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Senior Microwave & Transport Network Planning Engineer | 16+ Yrs | 5G · IP/MPLS · E-Band · R&D Feature Testing | Open to Planning, R&D & Training Roles

About

Microwave Network Planning | R&D Feature Testing | Technical Training | 16+ Years I am a B.E. (ECE) professional with 16+ years of hands-on experience in telecom transmission — across field operations, R&D lab testing, and large-scale microwave network planning. My journey: ▸ Started with microwave installation & antenna alignment at Reliance (1600 sites in 12 months across Bihar & Jharkhand) ▸ Moved into NMS operations, fault management & XPIC configuration at Ericsson ▸ Led R&D feature testing (ERPS, VLAN, LACP, OAM) and delivered solutions for Vodafone's 23 circles at Huawei ▸ Currently leading microwave network planning for 40,000+ sites (2G/4G/5G) at Bharti Airtel — Maharashtra Circle 🎯 What I'm looking for: I am open to roles in: • Microwave / Transport Network Planning • R&D / Feature Testing & Validation • Technical Training & Solution Delivery I am NOT looking for field operations or deployment roles. 🏆 Key achievements: • Airtel Hero of the Month — 1.5 Gbps record throughput on microwave link • Huawei Gold Medal & Hall of Fame — error-free network, optical swap with minimum outage • Huawei Future Star — R&D lab testing contributions • Ericsson Warrior Award — zero network abandonment during severe floods • Ericsson Train the Trainer — engineers trained who went on to train others • 1000+ engineers trained across Reliance, Ericsson, Huawei, Airtel 🛠️ Technologies: E-Band/V-Band MW | 5G NR | LTE | VLAN | G.8032 ERPS | OAM | Huawei RTN | Ericsson MLTN 📍 Based in Gurugram | Open to hybrid / remote roles

Location

Gurugram

Work experience

Sr manager Microwave Planning at Bharti Airtel, Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Lead planning of P2P/P2MP MW links Conduct UBR testing, LOS analysis, and link optimization Trained teams on feature rollout and MW troubleshooting Delivered 100% KPI, SLA, and PM visibility across India 🏆 Hero of the Month (Dec 2019 As a Microwave Planning Engineer at Bharti Airtel in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, I was responsible for planning and implementing microwave networks, 5G planning, and IP/MPLS planning. I managed fault management, configuration of microwave, and all types of LTE call flow, ensuring smooth operations and efficient network performance.

Manager at Bharti Airtel, Oct 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Team Project Leader at Huawei Technologies India, Nov 2014 - Nov 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Validated L2 features for 23 Vodafone circles Created documentation for new MW features Conducted performance analysis for 2L MW nodes Reduced MTTR to 15 mins from 8 hrs using proactive testing 🏅 Gold Medal, Future Star, and Hall of Fame awardee eNodeB testing VoLTE knowledge FTTx GPON

Microwave Transmission Lead at Ericsson Telecommunications Inc., Aug 2009 - Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 3 mos, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, --​>Presently employed with Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd. Bhubaneswar as Transmission Lead. -------​>Experience in Network Operations, Maintenance and Transmission in Optical Fiber/SDH Network for Telecommunication. --​>Completed Planning and Optimization for Airtel Bangladesh --​>Working on Huawei RTN 905/910/950 and RTN980 --​>working in Multi vendor microwave antenna ERicsson,Nokia,NEC,Ceragaon ,Huawei --​>Configuration management and Fault management --​>Basic idea of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP v1&v2, static routes --​>Hand on experience on E1 creation and protections definition (SNCP, MSP and MSSP) in STM- 1, STM-4, STM-16 and STM-64. --​>Hand on experience of ERP ring and RSTP ring for all 3G sites --​>PDH (E1/E3/E4) SDH (STM-N) and Ethernet over SDH (EoS), Basic idea of MPLS, VLAN, VLAN Trunking, Link Aggregation,Spanning Tree Protocol (STP/RSTP), Protection Switching (SNCP, MSP 1+1, MS-SPring), GSM (basic), DWDM ,CWDM. Knowledge of NMS and EMS (configuration of Trail, Packet Link, Data Trail) --​>Flexi trainer on Transmission engineering. --​>OFC ring plan using different topology like SNCP, MSP and ERP to minimize outages. --​>Hands on experience on E1 Tester, SDH Analyser, Ethernet Tester, Optical Power Meter, Variable Attenuator. --​>Good knowledge and hands-on experience in Microwave planning tools Pathloss map info and google map --​>Got ACE Award in Ericsson. --​>Got Warrior Award in Ericsson. Managed MW link commissioning and field issue resolution Monitored network health and alarm analysis

Zonal Manager at Reliance Communications, Jan 2008 - Jul 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos, Dharbhanga, --​>Operations and Maintenance activity of all Transmission Equipments. Identification of fault & rectification in due time. Making the database of faulty equipment. --​> Responsible to carry out the preventive maintenance of all the transmission equipment. Maintaining the record of that. Analyze the report. --​>I&C of 1600 NEC MICROWAVE --​>I&C of 300 FIBCOM Mux --​>Working on Marconi 1664,1684 --​>Microwave project roll out of Bihar and Jharkhand circle --​>Experience on MW implementation of 1000 nodes in Reliance Communication, integration & commissioning of more than 100 Fibcom (Tellabs) MUX in Reliance Communication. --​>Hand on experience on E1 creation and protections definition (SNCP, MSP) in STM-1, STM-4, STM-16 and STM-64. --​>Installation and commissioning of XPIC link with all type of configuration --​>Preparing reports & maintaining tracker regarding Transmission outage KPI, Visibility, Node Alarms, RSL, inventory, etc. --​>Network optimization by means of protection, high RSL, Fading issues, availability, interference and Link

Engineer at Reecomps Teleservices Pvt. Ltd., Sep 2006 - Jan 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos, Patna, --​>Installed and commisioning of Nokia BTS

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electronics, A N College