Senior Optical Transport Engineer at Ericsson UK , Trainer
Southampton, United Kingdom
Senior Optical Transport Engineer at Ericsson UK , Trainer
Southampton, United Kingdom
11 years experience of working within the transmission and transport environment of both mobile (inc 3G) and fixed line networks.
Technical Lead for SDH & Optical projects within Ericsson for MBNL (3UK & T-mobile) RAN Consolidation
Experienced in the design, planning, project management and also the install and commissioning of SDH/DWDM Carrier Ethernet & ATM Optical Networks (incorporating MPLS and Ethernet infrastructure)on both Greenfield and existing networks
(Public Company; ERIC B; Telecommunications industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
My role involves all the processes necessary to bring a transmission requirement from concept through into operation within the Ericsson customer networks, such as 3UK, T-mobile Uk or MBNL.
• Providing solution designs & recommendations
• RFQ/RFI tendering
• Managing entire project life cycle from approval through to closure
• Reviewing and selecting the right technology.
• Design, dimensioning, planning, type approval testing,
• Implementation, commissioning and handover to operations.
• Management of Contractors/ external teams
Examples of such work include:
o Transmission Consolidation of Radio Access Network for MBNL (TMUK/3UK)
o Implementation of Ethernet transmission backhaul solution for mobile broadband.
o Design of new optical transmission network for Ericsson Ltd
o Rollout of a new dedicated optical transmission network for 3UK
o D&I of interconnect to support RAN & MORAN architectures.
o Node Relocations
o Verification Testing
o Capacity Expansion
German 1997 — 2000
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