Senior Engineer IP Backbone Operations Etisalat

Public Company; Telecommunications industry

December 2009 � Present (8 months)

� MPLS Planning and Design for Etisalat Nigeria

� IP/MPLS Backbone Optimization for Etisalat Nigeria
� Routine management of IP backbone transmission links and Equipment
� Monitoring and ensuring maximum performance of the IP Backbone
� Developing IP solution Design documents and Operation manuals
� Preparation of Acceptance Documents with the vendor
� Performing Acceptance Tests and handover for IP/MPLS projects and equipments
� Migration of Mobile Softswitch to MPLS Backbone
� Supervising the vendors to make sure new IP nodes in the network are integrated
according to standard and the SLA.
� Following up with the vendors on different snags on the IP backbone and making
sure they are properly resolved on time.
� IP support for Core Network, Packet Core Network, Interconnect and the
transmission backbone
� Quality of Service Design and configuration
� Project Management of different IP/MPLS expansion projects in the Network.
� Initiating meetings with the Vendor and other stakeholders on resolving network
quality issues.
� Operations and maintenance on the Huawei NE routers and the MPLS Backbone
� Daily Backup of the Router logs.
� Responding to alarms on the Routers and providing solutions to them.
� Meeting with the vendors on the IP plan and implementation
� Bandwidth expansion configuration on the IP routers
� Following up on First line support to make sure the IP backbone and nodes are
properly managed.
� Making recommendations on how the IP backbone team can function effectively and
how the network can be improved.
� Knowledge transfer to other departments on the functionality of the IP Backbone
� Monitoring of KPIs to make sure it corresponds with the SLA
� Providing IP Backbone Performance Report to the Line manager and Director of
operations.
� Bandwidth utilization monitoring and management on the MPLS Network.

MPBN Integration Engineer Ericsson Ghana

Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry

2008 � 2009 (1 year)

� IP Planning and Design for Zain Ghana

� Implementation of MPBN (IP Backbone Network) for ZAIN Ghana
� Configuration of JUNIPER ROUTERS (M10i) Blackdiamond switches for MPLS.
� Configuration of JUNIPER Netscreen ISG-2000 Firewall
� Configuration of layer 3 VPN, MPLS, OSPF, BGP and IS-IS
Integration of GPRS nodes (GGSN, SGSN) into MPBN
Configuration of steel-belted radius server and DNS servers
Configuration of NTP server for the whole network
� IP Implementation for the whole GSM and WCDMA Network
� Migration of Access, Core ,Charging and VAS Networks to IP (MPBN)
� IP Implementation for Core, Charging, GPRS, Service, Access and VAS Networks.
� Integration of different sites in different cities of Ghana over MPLS
� Deployment of MPLS for sigtran, voice and data for ZAIN Operator
� Configuration of Layer 3 VPN for the Sigtran, voice and data network
� Configuration of Quality of Service (QOS)
� Operations and Maintenance on the IP Network
� Customer support on the IP Network
� Packet and traps analysis on the MPLS network using SNMP Manager
� Statistics collection on the IP Network with SNMP Manager.
� Providing solutions to IP problems in the network
� Knowledge transfer on IP to the operator.
� Troubleshooting and providing solutions to problems on the IP Network
� Proper documentation of activities (projects, designs, configurations etc)
� Project co-ordination and supervision on site

Babatunde has 2 recommendations (1 co-worker, 1 client) including:

Noushad Kurumbathodi, integration Engineer, Ericsson Nigeria Ltd

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MPBN/MSS Support Engineer Ericsson Systems Ghana

Telecommunications industry

July 2007 � May 2008 (11 months)

Mobile Packet Backbone Network Consultant. Designing and Implementation of IP

backbone for Tigo (Millicom Ghana). ANd migration of the Core Network Mobile
Softswitch to IP.

� Implementation of IP Backbonefor Millicom (TiGo) Ghana

� IP Planning and Support: Implementation of MSS R4.1 for Millicom Ghana (TiGo).
� Management of IP/MPLS projects
� IP/MPBN Design for Millicom Ghana
� Configuration of Juniper M10i/7i IP routers and Extreme Alpine switches for MPLS
(SIGTRAN).
� Configuration of layer 3 VPN, MPLS, BGP and OSPF
� IP Implementation for Mobile Sofstwitch
� Migration of Core Network Nodes to SIGTRAN
� Working on JUNOS
� Integration of five sites in different cities of Ghana over MPLS
� Deployment of MPLS for sigtran for Millicom operator
� Configuration of Layer 3 VPN for the Sigtran network
� Operations and Maintenance on the MPLS Network
� Customer support on the MPLS Network
� Packet and traps analysis on the MPLS network using SNMP Manager
� Statistics collection on the MPLS Network with SNMP Manager.
� Providing solutions to IP problems in the network
� Migration of signaling links in the Core Network into IP
� Knowledge transfer on IP to the operator.
� Troubleshooting and providing solutions to problems on the IP Network
� Preparation of Customer Configuration Requirements (CCR) for the MGW scripts
� Proper documentation of activities (projects, designs, configurations etc)
� Project co-ordination and supervision on site

MPBN Support Engineer LM Ericsson Nigeria

Telecommunications industry

2006 � 2007 (1 year)

� MPBN Support: Implementation of MSS R4.1 for MTN Nigeria.

� MPBN DESIGN for MSS R4.1 for MTN Nigeria
� MPBN planning and implementation for the MSS and 3G project for MTN Nigeria
� Configuring of Layer 3 Cisco switches and routers for the MSS Project
� Integration of MSS Nodes into MPBN
� Ericsson Media Gateway Configuration and Integration
� Start-up and Commissioning of Ericsson R4.1 Media Gateway.
� Activation of License capacity on the Media Gateway.
� Troubleshooting and providing solutions to problems on the Media Gateway (MGW)
� Implementation of Ericsson Content Delivery System (ECDS) 3.0 trial for MTN
Nigeria
� Troubleshooting and providing solutions to problems on the MPBN Network
� .Creating of Vlans on Cisco Switches on MPBN for MSS
� Customer support on the deployment of the MPBN for MSS
� Subnet Allocation for the MPBN Network
� 3G project Supervision
� Ensuring that Ericsson contractors do their jobs perfectly on site