Ashish Gusain
Network Design & Services Planning Engineer
Hyderabad
Summary
Accomplished Assistant General Manager at Vodafone Idea Limited, Have Worked to excel in network design, planning, and MPLS technologies, alongside strong project management and cross-functional team leadership. Spearheaded major IP/MPLS network optimizations, achieving significant enhancements in service delivery and network security. Proficient in Juniper, Huawei & Cisco routers and bring a blend of technical expertise and strategic vision.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Assistant General Manager
Vodafone Idea Limited
Hyderabad
11.2020 - Current
- Planning, Solution, Implementation and Optimization of IP MPLS Network for NLD/ISP/NGN Network.
- Responsible to implement and overview NLD/ISP Network Consolidation along Vendor Partner as per End State Design.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze service requirements, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement solutions to enhance service delivery.
- Service design and Implementation in live network as per the standard guidelines Topology restructuring and planning of Wan links as per the new proposed topology and implementation at configuration level in IP routers.
- Provides recommendations on network design optimization based on KPIs across Operations, Service performance, Capacity and Network Security.
- Supporting project team for new devices delivery along with different vendors for uplink MOP review and providing solution during any issue related to reachability with monitoring tools.
- Design and Execution for GRX with TCL for onboarding of International Voice Services.
- Design and work for Cache Optimization and Rollout, along with CDN peerings with upstream Partners, Gi Link Creation for new vGW and optimization.
- Design and Method of Procedure (MOP) preparation for all IP planning activities (New Core/RAN nodes integration, NNI Creation, Capacity augmentation, Reachability, Troubleshooting, Optimization etc.)
- Implementation of QoS in complete Access network of PNB,HP and J&K circle as per the End State guidelines.
- Design and Services Migration for MTX consolidation for PAN India Locations.
- Design and MOP preparation in PAN India for integration of New core nodes(DRA,VGW,Cloud,etc) , VAS Nodes (EOCN, CBC, SMSFW, ETOPUP, etc), OSS (Ericsson, Tejas, Huawei, etc), Volte Nodes, & other critical Nodes and responsible for E2E reachability with all destination nodes in the N/W as a part of Service Integration.
- Design and MOP for all kind of Operational issues (High TCAM, Routes Optimization, Redundancy etc).
- Workaround with Operations team to minimize the outages & increase network uptime/availability.
Assistant Manager
Vodafone Idea Limited
Mohali
07.2017 - 11.2020
- Operation, maintenance, design, integration, and troubleshooting in Punjab, HP and JK Circle IPRAN network.
- IPv4 Planning, MOP Preparation and Execution for Rollout of 5000+ Sites for Punjab, HP and JK Circle N/W.
- Support and MOP Validations for Circle IP Network Consolidation as per End State Design.
- WAN Link Port Allocations and Upgradations for PJB, HP and JK Circle.
- IPRAN relocation from Pakhowal to New LDH RO location with the shifting of all Pre-Aggs and RNC parenting Pakhowal IPRAN and migration of 2G,3G,4G, and Enterprise services.
- Support for Installation and configuration of new Huawei X8 Aggregation routers at various locations and Integration of RNC's parenting the installed routers.
- Introduction of MORAN technology in Idea IPRAN network with Vodafone Punjab by connecting the two big IP networks with each other.
- Integration of SBC and MGCF at IPRAN and MPBN routers and proactively completing the entire IP nodes reachability for Volte services.
- BSC integration with CEN & IPRAN network & traffic migration.
- Lead Network War Room for RAN consolidation of two networks during Merger.
- All IP / RAN Nodes integration with Accedian server for Latency PMS.
- Card installation and RSP upgradation of Routers of UPE circle for Upgrading BW of existing WAN link.
- Migration of Entire S1-C / S1-U traffic from Option A NNi to Option C NNi to to control the asymmetric traffic flow leading to bandwidth congestion resulting in various outages.
- Support for Design and Uplink Configuration for Ludhiana City IPfication Project with Vendor Team.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Graphic Era University
Dehradun 08.2009 - 08.2013
Skills
- Requirement Analysis, Network Design, Planning & Solution of IP/MPLS network
- Project Rollouts/Deployment & MaintenanceNetwork Upgradation, Troubleshooting and Technical Support
- Spearheaded Telecom Network Operations for the development of short & long term strategies for voice/data network optimization
- Proficient in on-time rollouts of telecom network & systems by maintaining capability roadmaps, detailed implementation procedures, working closely with client/vendors, systems administrators, and engineers
- Excellent in prioritization & timely fixing the technical issues/queries raised by Level 2 support teams, Incident Managers, and Customers
- Expertise in planning, designing and implementation of telecom network projects
- Active participation in all technical discussions with respect to expansion of existing or new business requirements and implementation plans for advanced/optimized network solutions
- Achievement oriented professional with excellent people management skills, communicator with interpersonal, team building, negotiation, and presentation skillsets
- Demonstrated communication and relationship management skills with the ability to lead and work in cross functional teams in a cross-cultural environment
Routing Protocols: RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS,BGP
IP Schema: IPV4, IPV6
LAN/WAN Technologies: Ethernet, IEEE 80211X
Layer 2 Technologies: STP, 8021q, ISL, VLAN, VTP, Ether channel
Redundancy Technologies: HSRP, VRRP,
MPLS Technologies: MPLS LDP, RSVP, MPLS-TE, LDP-FRR, TE-FRR, Hub & Spoke, L2VPN
Basic Knowledge on VXLAN, EVPN, BGP-LU, SDWAN
Hand on experience with different OEM environment
Huawei Router Models: NE9000, NE40E-X8, ATN Series routers
Cisco Router Model: ASR9010, ASR9006, ASR903, ASR920, NCS5500, NCS540
Juniper Router Model: MX960, MX480, MX104, M120 routers & EX-4200 switches
Nokia Router Model: 7750 SR12,7750 SR7 routers
Timeline
Assistant General Manager
Vodafone Idea Limited
11.2020 - Current
Assistant Manager
Vodafone Idea Limited
07.2017 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Graphic Era University
08.2009 - 08.2013
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