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SHAMNAD N NAZARUDEEN

SHAMNAD N NAZARUDEEN

Trivandrum,India

Summary

Telecom engineering professional with expertise in DWDM, OTN, SDH, and microwave technology. Demonstrated success in network design, system deployment, and traffic migration strategies. Experienced in managing interdisciplinary projects and coordinating preventive maintenance to enhance performance. Strong skills in relationship management and team leadership, driving cross-departmental collaboration to meet strategic objectives.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Telecom Engineer-Fiber Optics

Kuwait Oil Company
04.2019 - 12.2025

Key Result Areas

  • Design and Deployment of Huawei DWDM and OTN networks consists of OSN 9800 M24, OSN 9800 UPS, OSN 1800V, E6600 and E6616.
  • Deployment & NOC Operations - Ciena 6500 based DWDM and Ciena 6200 & 6110 based SDH Access Network to connect Gathering centers with Main Exchange telecom centers.
  • Operation and maintenance of CISCO DWDM ONS15454, CIENA DWDM OME6500, NORTEL DWDM OM5200, CISCO SDH ONS15310, NORTEL SDH OM4200, OME6110.
  • Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Keymile UMUX1500 &UMUX1200,ABB XMC25 & XMC23.
  • Traffic migration from legacy SDH equipments to MPLS-TP XMC25 & XMC23.
  • Experience on Huawei NCE-T Network Management System, Ciena One Control and Cisco EPNM servers.
  • Experience on Huawei Netstar and Ciena Oneplanner planning tools.
  • Technical review and resolution of HLD, LLD, implementation and migration documentations provided by contractor for fiber optic transmission network design, operation and traffic migration.
  • Provide technical design and engineering services in Telecommunication Engineering for all assigned engineering projects.
  • Conduct Telecommunication Engineering activities and in-house site surveys for projects, from initial concept definition phase through to; engineering studies, FEED, detailed design and commissioning. Develops technical solution and action plan to perform service migration required on DWDM systems during network implementation and expansion.
  • Co-ordinate engineering designs, develop and review multi-disciplinary workscopes for projects and other engineering activities. Ensure that work scope is comprehensive and clear.
  • Managing NOC operations-Alarm monitoring, Fault management, Performance monitoring, Configurations and Power management.
  • Conduct physical inspection and acceptance test for newly completed projects & highlight issues if contractor not followed quality of work as per KOC standard.
  • Identifying CCTV, PAGA, ACS system & analyzing defects, questionable functions, errors and inconsistencies in equipment operations; escalating important issues; ensuring technical compliance as per client requirements.
  • Testing and troubleshooting fiber optic cables and systems using OSA, OTDR, Light source and Power meter.
  • Coordinating with Preventive Maintenance team on daily basis for maintenance activity of power /rectifier systems, DWDM and SDH systems.

Assistant Manager

Reliance Communications Ltd
Trivandrum, Kerala
10.2017 - 04.2019

Key Result Areas

  • Responsible of Transmission and Radio network O&M.
  • Operation and maintenance of Tx/Radio database, Mux plan. Improvement planning for existing TX network.
  • Sound Knowledge of Microwave & Optical Transport (SDH/PDH/DWDM) and DWDM.
  • O&M and exploring features available Nortel SDH NEs - OME 6110, TN1C, TN1X, OME 6120, OME 6130, TN4X, OME 6140, TN16X and OME 6500.
  • Hands On experience on Ciena Mux at STM-1/4/16/64 level.
  • Hands on Experience on NEC Microwave systems.
  • Fault handling and NEs integration in coordination with NOC and controlling Fault Rate.
  • Preventive maintenance and rectification of degraded MW/Optical links, PM Error cases.
  • Re-routing or re-homing of links and migration of traffic as per requirement.
  • Having knowledge of STM analyzer, LSPM and Ethernet Tester.
  • E2E circuit provisioning.
  • Ensuring R&R as per RMA process.
  • Responsible for configuration and troubleshooting of links

Data & Transport Engineer

Essjay Ericsson Pvt Ltd
Trivandrum, Kerala
01.2016 - 10.2017

Key Result Areas

  • Responsible of Transmission and Radio network O&M.
  • Operation and maintenance of Tx/Radio database, Mux plan. Improvement planning for existing TX network.
  • Sound Knowledge of Microwave & Optical Transport (SDH/PDH/DWDM) and DWDM.
  • O&M and exploring features available Nortel SDH NEs - OME 6110, TN1C, TN1X, OME 6120, OME 6130, TN4X, OME 6140, TN16X and OME 6500.
  • Hands On experience on Ciena Mux at STM-1/4/16/64 level.
  • Hands on Experience on NEC Microwave systems.
  • Fault handling and NEs integration in coordination with NOC and controlling Fault Rate.
  • Preventive maintenance and rectification of degraded MW/Optical links, PM Error cases.
  • Re-routing or re-homing of links and migration of traffic as per requirement.
  • Having knowledge of STM analyzer, LSPM and Ethernet Tester.
  • E2E circuit provisioning.
  • Ensuring R&R as per RMA process.
  • Responsible for configuration and troubleshooting of links.
  • Designed and implemented data transport solutions to enhance system performance.

Transmission NOC Engineer

Saudi Telecom Company
Riyadh
09.2014 - 10.2015

Key Result Areas

  • Managing association of transmission equipments on NMS for vendors like Siemens, Alcatel lucent, Huawei, (TNMS, Netviewer, ITM-SC, eOMS, PHM, SyncView and U2000).
  • Responsible for migration of traffic between Siemens, Alcatel lucent and Huawei nodes as per network design requirements.
  • Perform first level Fault diagnosis.
  • Carrying out MDT and TC cutover activities for new nodes addition to network or shifting live traffic between nodes, migration of traffic (2MB, STM1, STM4 & STM64), Switching Off, dismantling of equipments, Software version up-gradation of different equipment and also DWDM.
  • To check/verify Long Distance Transmission Network for DWDM activities and verify affected rings/links information.
  • Assigning Task to related Work Group through BMC Remedy and provides expert guidance to MC stations staff when required.
  • Analyze and propose solution for Manageability problems in network.

SDH/DATA Engineer

Saudi Telecom Company
Taif
04.2011 - 04.2014

Key Result Areas

  • Operation, Maintenance &Troubleshooting of Alcatel-Lucent SDH equipments like ISM2000, SLM2000, DACS, ADM4/1, ADM16/1, TDM10G, ADMU & Lambda Unite.
  • Operation, Maintenance &Troubleshooting of Alcatel-Lucent DWDM equipments like OLS80G, OLS400G &1830 PSS-32.
  • Operation, Maintenance &Troubleshooting of Nokia-Siemens SDH equipments like SMA4, SMA4/1(Trans Express SMA Series), SLR16, SMA16, WLD-16, Surpass hiT 7030, hiT 7035, hiT 7060 and hiT 7070 series.
  • Operation, Maintenance &Troubleshooting of Nokia-Siemens DWDM equipment hiT 7300.
  • Operation, Maintenance &Troubleshooting of Huawei SDH equipments like Optix 2500+(Metro3000), Optix 155/622(Metro2000), Optix OSN1500, Optix OSN2500, Optix OSN3500, Optix OSN9500 and Optix 10G.
  • Operation, Maintenance &Troubleshooting of Huawei DWDM equipment Optix 1600 BWS and OSN 8800.
  • Carrying out Field Acceptance Testing of Optical transmission Network Elements.

Transmission Engineer

Reliance Communications Ltd
01.2011 - 04.2011

Key Result Areas

  • Installation & Commissioning and O&M of Nortel SDH Transmission Equipments having capacities from STM 1,4,16 & STM 64.
  • O&M and exploring features available Nortel SDH NEs - OME 6110,TN1C,TN1X, OME 6120, OME 6130 ,TN4X, TN16X and OME 6500.
  • Operation and Maintenance of DWDM LH Amplifier and Optera Connect DX-Digital Cross connect Equipment.
  • Optimization and up gradation of existing network in terms of traffic capacity.
  • Network Support to customers for their end-end connectivity’s in various STM level.
  • Installation and Commissioning and O&M of NEC Microwave Equipments (SDH and PDH).
  • Installation and Commissioning of Maipu and Cisco Routers.
  • Testing of 2 Mbps streams using Acterna E1 tester.

Education

BTech - Electronics & Communications

IIE
Delhi, India

Diploma - Electronics Communications Engineering

Board of Technical Education
Kerala, India

Higher Secondary -

Government of Kerala Board of Higher Secondary
Kerala, India

SSLC -

Government of Kerala General Education Department
Kerala, India

Skills

  • DWDM, OTN, SDH
  • CWDM, ASON, EoSDH, PDH
  • Microwave Technology
  • CCTV, PAGA,VHF,IP/MPLS
  • MS Office
  • Cross-departmental Coordination
  • Team Building & Leadership
  • Clarity OSS
  • RTTS-Remedy
  • OTN system deployment
  • Network management systems
  • Traffic migration strategies
  • Technical documentation review
  • DWDM network design

Certification

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate
  • Credential ID: CSCO14593345

Languages

English
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Arabic

Trainings

  • Huawei Optixtrans E6600&NCE-T Operation and Maintenance.
  • Huawei DWDM Onsite training by Huawei Professional.
  • Ciena One control Onsite training by Ciena Professional.
  • Nortel OME & SDH basics by Reliance Communications Ltd.
  • NEC MW training by NEC.
  • HIT 7500,7070 by Detecon Al Saudia Co LTD.

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and I understand, failure to which lead to forfeit of my candidature. 

SHAMNAD N

Timeline

Telecom Engineer-Fiber Optics

Kuwait Oil Company
04.2019 - 12.2025

Assistant Manager

Reliance Communications Ltd
10.2017 - 04.2019

Data & Transport Engineer

Essjay Ericsson Pvt Ltd
01.2016 - 10.2017

Transmission NOC Engineer

Saudi Telecom Company
09.2014 - 10.2015

SDH/DATA Engineer

Saudi Telecom Company
04.2011 - 04.2014

Transmission Engineer

Reliance Communications Ltd
01.2011 - 04.2011

Diploma - Electronics Communications Engineering

Board of Technical Education

BTech - Electronics & Communications

IIE

Higher Secondary -

Government of Kerala Board of Higher Secondary

SSLC -

Government of Kerala General Education Department
SHAMNAD N NAZARUDEEN