Chandan Kumar

Email: chandankumargaba@gmail.com,chankgaba@yahoo.com
Mobile: 91-7030184642, 9465436145
Skype Name : chandan.gaba1
Passport No : Z2764713 valid till 2024

Objective

To excel in every sphere of life.

To combine my strengths along with the technical, analytical & logical skills I have acquired so as to give effective
outputs which would be considered as examples.

Professional Experience: 3.2 Years

July-2010 to December-2010: Networking Trainee: Hi-Tec Point Technologies (P) Ltd.Chandigarh

Duration
Aug 2011 to June 2012

Career History : Entry Level

Designation
GET, Core Network Operations-STP Dept.

Company
Vodafone South Ltd. Mohali.

July 2012 to Sept 2014

NOC L2 Engineer, Core Network Operations-STP Dept.

Vodafone India Limited, Pune.

Sept 2014 to currently

Senior Engineer-Product Development(Network Design)

Symphony Teleca Corp (I) Pvt. Ltd. Pune

Core Skill Set

CCNA (R&S), CCNP (R&S) & MCITP (ADS, DHCP, DNS, IP Concept) with brief knowledge in Linux
Administration Concepts.
Extensive working Knowledge of SS7/CCS Signaling Protocols (MTP1, MTP2, MTP3/SCCP, ISUP, TUP, TCAP,
MAP, INAP) & Sigtran(SCTP)/IP Technology.
Working Knowledge of Wireshark/Snoop/IRIS utility for Capturing Network Traffic.
SMS Signaling and Call flow (Prepaid/Postpaid,USSD,PCN,UCC,VHE) Concept.
SGSN, GGSN Call Flows, GPRS Attach, and GPRS Detach, PDP Context Activation Concepts.
Knowledge of Ericsson Blade Cluster (R14.0) Architecture, MGW (R6.4.4.X) Hardware & Concepts, HLR
(R13.2) Basics.
Proficient in managing Core Operations & Maintaining Core Telecom Node entities, thereby reducing the
actual downtime & enhancing Operational effectiveness of Core Nodes.

Academics Training: Undertaken Professional Courses

Title: Networking
Duration: 1 year
Work Description:
CCNA (Routing & Switching):

Networking Devices, IP Addressing & Subnetting

Configuration of Cisco Switches (2900, 2950,3550 Series) & Cisco Routers (2500,3600 Series)

WAN Routing (Static, Dynamic, Default)

Switching & VLAN Routing

ACL(Standard & Extended)Configuration

STP, VTP, HSRP, VRRP Concepts.

SNMP Concepts & Configuration.

CCNP (Routing & Switching) :

EIGRP Terminology, Authentication, Route Summarization Configuration

OSPF Terminology, Router Types, LSA Types, Network Types
BGP Terminology, BGP Attributes, & Configuration
IPv6 Concepts
RSTP, PVSTP, Ether Channel Concepts & Configuration.

MCITP:

Installation of Win 2008 Server & Workstations.

Managing & Maintaining Active Directory Services.

Configuring DNS, DHCP, Terminal Services, Web Server, FTP, Software Deployment.

Installing & Configuring MS Exchange Server 2007.

LINUX (RHEL 6):

Linux installation.

Linux Directory & File System Hierarchy structure.

Vi Editor : User add Commands accessing Virtual Terminals & System Administration Commands

Basic Network Configuration & Package Installation.

Title: Embedded Systems using Microcontrollers (8051)

Duration: 6 weeks(June 2009-15 July 2009)
Work Description:

LED, Seven Segment display, LCD, Relay, Stepper Motor, DC Motor interfacing with AT89C51.

Overview of PCB designing.

Professional Training: Ericsson Switch

Duration : 15 Days
Training Description

Layered v/s Monolithic Architecture

Ericsson HW Architecture & its several Node releases.

Blade Cluster Components & its functionality.

Inter Blade & Intra Blade Call Flows

Concept of BO in Blade Cluster

MGW/VMGW Concepts

MGW Call Path Trace

HLR basics

Job Profile Key Responsibilities

PAN India STP(SURPASS hiS 700-Siemens) Operation

Operation, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning of Vodafone PAN India Signalling Network (SS7 &
Sigtran Platform) as a Full Time L2 Signalling Transfer Point (STP) Engineer .
Responsible for capturing & analyzing live traffic traces on SIS (Siemens Intelligence Server) Server using
Wireshark Tracer & Analyzer for addressing location update/SMS/Call/USSD/GPRS related issues.
Database Configuration & Management of Node Entities
MTP/SCCP Database Configuration ( creation, modification, junk database deletion)
Traffic /GT Routing from one Node to another as per change requests received from Circles.
Monitoring & Management of SCR(Switch Commander Release)
Online centralize server for handling, monitoring & managing MNP Provisioning
Management of SPOTS Server
Centralize server for fetching daily routine traffic reports,
Monitoring of online traffic load,
Monitoring of threshold alarms.
Responsible for taking routine backups of STP, SCR, DXC for preventive maintenance.
Responsible for maintaining updated inventory of all hardware & software.
Responsible for SSNC Patch incorporation/up gradation activities.
Responsible for preparing SOPs/MOPs documents related to SS7 Signaling Operations in PAN India to achieve
ISO 27001 Organization Certification
Hands on experience on Advanced HP (Hewlett-Packard) tools.
Service Manager(SM),
TEMIP(Telecommunication Management Information Platform)

Contribution has been made in setting up centralize connectivity of PAN India STP
Nodes with these HP Tools for fault monitoring.
Responsible for handling/maintaining/verifying Number Portability Database as well as SCCP Accounting
Database of PAN India 24 Circles.
Analysis of PAN INDIA STP Performance Monitoring-Quality of Service (PM_QOS) & rectify the SCCP/MTP
errors if any thereby reducing Node error count for better performance.
Fault Management ,Monitoring & Network Performance

Trouble Ticket creation for O & M Faults depending on fault severity.

Fault restoration/TT resolution: Co-ordinating with Transmission Media Dept. & respective Node
Engineer: Performing basic loop break tests on connected media: Ensuring no alarms on end to end
connectivity.
Network Performance Parameters: MTTR Reduction, Following do it right the first time Six Sigma
approach thereby gaining more control over O & M processes.
Leading the team in professional way of working whenever reqd. & maintain the system at 100%
availability.
Monitoring & management of Ericsson LBS (Location Base Servers) purposely deployed for determining
precise location co-ordinates.

Projects

Professional: Activities & Upgrades

STP Hardware & Software upgrade Project :

Effectively contributed towards the Hardware Upgrade of Core STP Nodes from SON7 to SON8
as well as Software Upgrade from ASN v5 to ASN v15,therby increasing more link capacity
(LSL+HSL) per MP card.

STP: Core (Switch/IN/VAS) Nodes Migration to Full Sigtran Connectivity to serve the
purpose of ALL-IP Technology.

SASKEN Project : Tektronix Probe Integration with STP :

Played a key role in successful deployment of Sigtran (SS7 over IP) Signaling Traffic over
Tektronix Probe via Tektronix TAP so as to capture 24*7 flow of Signaling traffic.

As a part of project, also performed/completed AT i.e. Acceptance Test with

Vendor for this new probe deployment with STP Network.

RHLR (One NDS-Redundant HLR) Routing implementation across PAN India STPs.
Integration of Roaming Traffic Steering Platform (RTSP) Server across PAN India
STPs.
Integration of SMS Router for Spam Detection & Control (SDC) across PAN India
STPs.
Integration of SMS Hub/Aggregator across National STPs to serve the functionality
of ILD Gateway for International out roaming Subscribers.
Integration of PAN India SGSN Traffic over Sigtran Platform with STP Network.
PAN India STP Reports Automation
Responsibility: SPOC from Vodafone India for automate PAN India STP Reports using HP
(Hewlett-Packard) BO-Business Objects tools functionality.
PAN India Audit Project of Ericsson, Siemens, Comverse IN Nodes with STP Network.
Independently performed Internal Audit of PAN India IN/SGU/SDP/CCN Nodes with STP Network
& perform reqd. changes in MTP/SCCP Routing, SCTP Timer Values at IN End & STP End to
achieve traffic redundancy at MTP/SCCP level, zero fluctuations b/w IN-STP Network, traffic loop
avoidance in cases where in direct Node Isolation occurs.

Academic Projects
Major: Six Months
Based on Networking Technology:

Implementing Windows 2008 Domain Network (Active Directory Domain Services).

VLAN routing & Security.

Implementing Windows 2008 Exchange Network (Exchange Server 2007).

Based on Embedded Technology:

Finger Print Based Electronic Voting Machine : A Security based Project using controller 8051
& Thumb Scanner)
Minor: Six Weeks

Digital Countdown Timer (using AT89C51).

Technical/Functional Competencies

Application Tools : Wireshark Tracer, IRIS, MYCOM, SPOTS, Ultra Edit, HP Signaling
Manager(SM),HP TEMIP Tool, Packet Tracer,GNS3
Office Package
: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Outlook Express
Platforms
: MS DOS,Win XP,Win Vista,Win 7.0,Win

2008(Server),Linux(RHEL 5)
Network Management

: Routing & Switching (WAN Networks)

Personal Competencies

Self Confident & analytical in approach.

Influencing ability.
Action-oriented & result-oriented.
Honest, Sincere and Smart Worker with a high level of integrity.
Lead & work as a time in an organized way.

Academic Credentials

B.Tech in ECE stream (2007-2011) from RIMT Inst. of Engg. & Tech. Mandi Gobindgarh (PJB) with 75%.
Senior Secondary (2005-2007) from Government Model Higher Secondary School Pheel Khana, Patiala(PJB)
with 71%
Matriculation from Bhai Ram Kishan Gurmat Public School, Patiala(PJB) with 75%

Professional Achievements

Contribution has been made in setting up centralize connectivity of PAN India STP Nodes with HP
Advanced OSS Tools for fault monitoring.
Contribution has been made in standardizing Signaling Alarms across PAN India STPs.

Honored by

Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology (North

Campus) for providing Guest Seminar to final year students on MNP & Cloud
Computing Technology.
Four times awardee of Vodafone Superstar award for continuous showing Vodafone way of

simplicity, & trust in work.

Seminars

Professional

SS7 (TDM & Sigtran) Architecture

MNP & its impact to Mobile Telephone World

Cloud Computing : An Internet based Computing

STP-SMS Router (Spam, Detection & Control feature) Architecture & Call flows.

IPv6 Addressing
Academics

Cisco VLAN Routing & Security

Semiconductor Devices

SOPs/Documents for ISO 27000 Certification

Procedural document for opening of newly released codes in STP.

Categorization/Standardization of Signaling Core Alarms.
Standardized Document on MNP/SCR Servers Health Check.
Procedural document for SCCP Traffic Partitioning in STP.
Routing standardization for avoiding Looping of Signaling Traffic.

Hobbies & Extra Curricular Activities

Reading Newspapers & writing Articles ( in relevance to Internet, Media & Technology)
Listening to Music, Singing, Internet Browsing.
Active member of several open source communities and forums.

Personal Details
Date of Birth
Gender
Languages Known
Fathers Name
Address
City
State
Pin

: 08-12-1989
: Male

:English,Hindi,Punjabi
: KHEM CHAND
: #2604,URBAN ESTATE,PHASE-2
: Patiala
: PUNJAB
:147002

I certify that the above particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date: Oct 2014

CHANDAN KUMAR