC, MLE, AXX
(OMS 870, 860, 846), VXX (OMS 1410, 1460) and MARCONI (OMS 1664).
• Mapping and allocation of traffic channels, Fault management, HOP configuration, Software
upgrade, Commissioning, DCN support, traffic routing, SNCP definition, MSP protection, create
VLAN, LAN, WAN, LAG definition, RSTP definition, ERP protection, Broadcast Storm protection,
N/W Sync definition, 3GPP media forwarding, 3G media forwarding etc.
• End-to-end media routing, Various BSS functions like mapping DIPs, attaching devices,
blocking/deblocking devices/DIPs, C7/ATER monitoring and debugging etc.
• Implementation of NMS visibility, Integration of entire J&K/HP region Transmission elements on
SO-EM server and ensure 100% NMS visibility of the same.

3. • Route planning and media provisioning for existing and upcoming sites, Installation and
commissioning of AXX/PTN.
• Use of interfaces like MSM, Mini Link craft, SPO craft, AXX craft, LCT, ROMT/RBS EM and Tools
like SOEM/winFIOL/CITRIX to monitor network.
June, 2012 to May, 2013 Linkquest Telecom ltd for Ericsson Global.
Key Result Areas worked as Transmission Engineer for Sprint-NEXTEL, USA.
• T1 provisioning: figuring out feasible T1 paths to switch (operator part) and compatible T1
paths to the cell site (LEC part).
• T1 assignment: assessing different media (OC-N/DS3) for feasible T1 ckts and assigning these
to cell sites.
• T1 installation: corresponding access ordering with LEC to install respective NIUs.
• Tracking/troubleshooting the orders and coordinating with LEC/ Field teams to get the ckts
installed.
• T1 testing: testing T1 media for Round trip delays/errors using REACT/Smart-Jack for varoius
error checking schemes.
• T1 migration: migrating ckts under one LEC to the other.
• Database updation, Interaction with various MSDP/CITRIX applications like NRM, FACTS, FMS,
BAM, REACT etc.
Feb., 2011 to Apr., 2012 Hayat Communications ltd
Key Result Areas worked as Installation/Commissioning Engineer for Idea Cellular,
MPCG
• Installation, commissioning, Performance analysis of various equipment: Transmission and
BTS.
• Migration of MLE- classic sites to MLTN sites providing pavement for 3G implementation.
• Installation of MW links of various vendor make: NEC Pasolink, Pasolink neo - SDH/XPIC links;
Ericsson PDH/SDH links.
• Commissioning of BTS, launching of sites and handover of sites.
• Interaction with FIBCOM/ECI MUX for routing media to hub-sites and routing thereafter.
• Provisioning E1s for new/existing sites; ATM/Ethernet media for nodeB.
• Surveys, quality checks & acceptance tests for the feasibility of implementaion and handovers
etc.
QUALIFICATIONS
• B.E. in ENC from R.E.C., Bhalki, Karnataka. VTU university(passed in 2010).
TRAININGS ATTENDED
• Attended 2 Days trainings with Ericsson for Ericsson NMS
1. IPTNMS TDM service operations.
2. IPTNMS Ethernet service operations
3. IPTNMS Advanced Ethernet service operations.
• College project: Dashboard design using CAN BUS controller.
COMPUTER PROFIENCY
Telecom Software PNMT(j), MSM(6.9), MINI LINK CRAFT(14B), LMT BFTP,
winFIOL(v7.1), SOEM(R14B), IPTNMS(R14B SP1)
CITRIX(7.00.17534), RBS EM, OMT/ROMT(R48), SPO

4. 1400 CRAFT 3.0, AXX 9820 CRAFT 6.0, LCT(OMS1600LCT).
BMC(Remedy), Citrix platform: NRM, FACTS, WISOR,
REACT, BAM.
Application M.S. office(2003, 2007, 2010,2013)
Operating system Windows 2000/98/XP/Vista/07/08
Microprocessor 8085, 8086
LANGUAGES
English, Hindi, Punjabi and acquaintance with various other Indian languages
Interests and activities:
Transport technologies, GSM, IP
Interested in reading and gathering information about new technologies, discussions.
STRENGTHS
An effective communicator with good interpersonal and relationship building skills.
Strong technical, analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
Possess a flexible, learning and detail oriented attitude.
Ability to adapt to different locations and situations.
Firm belief in Ethics, optimist and theist.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name : SOURABH GUPTA
Date of Birth : 13.03.1984
Father’s Name : Sh. Sudarshan Kumar
Permanent Address : H. No. 242, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu,
Distt: Jammu, J&K. Pin: - 180001.
DECLARATION:
I hereby certify that the information produced above are true to my fullest knowledge and that I
would work to my extreme capabilities thereby serving as a stepping stone to the success of your
esteemed organization.
Yours sincerely.