Lead Network Engineer Resume Example Alameda Health System

LEAD NETWORK ENGINEER

Profile

6 years of professional experience in Telecom and Datacom domains.
3+ years of experience in network engineering, testing and managing large-scale Evolved Packet Core (EPC) networks.
2+ years of experience in testing and managing RAN networks.
Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP, Multilayer Switching, IPSec, UDP, Ethernet, Voice & Data Integration & IP Routing Protocols RIP, EIGRP & OSPF
Expertise in troublseshooting Network Performance and Capacity issues, traffic failure and debugging packet loss issues under heavy and well as normal traffic load.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to interface at all levels. A team player who also can work well independently.

Skills

Hands on experience on the following products:

F5 Network - LTM, AFM
VMWare infrastructure - ESXi, vSphere client
Open source applications - Redhat DNS servers
Juniper Routers: MX 960
Testing and Troubleshooting tools: Ixia-Ixload, Spirent-Landslide, Wireshark, QXDM, Tems Data collection and investigation

Technical concepts:

Protocols: TCP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
Technologies: MIMO, LTE, UMTS, HSDPA, GPRS, GSM, CDMA
Programming Skills: PHP, HTML
Database: MySQL

Professional Experience

Lead Network Engineer
January 2014 to CurrentAlameda Health System - Newark , CA

Leading test activities at AT&T Labs for datacom network elements.
Working mainly on F5 Load balancers (LTM - for proxy as well as DNS), F5 Firewalls (AFM - for Gi, Gn and DNS traffic), Redhat DNS servers and VMWare infrastructures.
Leading multiple test teams from different AT&T projects for datacom issues/defect reviews and troubleshooting.
Working closely with design and implementation team for unresolved issues and providing or requesting new design solutions to them.
Primary contact for any existing datacom issues or test status.
Performing F5 system upgrades and documentation.
Troubleshooting DNS, HTTP, FTP or any other traffic failure issues on a day-to-day basis.
Debugging packet drop issues under heavy-load passing through End to End (E2E) network during performance test cycles.
Designing test cases for platform features and over all connectivity based on Network Design Requirements for a newly implemented project.

Modem Test Engineer
March 2013 to January 2014Duke University - Cary , NC

Testing Qualcomm's cell phone modems and troubleshooting with development team, issues such as modem crashes, low throughput, camping issues and voice/data call failure issues or report them to the dev team.
Collecting and analyzing the QXDM logs from UE to find the cause of any issue.
Collect modem's crash dumps from the UE through QPST and reporting them to analysis team.
Executing call tests such as MO/MT calls, WiFi, MT SMS, FTP download/upload, netping from UEs using a mobile app and verifying modem's stability under different RF conditions on the field.
Tests to be executed on all different network modes such as LTE, WCDMA, GSM, EvDo and CDMA.
Loading new modem builds on UEs on a daily basis and provisioning them with NV items and APN settings.

Data Collection Engineer
August 2012 to December 2012Millennium Engineering And Integration - Cape Canaveral , FL

e911 call tests for AT&T's GSM and UMTS network across 10 different states.
Troubleshooting all RF e911 drive test related issues coordinating with team lead, QA analysts and attending daily conference calls to bring up an ongoing or unresolved issues.
Supplemental tests as the final test for Benchmarking and e911 calls in 50 different counties which also includes AT&T's biggest GSM/UMTS Network.
Monitoring RXLEV, RSSI for GSM and WCDMA respectively along with collecting 911 call samples by running the TEMS software during the drive test.
Manual cell selections for UMTS (when the adjacent sites are very close to each other) through stationary call tests, monitoring cell/sector IDs by driving 360 degree around each site and checking the RXLEV and RSSI and collecting those data through TEMS logs during Supplemental tests.

RF Test Engineer
June 2012 to July 2012State Of Louisiana - Gretna , LA

Collecting and monitoring RF data for UMTS through RF drive tests for carrier validation.
Collecting and analyzing the data through walk tests with the customer premises for the validation and optimization of DAS (Distributed Antenna System) for client's UMTS and LTE network.

Research Assistant
January 2011 to May 2012State Of Louisiana - Harrisonburg , LA

Operating Southern Methodist University (SMU)'s anechoic chamber to perform antenna measurements and data post-processing in near-field and far-field ranges.
Found out the general requirements to make SMU's anechoic chamber a CTIA authorized test lab.
Documenting test plans for antenna measurements.
Fabricating microstrip antennae at different frequency ranges at SMU's antenna fabrication Lab.
Calibration and S parameter measurement of newly designed and fabricated antenna.

Intern - Network Integration Engineer
June 2010 to December 2010Ericsson Inc. - City , STATE

Working from Ericsson's Network Integration Center - taking field engineers' requests over the phone for New RAN integration, pre checks, post checks and Sector or Site add.
Loading xml scripts on network nodes - RNCs and Node Bs for Site and Sector adds respectively.
Pulling out VSWRs from all RNCs and sites of a specific market and generating its excel report for the purpose of monitoring each site's performance.
Maintaining Ericsson's Global Integration reporting tool through PHP-MySQL scripting.

Research Assistant
May 2010 to June 2010Southern Methodist University - City , STATE

Installation of SMU's Anechoic Chamber along with the automated test system.

Trainee: NOC Engineer
January 2008 to July 2008Bharti Airtel Limited - City , STATE

Monitoring connectivity of VSATs from Airtel's Network Operation Center (NOC) by checking alarms for 14000 VSATs installed across the state of Gujarat for India's biggest rural connectivity project ('e-Gram').
Getting trained from senior Network engineers to configure Routers, DSL modems, switches and setup customer's E2E VPN links.

Education and Training

MBA : General and Information Technology, 2016Goldey-Beacom College - City, State, USA

GPA: 3.9

MBA Academic Project:

?Strategic Management for a start-up firm.

Implementing a new idea to start-up a company using managerial and technical expertise of each team member.
Idea: Automated RF drive testing with the help of mobile application acting as a network performance measuring tool and mounting the mobile phone in to the public vehicles such as USPS and Garbage pick-up trucks.
Role in the project: CEO & CTO of the company.

Master of Science : Electrical Engineering, 2012Southern Methodist University - City, State, USA

GPA: 3.25

Publications:

1. Masters thesis on Anechoic chamber operations at SMU facility and a new method to accurately measure antenna radiation efficiency.

2. IEEE conference paper as a first author on 'Efficiency Comparison Method'.

Bachelor of Science : Electronics and Communications, 2008Hemchandracharya North Gujarat Univarsity - City, State, India

GPA: ?3.5

Certificates:

Runner up in Robotics Competition

Affiliations

IEEE APS - Antennas and Propagation Society.

Resume Overview

School Attended

Goldey-Beacom College
Southern Methodist University
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat Univarsity

Job Titles Held:

Lead Network Engineer
Modem Test Engineer
Data Collection Engineer
RF Test Engineer
Research Assistant
Intern - Network Integration Engineer
Trainee: NOC Engineer

Degrees

MBA : General and Information Technology , 2016
Master of Science : Electrical Engineering , 2012
Bachelor of Science : Electronics and Communications , 2008

Lead Network Engineer Resume Example

DISCLAIMER

How this resume score could be improved?

Resume Overview

Create a job alert for [job role title] at [location].

Similar Resumes