Vinay Navinchandra
Lisbon,11
Summary
A competent professional with over 25 years of rich experience in Telecommunication industry mainly in Core transmission Network (MW, SDH,PDH,ATM,DWDM/CWDM and IP).Working as Pre-Sales and Post Sales in multi–cultural environment, leading parallel projects across the Spain , Portugal and United Kingdom .I would like to share my knowledge in order to deliver highest quality of service in a company
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Customer Services Specialist , TAC
Infinera
07.2021 - Current
- Customer support for Infinera Line products such as: DTNX, FlexILS,DTN, GX-G42 Series and SLTE Solution for EMEA Region .
- Involvement in Terrestrial and Subsea projects
- Familiar with Intelligent-Power-Management tool for troubleshooting purpose and SLTE deployment scenario .
- Knowledge of High level - Low level design for SLTE services
- Participation with Infinera Professional Services during the Turn-Up/Optimization of Equiano Subsea cable for SEACOM Project connecting South Africa to Portugal.
- Wet Plant Link Manager tool experience which involves Alcatel-Lucent Repeaters and Equalizers
Lead Engineer , Premium Network Services
Colt Technology Services
10.2018 - 07.2021
- Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve faults across a pan European and optical infrastructure and a range of TX services according to product SLA, up to 3rd level support
- Providing a professional interface to customers, acting as a Single Point of Contact for all their issues
- Build and maintain working relationships with key interconnect partners and vendors
- Manage and coordinate tasks assigned to other teams, such as Field Maintenance or Technical assistance Center
- Identify, Plan and Implement solutions for re-occurring Problems on TX, Ethernet and IP networks
- Technical report generation for customer RFO/RCA requests
- Troubleshooting transmission equipment and management systems: Marconi ALU, Lucent, Nortel, Nokia, Siemens, Overture, Adva, Infinera and Aspen
- Diagnose and exposure to MPLS and VPN solutions across a pan European Network
- Working experience with IP protocols such as: BGP, ISIS, EIGRP and RIP
System Integrator
Alcatel Lucent submarine Networks
01.2017 - 06.2018
- System build & configuration of optical Network elements (1620LM)
- FAT & Integration testing of Submarine Line Terminal Station
- OSNR testing for SDH tributary
- OTN testing for 100G services
- PRBS setup and use of external analyzer for stability test in the DWDM system
- Commissioning of equipment using Network manager, commissioning of DWDM channels and analysis of channel loss
- Configuration of Line Optical Fiber Amplifier card, Line Supervision card, Transponder, Channel Multiplexer, Band Multiplexer card and Automatic Level Control Card
- Implementation and Network upgrade for project such as EASSy and SAT-3, SMW4 and PCCS
- Customer facing for FAT tests
- Knowledge of PFE system of Alcatel Products
Site Design Engineer
Nokia Portugal
07.2016 - 12.2016
- Project: Telefónica Germany GU7
- TSSR approval (technical site survey report) for Integration and Swap process
- Preparation and correction of site design documentation for construction sites that are implementing several technologies (2G, 3G & LTE)
- Follow up of getting expertise conclusions for sites and working project approval (as-built drawing)
- Participating in progress meetings and providing Site Design reports
- Working experience with tools: Netsite, E-Plus Daylight
IP and Transmission Network Planning
Nokia Portugal
09.2014 - 07.2016
- Project: Vodafone Germany
- Ericsson 2G RBS node Implementation and Swap from Siemens to Ericsson
- Planning SDH and PDH circuits for Vodafone RAN transport network
- Perform network resources allocation with Amdocs Cramer 8/9 OSS tool
- IP-Fication (3G/4G) activities for Vodafone Germany North-west Project
WDM Core Network Specialist
PT Inovacao
05.2014 - 09.2014
- Prepare and consolidate Fiber Optic Backbone Network budget for CWDM network
- Establish and maintain full documentation (cross-connect, as-built plans, installation plans, loadings, fiber termination plans) of the Fiber Optic Backbone Network
- Fiber Inspection, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Route Surveying, Field Engineering
- Perform Optical budget calculation based on OTDR testing
- Supervision of Sub- Contractors
System tester at Coriant
Randstat technologies
08.2012 - 08.2013
- System tester of the new features and cards such as Transponders, Muxponders, Roadm and filters of ADVA optical network element (FSP3000 R7/Hit 7300/7500) into TNMS which is Network management system
- Test Cases writing and DWDM scenarios building with ADVA FSP3000 equipment for stress and regression testing
- Test case writing and system tester for new features for DWDM optical network planning tool software (Transnet)
Pre & Post Sale Engineer
Represa Solucoes SA
01.2009 - 08.2012
- Commissioning of SDH/PDH, IP and Wireless solutions with RAD Data Communications and MRV Communications products for Spain and Portugal key customers such as Defense, Utilities, Service Providers and Transportation
- Validation and acceptance testing of 10G Ethernet, STM 64 and STM16 transmission standard of MRV demarcation device in Portugal Telecom
- Point of escalation between R&D and Customer critical issues
- Link Budget Planning and commissioning of Broadband wireless point-to-multipoint and point to point radio frequency solution for Ethernet/TDM services in 5xGhz
- Carrier Ethernet Demarcation experience with MRV Communications and Rad Data Communications units
- Site survey, planning and commissioning of Radio devices of vendor Airspan (Wimax) for backhaul solution
- Experience with JVC CCTV surveillance system and Milestone software solution
Incident & Problem Mgmt
ONI – Communications
09.1999 - 07.2007
- Troubleshooting including circuit level diagnostics, re-provisioning of circuits, configuration changes in the circuits, FRAME –RELAY, X-25, ATM and IP backbone faults for service related incidents
- Performs pro-active monitoring of network elements alarms and alerts or failure in every POP of ONI-Communications network using Net Cool and HP Open View system
- 2nd level troubleshoot with Cisco Routers: series 7600/7200 for IP services
- Respond to customer reported incidents (via NOC) within an SLA framework, carrying out remedial maintenance ensuring all incidents are resolved or service restored within SLA
Education
CCNA 200-125 Certification Course -
01.2020
Cisco CCNA & Routing Course -
Training square London
08.2017
RAD international technical Seminar -
01.2012
Bologna Bachelor Degree - Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
Bologna
06.2008
Cisco 7600 series configuration -
Convex
01.2000
Fixed and Mobile Wimax solution course -
01.2000
Skills
- Routing & Switching
- EIGRP
- OSPF
- BGP
- RIP
- Spanning Tree
- VLANs
- VTP
- TCP/IP
- UDP
- MPLS-TP
- Cisco Technologies
- DWDM
- CWDM
- ADVA FSP 3000/2000
- SDH
- PDH
- MP-4100
- MP-2100
- OAM
- 8023ag/h
- RAD ETX
- MRV Optiswitch
- Radio Frequency
- AIRSPAN
- Wimax
- CPE
- BSU
- RAD Airmux -5000/200
- GPON Network
- FTTH
- Fiber optics testing
- OTDR
- JDSU
- OTN
- G709
Hobbies and Interests
- Interest in fresh water Aquariofily
- Technical understanding of PD engines
- General knowledge in car repairing especially in VW TDI engines
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/10/76
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Portuguese
Languages
Portuguese
Native language
Spanish
Intermediate
B1
Hindi
Upper intermediate
B2
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Customer Services Specialist , TAC
Infinera
07.2021 - Current
Lead Engineer , Premium Network Services
Colt Technology Services
10.2018 - 07.2021
System Integrator
Alcatel Lucent submarine Networks
01.2017 - 06.2018
Site Design Engineer
Nokia Portugal
07.2016 - 12.2016
IP and Transmission Network Planning
Nokia Portugal
09.2014 - 07.2016
WDM Core Network Specialist
PT Inovacao
05.2014 - 09.2014
System tester at Coriant
Randstat technologies
08.2012 - 08.2013
Pre & Post Sale Engineer
Represa Solucoes SA
01.2009 - 08.2012
Incident & Problem Mgmt
ONI – Communications
09.1999 - 07.2007
Cisco CCNA & Routing Course -
Training square London
RAD international technical Seminar -
Bologna Bachelor Degree - Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
Bologna
Cisco 7600 series configuration -
Convex
Fixed and Mobile Wimax solution course -
CCNA 200-125 Certification Course -
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