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Muhammad Ilyas Yaqub ( Available )
Riyadh, Riyadh - 11652 Saudi Arabia
Expertise :Telecom Expert, MS Office, Bilingual
Status :Have Work Visa
Job Type :
Permanent
Position :Management Occupations, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

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Summary




Over 11 years of experience in telecommunication industry. Managed several projects with active leading role in Teletraffic department Network Operation of Saudi Telecom co.
Team member of NGN Signaling Monitoring Project 2009. NgNAS-NGN analysis tool by Agilent for evaluation and KPI selection.
Preparation of C7 International network survey report during Hajj and Ramadan seasons for particular countries.
Interconnection of Mobily MSCs with STC Int'l Gateways and National network.
Development of different call scenarios between MOBILY, PSTN and Al-JAWAL networks and settlement of multiple CDR issues for Mobily Traffic.
MNP Mobile Number Portability plan implementation in the PSTN network for Mobily and Al-Jawal
Coordination with Huawei and Siemens at the time of CUTOVER of WLL, RAN, MSAN cabinets 450K Project for proper testing of data defined for V5.2 interface.
Coordination with Lucent experience and Network Engineering in finding solution of problems appeared at the time of launching new OCB/ICB service for PSTN subscribers.
Implementation of the A-number validation project for DID/DODs connected to 5EES service nodes and local exchanges in the Kingdom.
Prepared and implement call vectoring project for 905 Directory Enquiry service in the Kingdom.
Implementation of new tariffs in the services nodes and Int'l gateways.
Coordination with Al Malaz Tech for connectivity of new AVAYA-OSPS service center in Jeddah and provide assistance in creating different call scenarios for int'l operator service 900
MAIN DUTIES, TASK and RESPONSIBILITIES
SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY STC Team Leader- 5ess - Switch Administrator.& SS7 Network Services Sec. Network Operations-Teletraffic


Employment

November, 2005 -  October, 2009


Leading and managing the team of experts Engineers and coordinating the activities of section to ensure alignment with division business objectives and strategy.
Carrying out following tasks and duties as per assignment or schedule by the Section Manager : Analysis of daily C7 - report for international signaling data links in all Int'l gateways EWSD and 5ESS.
Review IRR and verify roaming data in international gateways EWSD and 5ESS for SCCP or MTP routing changes/updates required for implementation.
Using MAS7 CT and PA Tool, Monitor the traffic load on particular C7 - links especially during Hajj and Ramadan periods, on that basis suggest link load sharing or alternative routings.
Assign point codes for national nodes and issue HW equipment assignments for new SDLs.
Escalation of problems and coordination at appropriate levels to facilitate prompt response for better customer satisfaction.

Coordinating with NOC s, ETAC, NNCC, TDO Implementation, IN and SS7 and other groups for resolution and completion of different tasks and problems.
Coordinate customers and service providers for gathering necessary information.
Study and implement annual Hajj plan for nat l and int l traffic through out Hajj period and support it.

Produce weekly and monthly activity status reports of the switching software section.
Act promptly and efficiently to take care of different complaints arising due to emergency situations, break downs and customer complaints and assistance requests.
Provide help to various STC groups seeking technical assistance.
Take initiative for the introduction and testing of new services and facilities as per new business plan and marketing strategy coordinating with CPMO.
Responsible for troubleshooting of all STC Switch Translation faults utilizing the RTTS trouble reporting system.


November, 1999 -  October, 2005
Lucent 5ess/ EWSD-Switch Administrator

. Network Operations-Teletraffic

Configuration and implementation of TDOs for C7 signalling data link, MTP, ISUP and SCCP routing, Nailed-up connection between SN to STP, GTT for National, IN, International Gateway EWSD and 5ESS and Int l roaming.
Prepare TDOs Traffic data orders for the Digit Analysis, Routing, Trunks, Charging, PBX DID/DOD and subscriber updates and modification. Responsible to route PSTN calls, GSM calls, Nat'l and Int l roaming, C7 signaling, SMS, VMS, IN, Free Phone, Prepaid and Audio text etc.

Verification of ODD of all 5ESS, Service Nodes SN, RSMs, RAN and Local Exchanges, International Gateways, Operators, Intercept and other network elements.
Perform TDO implementation in 5ess switches for all the Kingdom STC Network.
Testing of implemented TDOs, International Roaming, routing, charging/billing, new services, DID/DOD, Pager, Intercept, Operator and International Gateways.

Work in close coordination with associated Teletraffic personnel to process TFR s Traffic facility request, C7, roaming, National, International Roaming IRR and International Gateway work orders IWR into complex exchange software.
Responsible for troubleshooting of all STC Switch Translation faults utilizing the RTTS trouble reporting system.
Define and provision data V5.2 links protocol of RAN cabinet in all kingdom exchange.
Prepare required data in exchanges to define and connect PABX through DID/DOD.


January, 1997 -  January, 1999

EL-EJOU GROUP OF CO .

Maintenance of electronic equipments.

SIEMENS PAKISTAN ENGINEERING CO LTD.


September, 1995 -  June, 1996
Trainee Engineer


Installation and testing of EWSD local exchanges in Lahore, Gujranwala and Sialkot districs.
Major assignments were
To check and verify that all hardware units are installed at proper locations in different shelves and racks according to the equipment layout list.
Installation testing of different hardware units according to the procedures prescribed in the installation manual.
To prepare the list of discrepancies found during provisional acceptance testing.
Conformation check of AKU hardware in different exchanges after up-gradation of hardware version of Line trunk Groups LTG's, Switching Networks SN's, Message Buffers MB's and Central Processor Units CPU's.
Load software patches in the exchanges to comply with some feature requirements.

Operation and maintenance of DCP and other peripheral equipment installed at OMC Lahore.
Daily inspection of DSBs Operator Positions for the rectification of the reported faults.
Diagnosis and Fault rectification of different kinds of hardware and software alarms appearing on the system panel displays and Administrator printer terminal of the OMC.
Replacement of hardware modules in EWSD exchanges at different sites with modules of upgraded versions.
Collection of Archive file from all EWSD exchanges of Lahore area for study and rectification of faults.
Monitoring and rectification of Traffic irregularities on Trunk Groups with different types of signaling.
Periodic testing of Trunks with Trunk Test Equipment TTE interfaced at DDF stage and rectification of fault.
Periodic activation of traffic measurement recordings REC TGRP and REC DEST files for different directions to identify the routes with congestion and take necessary measures for the relief.


March, 2024 -  2008

IP0660 : Introducing TCP/IP




Education

September , 1995
BSc Engineering Electrical Electronics and Communication University of Engineering and Technology Lahore , Pakistan .



Training

SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS
June 24 - 25th , 2006
ABACUS or

Teletraffic Remote Testing Eq .

Technical Training Center Riyadh STC Compound June 8 - 23rd , 2002
IM018 Introduction to the 5ESS-2000 switch . IC001 Customer Documentation IC002 Master Control Center IC004 Maintenance Overview IC007 Diagnostic Methods and Procedures IC500 Trunk Assignments IM021 Common Channel Signalling# 7 Introduction IM300 Traffic Measurement Procedure IC622 Call Record Collection IC513 Introduction to ODD Recent Change and Verify


Skills


COMPUTERS : WINDOWS XP/VISTA, Office. PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality - Pakistani Marital status Married Children - 2 REFERENCES Available upon request.