Harish C H
Senior Engineer
Abu Dhabi
Summary
10+ Years of experience in working in the telecommunication industry. Starting from field engineer attending the day today assignments then leading the yearly and monthly Network expansion plans till managing, planning, and implementing company strategic projects over 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. Besides technical skills. Currently enhancing the programming, Data Analysis, Process Automation and managerial skills to enhance the core competencies and contribute with best professional performance to the team.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Engineer Telecom Network
Etisalat Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
01.2017 - Current
- Abu Dhabi region Team leader for Telecom deployment scope
- Planning, Implementing and Monitoring new projects and expansion plans with E2E solution
- Using different vendors (Alcatel, Huawei and Nokia)
- Supporting design changes related to site solution or Transmission
- Prepare Hardware dimensioning to cater site configuration
- Implementation of desired capacity upgrade related to events, customer complaints using different
- Solutions - Responsible for sites serving all critical accounts such as Military, VIP, Governmental, Offshore, Oilfields
- Submit weekly regional dashboard showing the progress, compliance to project schedule, and inferential
- Statistics of remaining scope in each project
- Monitor team KPI’s to ensure a smooth and fair workload to achieve the best output from field force
- Provide High level technical support to field supervisors for any issue or alarms during the site integration - Using both on site or remote support
- Deliver on-job-Training to GTE’s, New team members, Field staff, and Contractors Team leaders on any - Newly introduced Technology, Configuration or Hardware
- Achievements: - Awarded HR Performance Award in 2019 from Etisalat CHRO for Leading First Nokia Airscale System project in the Middle East
- Awarded Best Achievements Award in 2017 from Etisalat CTO for saving ~56 Million AED by introducing new techniques using Hardware Reshuffling resulted in reducing hardware quantities to be purchased
- Managing First Network Modernization project on 1500 Sites with Etisalat carried out by inhouse staff only including site Planning, Recovery, Installation, Integration, and Acceptance
- Enhanced the Savings by studying the new 4G-800MHz Frequency band provided by TRA after retuning it which gave in the ability to reuse available Antenna Stock instead of sending it for Write-off
- Leading the Deployment scope of Ericsson 5G Trial for the first time in the Middle east using Massive MIMO
- Technique which ranked in 2 nd place in 5G results after the USA in 1st Place in 2017
- Deployment of First 3 Carrier aggregation services on Etisalat sites in 2016.
Project Coordinator
Dubai
01.2014 - 01.2016
- 4G Expansions Etisalat Head Office, - Coordinate and review 2G 3G 4G Expansion activities (HW confirmation, scheduling the installation/integration, confirming installation standards ISO and monitoring site KPI)
- Prepare weekly and monthly plans to achieve the proposed target of expansions
- Create weekly Dashboard showing Project progress status including achievements and obstacles
- Align the plan requirements with implementation, Planning, and Operations teams
- Submit and Update the needed Change requests and approvals to conduct the daily activities
- Review all documents related to activities before submission to Acceptance and invoicing
- Integrate all installation and design standards related to different systems to generate an E2E solution
- Carry out the resolution of complex issues/concerns that impact project quality and schedule
- Interfaces with vendors, regions, Contractors, and consultants on Mobile Access Network as required
- Achievements: - Deployment of first carrier aggregation features in Alcatel network on 100 Sites in 2014
- Integration of first Mixed-Mode Feature on 3G-900 Layer with 2G-900 on 400 Sites in 2014
- Created the first approved user manual for Etisalat explaining the steps to the integration of 2G 3G 4G - BTS based on real case scenarios (Added to the ISO Portal of the company).
Radio Field Engineer
Idea Cellular Ltd India
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Troubleshooting and Hardware replacement of NSN, Ericsson BTS for 2G, 3G networks
- Troubleshooting and Hardware replacement of microwave links from different vendors (IPASOLINK NEO, 200, 400, 1000, and ALCATEL AWY, LUX40, LUX50)
- Handle scheduled preventive maintenance (PM), correlative maintenance (CM)
- Preparing daily and weekly reports for attended sites with a detailed scope of work
- Coordinating with Idea NOC for the needed approvals before and after attending the sites
- Available on call 24/7 for any site fault and alarm
- Attending all the sites located between South India and Kerala region
- Achievements: - Promoted from Site Engineer to Radio Engineer after 5 weeks from joining rather than regular 6 months due to outstanding performance and commitment.
Education
Data Science Machine Learning (A Z) - undefined
Robotic Automation MGR University
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
Anna University
Huawei BTS functionality Huawei - undefined
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- Nokia Flexi, MR BTS functionality idea Cellular - undefined
- Alcatel Lucent 1642, 166 , 1662 Multiplexer Fn. Tata - undefined
NEC Pasolink+, NEO Microwave - undefined
Motorola SC4812T - undefined
Cisco 28 series router Tata Communications - undefined
Machine Learning Coursera -
Etisalat Academy
Skills
Software Skillsundefined
Certification
- Hindi: Native.
Affiliations
Member of Etisalat Volunteers team for charity work and event organization.
- Member of Fire Warden Committee in Etisalat for emergency evacuation.
- Member of Data Science Professional and advanced Tracks Coursera & Udemy.
- Member of Etisalat Engineering Section Football team.
- Learning different topics either in-Class training or through online platforms for enhancing competency skills.
Timeline
Senior Engineer Telecom Network
Etisalat Abu Dhabi
01.2017 - Current
Project Coordinator
01.2014 - 01.2016
Radio Field Engineer
Idea Cellular Ltd India
01.2011 - 01.2014
Data Science Machine Learning (A Z) - undefined
Robotic Automation MGR University
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
Anna University
Huawei BTS functionality Huawei - undefined
undefined
- Nokia Flexi, MR BTS functionality idea Cellular - undefined
- Alcatel Lucent 1642, 166 , 1662 Multiplexer Fn. Tata - undefined
NEC Pasolink+, NEO Microwave - undefined
Motorola SC4812T - undefined
Cisco 28 series router Tata Communications - undefined
Machine Learning Coursera -
Etisalat Academy
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