Syed Abbas Ali
Network and Telecom Engineer
SHARJAH
Summary of Career
1. Having 14 years' experience in telecom sector including 12 years in UAE.
2. Strong understanding of GPON/FTTX network, Structured Cabling, ONT/ODF/Patch Panels Installation, PABX.
3. Security Systems, Preventive and Fault Maintenance & FDH Uplifting.
4. Excellent communicator that collaborates with team members.
5. Proven ability to analyze existing systems and schedule upgrades to increase performance and productivity.
6. Design, setup and configure complex wireless networking that supports open or secured access and the ability to support voice and video applications
7. Sound understanding of Layer 3 technologies like IP Addressing and Subnetting NAT/PAT, DNS etc
8. Basic Knowledge of Windows Server Installation, Services and Maintenance.
9. In depth knowledge of the network topologies, protocols, tools, and techniques
10. Troubleshooting malfunctions of network hardware and software applications, telephones and security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services
Experience as Transmission Engineer
Etisalat - UAE
16 May 2012
20 December 2020
24x7 Alarm Monitoring in NMS and Escalating to Concerns through Email, SMS Portal and Trouble
Ticket.
Adding and removing channels upon business requirement and packaged them to different customers
group based on changed management request procedure for Media room and OTT platform.
Perform the support by technologies, performance management, configuration management, escalation
management for the IPTV network
Manage/Supervise day to day STB, ONT related issues (software, Hardware).
Configured Alcatel-Lucent 7750 & 7450, Cisco 7200 routers with MPLS and various routing protocols
such as OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIPv2 etc.
Provided level 2 & level 3 supports to field engineers in order to resolve complex network issues.
Configured ME3400 & ME3670 switches for providing 3G, LTE, wimax, VPLS & VPRN services,
through CLI.
Installation, Configuring, Operational support, and troubleshooting various networking devices
including Routers, Switches, Wireless AP.
Responsible for Installation, Commissioning & Troubleshooting Cisco ME3400 & ME3670 Metro
Ethernet Switches to provide connectivity & traffic aggregation for various access devices such as
IPNGDLCs, GSM Sites, DSLAMs.
Providing Level2 and Level3 support for solving complex technical problems. Major participation in
implementation & testing of the different network topology, analyzing the technical problems and support
to O&M.
Experience as Transmission Engineer
Etisalat Service Holding LLC
18 August 2008
01 July 2010
Responsible for Network Management & Operations for the whole UAE Access Transmission
Network. Software upgrades executed for individual Network Elements for both the PDH and Alcatel Lucent
SDH Networks. Service provisioning from 2Mbps to 10Gbps on various transmission nodes like DWDM, SDH, OLT
etc. Integration and testing newly installed Nodes of SDH & DWDM.
Traffic Migration and physical link shifting according to new changes in the network. Hands on
experience of using OTDR, Power Meter, Light Source, Visual Locator, and 10G-100G Analyzers, 2MB Tester. Analyses and clears major and complex transmission faults related to core network elements
Experience as Network Engineer
PTCL
18 August 2007
18 August 2008
• Assisted in troubleshooting user problems relating to Operating System issues (XP and
Network Connectivity, TCP/IP configuration, upgrades, MS Office products and Internet connectivity.
• Performed upgrades, installation of software and drivers and essential desktop troubleshooting.
• Deployed updates, service packs and hot fixes using Windows Update, Automatic Updates, and Group Policies.
• Performed upgrades, installation of software and drivers and essential desktop troubleshooting.
• Assisted on on-site visits and Network troubleshooting and local system upgrades.
Master 20 July 2011
MS(Computer and Network Communication )Bachelor 20 July 2005
BS(Information Technology)Intermediate 12 June 2001
HSC(Pre-Engineering)Matric 14 July 1998
SSC Science