Vitor Santos

Current

Mobile Packet Core Engineer at Nokia Siemens Networks

Past

Systems Engineer / External Consultant at Nokia Siemens Networks
Systems Engineer at Multipessoal
Trainee Systems Engineer at Nokia Siemens Networks

Trainee Systems Engineer at Siemens Networks

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Education

NSN / Enterasys / Nokia / IPath
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

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Vitor Santos’s Summary

▪ Main technical responsible by the integration and support of multiple NSN Flexi ISN 3.x GGSN nodes on TMN’s mobile packet core network, including the migration from ex-Siemens GGSN (Cisco IPS).
▪ Involvement in all project phases from solution design, installation, commissioning, integration and acceptance to operation, maintenance and emergency support.

▪ High sense of organization, responsibility, commitment and perfectionism.
▪ Capable of working under pressure.
▪ Experience on working in close contact with customer and NSN international teams.

Vitor Santos’s Specialties:

▪ NSN Flexi ISN expert and general GPRS Mobile Packet Core experience;
▪ Know-how on NSN charge@once mediate charging gateway (CMD2.1), NSN Lawful Interception Gateway (LIG4) and NSN Combi-SGSN (SG6);
▪ Advanced knowledge on Windows and Unix/Linux systems;
▪ High network implementation, management and troubleshooting expertise;
▪ Advanced skills on IPv6 (incl. nodes and networks mobility);
▪ Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Cisco ID#: CSCO11191251).

Vitor Santos’s Experience

Mobile Packet Core Engineer

Nokia Siemens Networks

(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

▪ Mobile Packet Core Engineer at NSN Global Care Center Lisbon (GCC LIS).
▪ Specialized on Flexi ISN GGSN product.
▪ Main tasks involve supporting international customers via case handling and emergency support on a 24/7 basis.

Participation in other projects and activities:
▪ Flexi ISN ToJ with Level 3 Technical Support, Munich, DE [2009/05/22-29].
Systems Engineer / External Consultant

Nokia Siemens Networks

(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

July 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 9 months)

▪ Main technical responsible by the integration and support of multiple NSN Flexi ISN 3.x GGSN nodes on TMN’s mobile packet core network, including the migration from ex-Siemens GGSN (Cisco IPS). Involvement in all project phases from solution design, installation, commissioning, integration and acceptance to operation, maintenance and emergency support.
▪ Multiple network operation and maintenance tasks including IP routing and switching, NSN charge@once mediate charging gateway (CMD2.1), NSN Lawful Interception Gateway (LIG4), NSN Combi-SGSN (SG6) and generic Unix/Linux systems.

Participation in other projects and activities:
▪ Flexi ISN Commissioning/Integration for Telefónica Móviles (Movistar), Alicante, ES [2008/04/14-17].

Subcontracted through Multipessoal - Sociedade de Prestação e Gestão de Serviços, SA.
Systems Engineer

Multipessoal

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

July 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 9 months)

Subcontracted to Nokia Siemens Networks.
Trainee Systems Engineer

Nokia Siemens Networks

(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

April 2007 — July 2007 (4 months)

▪ Member of the integration team of Nokia Flexi ISN 3.0 GGSN on TMN’s mobile/IP network.
▪ Follow-up of TMN’s IP networks re-engineering, design and migration.
▪ Multiple network operation and maintenance activities including routing, switching, etc.
Trainee Systems Engineer

Siemens Networks

(Public Company; si; Industrial Automation industry)

March 2007 — March 2007 (1 month)

▪ Member of the integration team of Nokia Flexi ISN 3.0 GGSN on TMN’s mobile/IP network.
▪ Follow-up of TMN’s IP networks re-engineering, design and migration.
▪ Multiple network operation and maintenance activities including routing, switching, etc.

Vitor Santos’s Education

NSN / Enterasys / Nokia / IPath

Professional Training and Technical Courses 2007 — 2009

▪ NSN Flexi ISN Advanced Troubleshooting Workshop, NSN, Munich, DE [2009/05/18-20].
▪ NSN Flexi ISN Service Awareness Hands-On Workshop, NSN, Munich, DE [2009/05/11-15].
▪ NSN PROSPER On-Site Server (Active Online TroubleShooting), NSN, Lisbon, PT [2008/12/15-18].
▪ Enterasys Networks Enterprise Switching (ES Switching), Enterasys, Lisbon, PT [2007/05/14-17].
▪ Nokia Flexi ISN 3.0 Operation and Maintenance (FlexiISN 3.0 OM), NSN, Lisbon, PT [2007/04/26-27].
▪ Nokia Flexi ISN 3.0 Service Awareness (FlexiISN 3.0 SA), NSN, Lisbon, PT [2007/04/23-24].
▪ Configuring Juniper Networks Routers – M/T Series (CJNR), IPath, Lisbon, PT [2007/03/26-30].
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

Licentiate , Computer Science and Communications Engineering , 2001 — 2007

▪ Design, project, implementation, management and administration of computer networks – switching, routing, LAN and WAN protocols, etc.
▪ Tele-, digital, mobile and optical communications, multimedia systems, digital signal processing.
▪ Programming – Windows, Unix, Web, Network (C, ASM, JAVA, SQL, PHP, ASP, C#, ASP.NET, SHELL, PERL, etc.).
▪ Administration and management of Windows and Unix systems and services.

▪ Final Projects I (3rd year) and II (5th year) with subjects “Installation of an IPv6 Pilot Network” and “Network ▪ Mobility (NEMO) Experiments in IPv6” both with final grade of 19 (out of 20).

▪ Curricular Traineeship at Nokia Siemens Networks Portugal with subject “GGSN ‘Flexi ISN 3.0’ Integration on a Mobile/IP Network” with final grade of 19 (out of 20).

▪ Final grade of 15 values (out of 20) – Good.

Licentiate's degree (5-year graduation) equivalent to a current Master's degree.

Attended at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Leiria.
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

CCNA 1-4 and CCNP 1-3 courses of the Cisco Networking Academy Program (CNAP) 2002 — 2006

The courses were attended at Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Leiria, which is a Local and Regional Cisco Academy.

CCNA = Cisco Certified Network Associate;
CCNP = Cisco Certified Network Professional.

Additional Information

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Vitor Santos’s Interests:

IPv6, networking, IP routing and switching, IPv6 network mobility, GPRS networks, ... Movies, music, reading, ...

Vitor Santos’s Groups:

IPv6@ESTG-Leiria

StreetTech
eOffice
World Wildlife Fund
Cisco Certified Professionals
Telecom Professionals
CISCO
Nokia Alumni (past and present)
IT Specialist Group
NetworkingPros
RIPE community
NSN
SIEMENS-World-Wide Network [17,000+ Members]
Network engineers with Cisco as speciality
Cisco-Certified
"The Original Juniper Networks Group"
Cisco Networking Academy
Nokia Siemens Networks Global Alumni
Advancing Mobile World Group
The Star Tracker
Telecom Jobs
CISCO PROFESSIONALS
CISCO CERTIFICATIONS
NSN Contract Professionals
Telecom & Mobile VAS Professionals Worldwide
ESTG/IPL Alumni, Students, Faculty & Staff
Cisco Network Engineers
ESTG Leiria Engineers
"Packet Switching Core Network" Group for Core PS Engineers
NSN Alumni Network
LTE (Long Term Evolution) - 3GPP
Cisco Certified Engineers & Architects Network
Nokia Siemens Networks Associate
Telecom Tigers - Innovative Networking for Telecom Professionals
3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) Standards
Cisco Systems Job List - Join and get weekly job opportunities at CISCO for LIFE.
RIZE Recruitment - NSN (Nokia Siemens Networks) Contractors
Kepner-Tregoe. Success in a New Economy
Telco Jobs - UK Based