Anthony Obel

Anthony Obel

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    IP Presales Engineer at Nokia

  • Education

    • Alliance High School

      1999 - 2002
      Secondary School Education (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education) A - Minus [A-]

      Activities and Societies: Social Welfare Society, Basketball, Handball, Young Christian Students Association

    • Maseno University

      2005 - 2008
      BSc Computer Science and Technology Second Class Honors - Upper Division

      Activities and Societies: 1.Cross country 2.Basketball 3.Catholic Students Association I studied a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Technology and graduated with a second class honors - upper division

  • Experience

    • MTN Business, Kenya

      Aug 2008 - Oct 2008
      Service Delivery Engineer

      My roles included:• Monitoring and ensuring 100% uptime on client internet services• Installation and configuration of VSAT equipment• Offering remote and on site customer support

    • Safaricom Limited

      Apr 2009 - Jun 2018

      Below are my responsibilities: Develop and continuously review network Operations & Maintenance processes Provide leadership in network faulting and troubleshooting processes Provide Level 2 escalation support for complex IP Network issues, document root-cause- analysis for the faults experienced and share knowledge on mitigation of recurrence Ensure proper network capacity monitoring and measurement is in place Lead on the proactive optimization activities to enhance the IP network quality and stability Design and implement SLA measurements on the IP network and strive towards meeting the same Implement constant security audits on the different IP Networks and come up with proposals for hardening Perform skills transfer to 1st line teams to build skills and hence improve on the Mean Time To Fault Develop and maintain network designs and track changes  Provide in-house consultancy to key projects within the company Show less My roles included the following:• Performing network operation and administration activities to ensure maximum availability;• Accepting and resolving all the network operation escalations;• Performing corrective network activities to restore network availability;• Performing network support activities to ensure timely fault repairs and network service restoration;• Performing network control functions to ensure maximum systems security;• Updating and documenting network operations methods of procedure Show less

      • Principal Engineer - IP/MPLS Support

        Jul 2014 - Jun 2018
      • IP Network Engineer

        Apr 2013 - Jun 2014
      • IP/MPLS Support Engineer

        Jun 2012 - Mar 2013
      • Network Operations Center Engineer

        Sept 2010 - May 2012
      • Service Activation Enginner

        Jan 2010 - Aug 2010
      • Service Delivery Engineer

        Apr 2009 - Dec 2009
    • Nokia

      Jun 2018 - now
      IP Presales Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ITILv3 Foundation

      ITIL
    • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Service Provider (CCIE#56009)

      Cisco Networks
      Mar 2017
    • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

      Cisco Networks
      Aug 2009