Abdullah Farid

Experience

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  Huawei Technologies

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  Core Network Trainee

  Worked as Core Network Trainee.Played an active role in JAZZ-WARID merger project performing FPLMN activities related to MORAN, MOCN.JAZZ-WARID consolidation testing. Customer dealing and reporting.Local Maintenance Terminal for configuration and testing of certain activities.GSM/UMTS architecture.Signalling Flows understanding for 2G/3G/4G.GTP, Diameter, TCP/IP Protocols handling.OSI model comparison.IP Adressing and subnetting implementations.NFV basic concepts learning. Show less

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  Huawei

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

  NFVi Cloud Core Network Engineer at Huawei Technologies

  Responsible for the E2E delivery of NFV Cloud Core/Cloud Edge domain projects for different operators. • E2E delivery of vDRA project delivery for Telenor Pakistan One Asia Project in a multi-vendor environment including deployment, integration, commissioning, configuration, testing of Huawei VNFM and VNFs (vDRA, vSPS & vU2000) on Nokia Redhat based cloud platform.• Acceptance testing for vDRA, VNFM, vOSMU, vU2000. • Complete integration and migration of Diameter interfaces (S6a, S13, Gy, Gx. SWx, SWm) with peer nodes(vMME, HSS, vPGWs, vPCRFs, OCS, AAA )• Responsible for PS/EPC domain projects delivery.• Supporting role in remote vEPC project delivery for ROSHAN Afghanistan.• Responsible for convergent data domain project delivery/handling of EPC, HSS, PCRF and SPS/DRA.- Troubleshooting of all management and service NEs including VNFM, DRA, U2000. - Version and patch upgrades of VNFs.- Expansion of vDRA VMs.- Communication and follow up on tasks with all stake holders.- HLD and LLD preparation.- Delivery of HUAWEI Taishan based core OSS(vU2020) including installation, commissioning, integration, testing and migration of services. Show less

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  Nokia

  Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

  Core VNF Planner

  Network Planning and Optimization.(Telenor Pakistan Project) - PS/vEPC/NFVi Telco Cloud Core network planning and optimization.- New and existing VNFs planning and optimization for core nodes like vDRA, vMME, vPGWs.New and existing projects delivery management from cloud core planning perspective.- Customer, other-vendors and stakeholders management, and coordination within and outside departments/organizations.- Technical and non-technical tasks handling for day to day operations for relevant core domains.- Forecasting of capacities for new and existing nodes. Show less

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  Huawei

  Feb 2022 - Oct 2024

  NFVi-MANO Telco Cloud 5G Core Senior Engineer

  Worked as part of STC’s 5G/NFVi Telco Cloud Core project delivery team.1. Telco Cloud Projects: Responsible for end-to-end delivery and readiness of NFVi/MANO layer for STC Telco Cloud domain which mainly includes:- Preparation and expansion of vertical LLD design for NFVI solution.- Complete deployment of cloud DC (NFVi + VIM +VNFM + NFVO).- Commissioning and integration of Huawei E9000H compute and Huawei Storages. (Huawei Ocean Stor 5300 V5 Kunpeng series)- Expansion, replacement, and migration of E9000H and storage servers.- NFVi Version upgrades for all Telco Cloud nodes.- Capacity expansion on Huawei Telco Cloud.- Hardware & Software level expansions of Compute Resources.- Managing operational daily tasks on Esight, Fusionsphere OpenStack, FusionStorge, Fsuionstage PasS, VNFM, NFVO, E9000H.- Performing software & firmware upgrades on both live & non live networks.- New VNFs onboarding and expansions.- VM / POD level management for new and existing VNFs.- Conducting project acceptance testing with customer.-Responsible for Project Engineering to Maintenance transfer.2. 5G Core Projects:- Delivery of vMME + vUDN +CUPS SMF/UPF + FBB vDPI + Mobile Core NSSMF for the expansion of STC 5G core network.- Deployment, Configuration, Integration, testing and migration of service scopes.- Complete service scope ATPs for all nodes.- Complete NFVi ATP testing for new VNFs.- Handover and checklist completion for customer back office and front office teams.- Multiple internal integrations for the O&M part required in STC network.- Troubleshooting of any known or unknown issues including service and O&M part.- License adjustment.- Software upgrades for the related NFVi layer including Openstack, PAAS, VNFM/NFVO. Show less

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  Stc

  Oct 2024 - now

  Cloud ICT Solutions Designer

  - E2E Service Orchestration Design.- MANO Design. - Cloud Infrastructure.