Faheem Soomro

Faheem Soomro

Transmission Engineer

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  • About me

    Expert Optical Transmission, IP, DWDM, OTN

  • Education

    • Business management Consultants (BMC), Houston, Texas, USA

      2010 - 2010
      Certification Project Management, Its tools & Techniques.

      Project Management

    • Huawei University, Shenzhen, China

      2008 - 2008
      Certification Level-II Training on NG-SDH, DWDM, NG-WDM & ASON
    • Mehran University of Engineering and Technology

      2001 - 2004
      BE Electrical Engineering
  • Experience

    • Huawei Technologies Lanka Co., (Pvt) Ltd

      Apr 2005 - Jun 2007
      Transmission Engineer

      • Performed initial site surveys to gather all data on site and submit report.• Developed network LLD's, HLD's as per design.• Responsible for onsite installation, testing and commissioning of SDH & DWDM.• Provided pre-sales support for Optical, Microwave & Data Network projects covering Transmission, Transport, IP/MPLS Backbone/Core, Metro, Convergence, Backhaul and Access Networks.Successfully completed PTCL DWDM Expansion Project having 40 sites (DWDM, OLA, OADM)Successfully completed Wateen DWDM Project for South having 15 sites (DWDM OLA, OADM)Successfully completed Telenor DWDM Project for South Region having 20 Sites (DWDM, OLA, OADM) Show less

    • Link Direct International (An Orascom Telecom Company)

      Jun 2007 - Dec 2012
      Team Leader Transmission (Operation & Maintenance)

      • Manage fiber acceptance and conduct OTDR testing, PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion), CD (Chromatic Dispersion) for fiber ring turn-up Optimization of integrated DWDM Network, optical power budgeting, controlling OSNR, BER at Och level.• Utilize Google Fiber tools (Earth Pro and GIS) to manage projects, design fiber routing and track vendor progress.• Work with stakeholders to develop strategies and to optimize organizational goals to generate growth and revenue.• Develop and manage maintenance plans, coordinate and supervise 5 major vendors while providing constructive feedback, coaching and training.• Field troubleshoot and coordinate with outside plant/inside plant on large-scale outages Show less

    • Jazz

      Jan 2013 - now
      Expert Optical Transport Networks

      • Responsible to create detailed preliminary designs package for new fibre deployment (Long Haul, Metro, FTTS) opportunities by Company Standards and target improved customer experience.• Identifying project dependencies and permit requirements such as access to third-party infrastructure, municipal consent, special crossing or proximity agreements, and interfacing with other telecommunications systems.• Leveraging preliminary design packages to support preparation of budgets, RFPs, detailed bills of materials, and material forecasts. • Collaboration and Stakeholder engagement throughout project life cycle.• Oversee team of 15 professionals, 30 technicians, to increase productivity at work.• Identifying potential issues/bottlenecks in optical backbone network (DWDM, OTN, MSTP, Routers), and proposing solutions to field teams, for further rectification within agreed SLA.• Managing whole IPRAN Network ON NCE server as well .(SNMP parameters ,NODE addition. synchronization of Node , Node data backup and restoration. Link utilization monitoring and supervision and Alarm monitoring .)• O & M scope includes : ISIS, BGP, MPLS and L3VPNs ,QOS ,EBGP/IBGP and BGP attributes (Local preference , MED , AS-PATH , NEXT-HOP, COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES) , RSVP Tunnels, BFD , EVPN SNMP , AAA FTP/SFTP , license management and Activation.• Responsible to produce optical budget reports via NMS, for integrated DWDM, coherent OTN, and MSTP links, and implementing rectification plans by engaging field teams.• Active contributor in designing Electrical ASON & WSON (via OTN), to consolidate network resilience.• Spearheading business partners, suppliers, and 3rd party contractors for successful project delivery, within project timelines and by Jazz Code of Conduct. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Individual Member APRALO

      Issued by ICANN on Jun 2017
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