'Mustafa' Golam

Current

• MPBN/GPRS/SASN/MMS/PS Core Consultant, E///, ELS, Nigeria at Ericsson
• CCIE Scholar for Year 2008 at InternetworkExpert

Past

• MPBN/GPRS/SASN/MMS/PS Core Consultant, E///, ELS, Nigeria at E///, ELS, Nigeria at Ericsson
• MPBN/GPRS/DWDM Consultant at Ericsson South Africa
• MPBN/GPRS/DWDM Consultant at Ericsson SA at Ericsson

• MBA Graduate at Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka
• System Engineer, Core Network Packet Network at GrameenPhone
• Cisco Network Instructor at International Institute of Business Science and Technology ( IIBST )
• Fellow: http://www.sanog.org/sanog12/fellowship.htm at SANOG XII
• System Engineer, Radio Planning, Core at GrameenPhone Ltd
• Student at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology at BUET,Bangladesh
• Reasearch Engineer at IICT,BUET
• Fellow: http://www.sanog.org/sanog5/fellowship.htm at SANOG V
• System Administrator at Dynasty IT
• Cadet at Pabna Cadet College at Pabna Cadet College

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Education

• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Cisco Network Academy
• Pabna Cadet College

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Industry

Telecommunications

'Mustafa' Golam’s Summary

Skills
• IP Solution Analysis & Design, Deployment & Configuration, Audit & Support.
• GSM/Data Network, RAN, Core Data Network O&M
• Diversified Service Integration in Live Network

Competence
• Juniper-M Series Routers (M7i, M10, M20, M120, M320), Netscreen
• Linux Based Firewall, SP Network
• Asterisk based VoIP Solution Integrate
• Extreme Switches (BlackDimond 88XX)
• Cisco Routers (Up to 7206 VXR) and Switches (Up to 6500)
• Extensive Perl/Awk/Gawk/Bash Scripting for Network Optimization
• Practical experience of ITIL methods, incidents & changes.
Packet Core Networks
• Routing and Switching.
• Security, PIX, ASA, VPN, CiscoWorks

Service Layer
• Mobile Packet Backbone Network (MPBN), in-depth understanding.
• Broadband Solutions understanding.
• GPRS/EDGE
• Radio Network

Specialties:
Configuring Cisco/Juniper/Huawei Network Routers
Advanced Cisco/Juniper/Huawei Network Routing
Operations and Troubleshooting Cisco/Juniper/Huawei Network Router
Fast Learner, Solid Understanding on TCP/IP Network and eager to learn.

'Mustafa' Golam’s Specialties:

Teaching, ISP, R&D,Telecommunication, Networking, IT, Cisco, RedHat, Linux, Microsoft, CCNA, CCDA, CCDP, CCNP,CCIP,CCVP,CCIE, RHCT,RHCE, JNCIA, JNCIS, VoIP, TCP/IP, GSM, MPBN, GPRS, Security, CheckPoint, NetScreen, JUNOS, Juniper

'Mustafa' Golam’s Experience

• MPBN/GPRS/SASN/MMS/PS Core Consultant, E///, ELS, Nigeria

  Ericsson

  (Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Providing the contracted customer support services according to established processes like Emergency Support, CSR Handling, Software update and upgrade, Network Configuration Management, mentoring and guidance to less experienced Support Engineers.
  
  Make and Build Large Network, Impacting Countries;)
  
  Job Description:
  • Ericsson Local Support Engineer responsible for GPRS, MPBN, SASN for MTN Nigeria, MTN Ghana,
  MTN Cameroon, Zain Nigeria, Zain Ghana and other operators in Sub-Saharan Region.
  • Raise CSR and follow up with CSR with GSDC and 3rd Line Engineer.
  • NetQB Data Collection from PS Core Nodes and give Emergency Support for them.
  • Work as interface between Managed Service Engineers (Zain) and GSDC for PS Core area.
  • SMS, PRIMUS, SDMM, SAP etc.
  • Operation & Maintenance of MPBN R.6 Network comprising complete IP Core and Service Layer
  Network (eDNS, iDNS, Radius, Extreme Switches, and Redback Routers)
  • Operation & Maintenance of GPRS Network comprising SGSN R8 MKVI and GGSN R4
  • Day to day routine configuration of routing, firewall policies and switch
  • Day to day routine configuration & Back-Office troubleshooting for MPBN and GPRS Nodes.
  • Gb/IP Integration script preparation & configuration for SIGTRAN clients in MPBN network
  • Knowledge Transfer to local engineers and planning team.
  • SACC 3.0 configuration modification as per marketing requirement.
  • MMC, MIEP, SMSC Operation and Maintenance & Integration of SGSN R6 and GGSN R4.
  • Performance management of Core Network and advice managed operation for necessary optimization.
  • Upgrade to SGSN R7
  • Solution Design of Mobile Packet Backbone Network (MPBN) within Ericsson MPBN R 4.1 guideline.
  • Accommodate Split Architecture serving Voice (Nb), Signaling (SIGTRAN), Service Layer (IN / VAS) and
  GPRS Services comprising Ericsson and other multi vendor Nodes.

• CCIE Scholar for Year 2008

  InternetworkExpert

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  InternetworkExpert gave me CCIE Scholarship for Year 2008 as a finalist. This scholarship includes full Internetwork Expert End-to-End Programs for free. I'm thankful to two 'Brians' for their excellent help.
  
  You can see my name for this scholarship at :
  http://www.internetworkexpert.com/newsletter/august-2008-2.htm.
  If you are interested, then you can apply visiting this page:
  http://www.internetworkexpert.com/CCIE-Scholarship.htm

• MPBN/GPRS/SASN/MMS/PS Core Consultant, E///, ELS, Nigeria

  E///, ELS, Nigeria at Ericsson

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2009 — September 2009 (6 months)

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  • IGP Routing (IS-IS, OSPF), VRRP, MPLS (LSP Setup), RSVP, VLAN, Interface, Firewall Policy, BGP,
  MPLS VPN/VRF configuration for MPBN
  • SGSN R6 and GGSN R3/4, DNS (iDNS, eDNS), RADIUS, configuration for GPRS
  • NTP configuration for Synchronization
  • Ericsson CS 3.0 integration for SACC and Volume based charging from GGSN (SCAP protocol)
  • Billing System integration with GGSN for postpaid charging
  • Design and Configuration of Service Layer Network from idea of traffic flow of CCN, MIEP, MMSC,
  MoIP, EMM and EMA within MPBN
  • Dimensioning and Configuration of Hardware and Software for MPBN and GPRS nodes to adapt
  Customer growth and marketing demand. (Planning role)
  • Guiding Ericsson Managed Service for Day-to-Day O&M operation (Configuration and maintenance) of
  MPBN and GPRS Nodes
  • MGw and MSS integration for pure IP bases transport of Signaling and Voice across the Country.
  • MPLS Network Manipulation and LSP configuration and tuning according to backbone expansion.
  • VLAN assignment according to Service and Connectivity layer nodes (CS Core, CS 3.0 and VAS nodes)
  • Netscreen FW Configuration and Policy management for Service FW, O&M FW and GPRS FW.
  • SGSN Dimensioning according to BSS planning (Gb/FR and Gb/IP Interface)
  • SGSN and GGSN Configuration and Maintenance according to Service Requirement and Corporate
  Connectivity requirement
  o APN Management, Rating management, Static Rating and SACC Management
  • iDNS, eDNS and Service DNS configuration through IP Works
  • Symmetricom NTP Server (NTS-200) configuration & DCN Routing in MPBN for Minilink DCN traffic
  • iBGP routing between Site Routers for L3 VPN route management & RR configuration between CR.
  • L2 and BGP/MPLS L3 VPN (RFC 4364) network configuration & VRRP and NSRP configuration

• MPBN/GPRS/DWDM Consultant

  Ericsson South Africa

  (Telecommunications industry)

  January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

  Assigned to help Telma (http://www.telma.mg/) in integrating new nodes and lead in major migration process.
  The key responsibility is to plan and design the Optical Networks including NG-SDH and Metro/LH WDM
  Networks using different Planning tools and techniques and Optimize the transport network layers and
  topologies for migration from legacy SDH to (IP based) NG-SDH and DWDM
  • Provide a high level of technical consultancy to tendering processes
  • Consult on, identify and translate the technical requirements into viable solutions that’s technically feasible
  • Perform technical presentations for customers and partners
  • Planning, Design and Optimization of Optical Networks(NG-SDH , DWDM : Metro/LH/ULH )
  • Design and optimization group on the full portfolio of Huawei products: NG-SDH products: OSN1500,
  2500, 3500 and OSN9500, DWDM: BWS1600G for migrating legacy SDH to NG-SDH (IP Based) and DWDM
  
  • Design, implement & Integration of nodes to MPBN (5.0/6.0)/GPRS System.
  • MGW03 Integration to MPBN.
  • CGSN splitting to SGSN and GGSN integration.
  • Gb Interface configuration and Optimization for BSCs.
  • NTP synchronization of MSS/MGW with NTP server etc.
  • Integration of CS 3.0 network in MPBN.
  • Configuration of Netscreen ISG 2000 and 5000 series Firewalls, Redback SE800 routers and
  Blackdiamond switches for new network expansion.
  • Troubleshooting contingencies like bandwidth limitation, session limitations in firewalls as per design guideline.
  • Integration and Configuration of SGSN R8 MK VI as per project scope
  • Migration of SGSN R7 MK IV service to SGSN R8
  • Integration and Configuration of GGSN R4 Juniper M120
  • Migration of GGSN R4 J20 service to new GGSN
  • Operation and Maintenance Support in case of Emergency
  • 3G Network expansion with new SGSN and GGSN
  • Complete installation of Mobile Packet Backbone Network (MPBN) according to the solution document
  with Implementation Engineer.

• MPBN/GPRS/DWDM Consultant at Ericsson SA

  Ericsson

  (Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

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  • Routing, VLAN, VRF management on Routers and Switches (Juniper and Extreme)
  • Routing, Zone, VR and Policy Management on Netscreen 208 and ISG 1000 firewalls.
  • Complete Integration of Charging Nodes (Ericsson CS 3.0 nodes) with MPBN.
  • Complete Integration of CGSN (SGSN and GGSN) with MPBN.
  • Integration of new BSC with CGSN R4.0
  • Implementation of new APN based on solution document and customer request (CGSN, iDNS)
  • Implement SACC 1.1 for GPRS (Real time charging and necessary packet inspection) based on solution
  document and customer demand
  • Integration of Symmetricom NTP server to nodes
  • Daily/Weekly O&M activities on MPBN and GPRS nodes
  o Configuration Backup, Health Check
  • Troubleshooting of GPRS and MPBN related problem and CSR handling
  • ADDITIONAL (out of scope): EMA 4.0 server and application installation, DCN (Minilink) node integration
  with MINILINK server. RSG Administration, ADC (Automatic Device Configuration) Integration and O&M.

• MBA Graduate

  Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka

  (Education Management industry)

  December 2008 — January 2009 (2 months)

  Sooner or later in my career, I have to have an MBA degree from some reputed Business school. IBA of DU is the pioneer and most coveted Business school in Bangladesh and South Asia. I'm happy that the admission process was very easy for me and I knew they gonna select me from the very beginning. I'll drop the course only if HBS offer me to enroll in their program ( Kidding ;) ) or get my dream job.

• System Engineer, Core Network Packet Network

  GrameenPhone

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2008 — January 2009 (10 months)

  • Maintenance and expansion of Grameenphone Core CDN, M-PBN. OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, L3VPN.
  • Design & Maintenance of Technical Division Network Security.
  • Implementation and maintenance of Core Packet Backbone Network which is Ericsson MPBN R 5.0.
  • Create and maintain content provider connectivity through Pix firewall and VPN concentrator.
  • Adventnet Firewall Log Analyzer, Adventnet Event Log Analyzer.
  • Cisco Works 2000, Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine, NMS, NSM, eSCC, USD, URC, SLMO
  • Maintain and expand L2 switched backbone network of GrameenPhone with MSTP. The network
  consists of 2 Cisco 6509 switches and 100+ access switch like Cisco 2950, 3550, 3750.
  • Monitor and maintain Cisco Router (7200,3750,3640,2600,etc.) Switch(6500,4506,3650,3550,2950
  • Work with : IMS, CORE, GSM, UMTS, MSS, MSC, HLR, FNR, STP, IN, BSC, RNC, MGW, CELLO, BTS, NODE-B, UTRAN, APZ21220, APZ21230, APZ21240, APZ21250, APZ21255, BLADE, AXE810, APT, PLEX, ASA, SEA, ALEX etc eta.

• Cisco Network Instructor

  International Institute of Business Science and Technology ( IIBST )

  (Computer Networking industry)

  January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Prepare course materials for CCNA/CCDA/CCNP/CCDP/CCIP/CCVP and present them so that the students understand the topics easily and get best out of my passion of netwroking.

• Fellow: http://www.sanog.org/sanog12/fellowship.htm

  SANOG XII

  (Internet industry)

  August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

  Fellow for SANOG XII :
  Name at : http://www.sanog.org/sanog12/fellowship.htm
  
  Workshops 6-10 August, 2008
  Track 3: VOIP Design and Deployment
  Instructors: Jonny Martin, Vicky Shrestha et al.
  
  Tutorials: 11-12 August 2008
  
  11 August 2008
  9:00 - 17:30
  
  Track 1: Routing,
  AM : IPv4 and IPv6 BGP Multihoming Techniques, Troubleshooting BGP by Philip Smith
  Track 1: Network Operations
  PM: Infrastructure Security Best Practice : Merike Kaeo
  
  12 August 2008
  9:00 - 17:30
  
  Track 2: Security:
  Infrastructure and Service Provider Security by Merike Kaeo, APNIC Staff
  Track 4: Campus and R&E Networks - II
  Campus Network design issues, Integration with R&E Networks by Steve Huter, Dale Smith, Hervey Allen, NSRC
  
  
  Conference : 13-14 August 2008
  
  13 August 2008
  
  9:00- 10:30 : Opening Plenary:
  
  * Peering and Nework Deployment at 10G - Nigel Titley, Easynet, UK
  
  Detail at:
  http://www.sanog.org/sanog12/program.htm

• System Engineer, Radio Planning, Core

  GrameenPhone Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2007 — March 2008 (11 months)

  • Process Automation and Documentation to accelerate productivity.
  • First Level Support on Planet EV and In House Training.
  • Raw Data analysis and Process for Network Optimization.
  • Development of Customized Software or Complex Scripts (DEFA, CHGRChanger, CBCHChanger etc)
  • Perform daily network backup and install/maintain backup hardware/software
  • Arrange In-House Trainings of Linux, Programming, Office Tools and Planet EV
  • Optimum Budgeting for Air Interface
  • Maintainance of Softwares used in Radio Planning, which include suggesting new software use.
  • Work as Interface of RP
  • Work on project which optimize the RP Network Performance
  • Work with: OSS, IOG11, IOG20, APG40, APG43, ENGINE, AXD, SOG, BGW, SOG, ASR, ASV, OPS, SMO, FOA, PQR, FNI, WINFIOL, SMS, PRIMUS, GASK, MHS, RSG, ELS, GSDC, PDU.

• Student at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

  BUET,Bangladesh

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2001 — June 2007 (6 years 3 months)

  I was moderately performing student of EEE while trending to learn or research on Information Technology. I've achieved CCNA certification in this tenure and learned Linux/Unix. I was fully engaged with Research activities at IICT,BUET as paid researcher for whole 4th year of my undergraduate stuides. I've started BUETian, a Yahoo Groups, for alumni and present students of BUET which has now become the largest of BUET related groups, counting 2100+ members. I don't regret for my achievements but I feel I could have done much better than what i've done so far.

• Reasearch Engineer

  IICT,BUET

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

  June 2006 — April 2007 (11 months)

  1.Responsible for designing Printed Wiring Board mainly for SCADA
  Board, Prepayment Energy Meter, Gas Meter and others.
  Normally all the design is 2-4 layers.
  2.To support production in yield improvement activities.
  3. To perform engineering analysis to meet targets and specifications.
  Strong drive to accomplish goals within period specified.
  4. Involved in preparation of technical specification and drawings.
  5. Provide Engineering Support to Manufacturing Operations.
  6. Handle product engineering development, evaluation, qualification,
  transfer of new Product & process flow implementation.
  7. Responsible in engine Sourcing component and communicate foreign
  counter part to order PCB.
  8. Suggestion feasibility of PCB plant for large scale production.
  9. Tested new circuitry for ISO 9001 compliance.
  10. Developed library for smartcard module to integration with meters.

• Fellow: http://www.sanog.org/sanog5/fellowship.htm

  SANOG V

  (Internet industry)

  February 2005 — February 2005 (1 month)

  Fellow of SANOG V
  Name at : http://www.sanog.org/sanog5/fellowship.htm
  More at : http://www.sanog.org/sanog5/

• System Administrator

  Dynasty IT

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2004 — December 2004 (1 year )

  • To maintain uninterrupted Internet connection to 2 Linux router-box with
  
  Dedicated LAN users more than 100 in number and 24/7 open cybercafe with
  
  20 PCs.
  
  • To design and implement expansion plan for smooth running of the system.
  
  • To control and distribute bandwidth by squid system policy.
  
  • To design and implement firewall by iptables-ipchains and shell scripts.
  
  • To implement site filtering policy based on site content by Squid.
  
  • Linux Kernel based security policy implementation.
  
  • User administration (defines and configures access rights)
  
  • System Backup / restore procedures
  
  • Implement security requirements on the assigned operating system

• Cadet at Pabna Cadet College

  Pabna Cadet College

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  April 1995 — May 2001 (6 years 2 months)

  I stood 1st in the CML of SSC.
  I was BEST HOUSE CADET in the year of 1999.
  I stood 15th in the CML of HSC in 2001.

'Mustafa' Golam’s Education

• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

  2001 — 2007

• Cisco Network Academy

  CCNA,CCDA,CCNP,CCDP,CCIP,CCVP,CCSP,CCIEx5 , Networking , 2005 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Introduction to Networking. to Unified Communication Network Design, Implementation and Optimization.

• Pabna Cadet College

  HSC , Science , 1995 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  General Knowledge, Writing, Debate, Football, Cricket and lot more.

Additional Information

'Mustafa' Golam’s Interests:

Cisco, Linux, Unix, VoIP, Internet, Google, Networking,

'Mustafa' Golam’s Groups:

IEEE,BUETian, GroupStudy, Sadikhov, nanog, sanog, CCIE, Telecommunication

•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Telecom Professionals
•    CISCO
•    Consultants Network
•    NANOG - The North American Network Operators' Group
•    Network engineers with Cisco as speciality
•    Unified Communications
•    Networkers Club for all Cisco networkers (http://www.hightecher.com)
•    Total Telecom Professional Network
•    CCIE Network
•    "The Original Juniper Networks Group"
•    Juniper Network
•    CISCO PROFESSIONALS
•    BUET Alumni
•    Asia-Pacific Telecommunications
•    VoIP Focus Expert Group
•    Juniper Network Specialists
•    CISCO CCIE / CCDE PROFESSIONALS
•    Redback Networks
•    JUNOCiS
•    Internetwork Expert (INE) Users
•    GrameenPhone Alumni
•    Juniper Networks - Network Architecture & Network Operations
•    UAE Information Security Professionals
•    Juniper Specialists Worldwide
•    South Asian Ericsson Telecoms Group
•    MPLS Professionals Forum
•    Saudi Telecommunications Society, STS
•    OSE Users Group
•    First Point Group Worldwide Network
•    CPP & BCP (BPP, DPP, XPP) Professionals
•    HAYS IT Security
•    TeamInfoSec Information Security

'Mustafa' Golam’s Honors:

1. 1st in the combined merit list in SSC,1999.
2. 15th in the combined merit list in HSC,2001.
3. 1st price in numerous Writing competition.
4. Two times fellow of SANOG(V,XII)
5. CCIE scholarship of 2008 from InternetworkExpert.

Professional Certification
• CCIE Written (R&S)
• CCIE Written (SP..)
• CCIE Written (Security..)
• CCIE Written (Voice..)
• CCDP • CCIP • CCNP • CCSP(..) • CCVP
• Cisco Information Security Specialist
• CNSS 4011 Recognition certification
• CCNA • CCDA • RHCT • RHCE
• JNCIA-M,JNCIA-E,JNCIA-ER,JNCIA-FWV,JNCIA-SSL
• JNCIS-M,JNCIS-E,JNCIS-ER,JNCIS-ES,JNCIS-FWV,JNCIS-SSL
Cisco ID : CSCO11180537

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