Prachi Agarwal

Prachi Agarwal

Technical Consultant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    A self-motivated, dynamic and customer focused professional with over 11 yrs of rich experience in Managed Services Delivery Operations.

  • Education

    • CAMBRIAN HALL SCHOOL

      1992 - 2002
      Indian Certificate of Secondary Education(ICSE) & Indian School Certificate (ISC) PCM & COMPUTER SCIENCE

      Activities and Societies: -1st in Inter-house Debate Competition -1st in Inter-school Essay Competition -Multiple times Scholar's medal holder -Multiple times Monitor badge holder

    • APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

      2002 - 2006
      Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) ELECTONICS AND COMMUNICATION DehraDun Institute of Technology

      Activities and Societies: -Active Member of College ISTE Organization -1st in Technical Paper Writing

  • Experience

    • Wipro

      Jun 2006 - Jul 2007
      Technical Consultant

      • Providing technical support to an American operator using various application tools like Remedy and Citrix• Manage blackberry related hardware problems• Attending customer complaints• Giving support to first line troubleshooting team

    • Ericsson

      Jul 2007 - Apr 2017

      ➢ PROJECT- AIRTEL AFRICA • Responsible for the performance and cost effectiveness of the operational service contract• Responsible to ensure that the operational interfaces with the Customer to perform the activities under the contract are available, properly governed and complies with contractual and MSIP definitions• Ensured that any needed resources, processes and systems are available to support all activities• Secured complete adherence to the MSTOP processes and for the correct and efficient utilization of the associated tools.• Responsible for the Operations Management of the centers, in order to ensure the complete fulfillment of the contracted SLA.• Responsible for coordinating its delivery activities amongst the various service delivery units involved with the specific contract delivery, signing an OLA when required.• Responsible to negotiate, sign and maintain OLA documents with any service delivery unit or third party in which a specific operational interface is required to achieve the fulfillment of activities• Responsible for the hour allocation of its resources on the contract cost center, according to the financial agreement Show less REGION – RSSA and RINA • To administrate, create and maintain all agreements to deliver services from GSI towards Region• Discuss and agree with all stake holders, deliverables agreed in scope during cost estimation phase and endorsed in WLA• Initiate changes in WLA on recommendations of MS Solution SME, MSDM and other stake holders• Identify and secure OLA with any delivery organization involved on the specific customer delivery solution necessary for the WLA fulfilment• Review and validate inputs received from SDU on solution, headcount, cost, work volume assumptions and close loop it with Region• Support MSDM and Solution SME in identifying and capturing scope changes• Trigger MSDM for ICRRB on timely manner• Work with GT&T project manager and MSDM to ensure a go ahead for GSI cutover is given only after all critical agreements have been secured Show less ➢ PROJECT- BHARTI AIRTEL • Managing the packet core team of multi-vendor managed services in SRF• Responsible for handling Core Elements of Packet Core Network SGSN, GGSN (SACC integrated), DNS, AAA/Radius, SASN etc.• Link Modification/Configuration/Troubleshooting, routing, APN configuration & IP pool addition for APN• Hands on LTE, 3G connectivity for Bharti’s 15 circles ICR connectivity.• Preparation of design documents/DLD for Ericsson SGSN/DNS node.• Roaming configuration with GRX, testing and resolution of 2G & 3G GPRS roaming (Postpaid & Prepaid) with National and International operators.• Supporting roll out of new/swap networks with new feature implementation.• SGSN in Pool configuration & License management on SGSN• Carried acceptance testing for newly installed SGSN• Involved in shifting of traffic in GGSN for optimum utilization of network resources• Troubleshooting network problems by analyzing various traces like Wireshark, Integrated Traffic Capture.• Involved in packet core swap with CISCO (ASR 5K & 9K) & HUAWEI products• Scripting for monitoring of Solaris/Linux Servers• CDR handling in SGSN & GGSN ➢ PROJECTS- AIRTEL AFRICA, VIETNAM MOBILE, AIRCEL, AIRTEL BANGLADESH & ETISALAT OPERATIONS • Driving the configuration management changes involved in the packet core domain• Optimizing & upgrading software configuration version of SGSN R8 & R7• Team Resourcing & Management, training to new joinees • Well aware of the best practices as per MSTOP• Motivating team in order to work towards customer satisfaction• Involved in providing solutions & troubleshooting as and when required during the configurations in maintenance window. Show less ➢ PROJECT- RING BACK TONE, RELIANCE MOBILE & BSNL • O&M of PRBT/CRBT servers like SGW, MIP, IVR (UNIX based application).• Alarm Management and monitoring using ER (Ericsson Resolution) and OVO (Open view operations), WHATSUP for all the projects.• Attending customer complaints for Reliance, BSNL, MAXIS and SingTel SyncML and Bharti.• Recommend timely actions and solutions to customer service requests. Checking the status and performance of the working system on daily basis and analysis of results.• Achieve overall quality goals for project• Handling Configuration, Change Management, Trouble Management, Fault analysis & Monitoring BSNL,RTL CRBT nodes and Bharti VAS nodes Show less

      • Sr. Business Analyst

        Oct 2014 - Apr 2017
      • Delivery Agreement Manager

        Oct 2014 - Apr 2017
      • Senior Engineer- SRF-Packet Core Network

        Mar 2010 - Sept 2014
      • Subject Matter Expert- VAS Operations

        Oct 2009 - Mar 2010
      • Value-Added Services Engineer

        Jul 2007 - Oct 2009
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Finance for Non-Finance Managers

      Ericsson
    • GSM System Survey

      Ericsson
    • Data Analyst

      1to10x
      Oct 2025
    • ITIL Intermediate - CSI

      APMG-International
      Jul 2015
    • ITIL Service Operation

      APMG International
      Jul 2014
    • ITIL Foundation

      APMG-International
      Jul 2012
    • Certified SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager

      Scaled Agile (SAFe®) Training by Agile Certification Academy
      Aug 2024
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Prachi Agarwal
      ACE AWARD VP SDAM - EGIL Jul 2015 For taking initiatives with acquired skills over & obove set objectives and performing quality work before given timelines.
    • Awarded to Prachi Agarwal
      ACE AWARD Head of SRF - EGIL Jul 2012 Handling customer satisfaction levels effectively by providing quick & innovative resolutions to their issues. Perparing method of procedures as per customer satisfaction.
    • Awarded to Prachi Agarwal
      Best Performer-PacketCore Issued by Director of Configuration Management May 2010 For successful implementation on Packet Core nodes
    • Awarded to Prachi Agarwal
      BEST PERFORMER Director of Configuration Management - EGIL Mar 2010 Best performer in Configuration Management in Packet core nodes and knowledge sharing with other domains.
    • Awarded to Prachi Agarwal
      BEST EMPLOYEE WAMU SDM - Wipro Jun 2007
  • Volunteer Experience

    • SPOC FOR CSR INITIATIVE

      Issued by Ericsson on Jun 2015
      EricssonAssociated with Prachi Agarwal
    • Fundraising Volunteer at Victor Elementary School

      Issued by Torrance Unified School District on Aug 2018
      Torrance Unified School DistrictAssociated with Prachi Agarwal
    • Brown Bag Food Drive for the homeless

      Issued by The Creativity Land on Jan 2021
      The Creativity LandAssociated with Prachi Agarwal
    • Volunteer at Launch

      Issued by Torrance Unified School District on Nov 2017
      Torrance Unified School DistrictAssociated with Prachi Agarwal