Aamir

Aamir Ashraf Castle Park, Calgary, Canada; E-mail:-Mobile # : - Objective: Innovative and Result Oriented expertise having over 12 years of Project Management experience. I am passionate to work in the project management role where I can contribute to developed business of the organization and enhance my professional skills. Business/ Technical Skills and Expertise: ● Project Management ● Routing & switching ● Routing protocols understanding and network architecture. ● Site Acceptance with operator Standards ● Pre-Sale Engineer ● RF Planning ● WiFi designing ● Data center Infrastructure ● Network administrator ● Fiber optic OSP/ ISP ● DWDM ● English communication skills; ● Critical thinking and problem-solving Skills; ● Planning and organizing; ● Decision-making; Computer Skills: Excellent PC skills; • MS Office ● MS Project ● Visio ● PowerPoint, ● Excel & Word ● Actix Analyzer ● Tems Investigation 11.1 ● Map Info 8.5 • Ekahau -Wi-Fi Tool ● JIRA (Agile project management) Position: Project Manger- Service Delivery Emircom (Cisco partner) - Mobily Enterprises ( Nov, 2013 to July 2024) Worked as Project Manager responsible for overseeing the readiness and Acceptance of Telecom shelters, DC infrastructure, CCTV systems, Firefighting system, Access control system, Telemetry system, Rectifier. Key Responsibilities: • Project Presentation: Present the projects progress presentation to the Higher management where to show the project status with timeline, Issues, with action and raise Risk factors to mitigate them in advance. • Resource Allocation: Allocate resources effectively to ensure all aspects of the project are adequately resourced for timely completion. • Vendor Management: Liaise with vendors to procure necessary equipment and services for Dawiyat shelters, telecom and CCTV installations, anddata center infrastructure. • Testing and Commissioning: Oversee testing and commissioning activities to ensure that all systems are functioning correctly before deployment. • Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to address any issues that may arise during the readiness phase. • Quality Assurance: Ensure that all installations meet quality standards and regulatory requirements. • Documentation: Maintain accurate documentation of project progress, including plans, schedules, budgets, and CR during implementation. • Site Acceptance: The complete site Implementation, acceptance process which involves rigorous testing, verification, and documentation to confirmthat each system meets the company's standards and requirements for safe and efficient telecom/IT operations. • Involved in technical proposal of the project in planning phase and also coordinate with Pre-Sale team during RFI/RFP/RFQ phases. • Proactively identify risks, communicate risks to appropriate stakeholders and develop a risk mitigation strategy and a contingency plan.. • Working knowledge of Data Center infrastructure - installation and deployment of network devices, LAN/WAN links. • Multitasking including Budget/P&L management, sales forecasting, pricing, competitive analysis and market reviews, new product rollout.and targeted marketing to improve profit margin. Position: Senior Project Coordinator- Nokia Siemens Networks (Zain Operator Project) Duration: ( June, 2010 to Nov, 2013) Work as Senior Project Coordinator for Telecom/IT infrastructure deployment projects throughout the kingdom wise and supervise network operation center and managed Data Center Network infrastructure and preparing the weekly incidents report and reporting to higher management about the performance of the network and follow the escalation matrix for routine outages. Key Responsibilities: • Executing Turnkey projects to build the new Data Centers in IT companies. • Proactively identify and communicate impacts to internal and external stakeholders. • Freely provide information regarding project progress and scope using a project dashboard and/or internal/external status reports. • Identify and socialize project success metrics to the internal team and to external stakeholders. • Evaluate project progress and results against success metrics by developing scorecards that monitor performance to meet KPIs andSLAs agreed with clients, reporting any issues to Leadership. • Provide cross functional leadership and collaborate internally and with clients to determine project goals and objectives. • Ensure that the project has completed the relevant gate requirements and that deliverables have been properly reviewed by stakeholders. • Implementing IPVPN, DIA & Ethernet VPN connectivity, handling end-to-end business customer project implementation, management overGPON, VSAT, WIMAX, dark fiber & microwave. • Coordinate internal IT projects ensuring that implementations are ready as required by client deadlines. Data Centre infrastructure Principal Duties & Responsibilities: • Rack and install a large inventory of servers, storage, networking gear, data center gear and serial consoles in our production environment. Troubleshoot and remedy hardware issues and provide a detailed report to management/administrators. • Perform initial configuration and provision for deployment: servers, network gear and various infrastructure related equipment (Console/ILO)configurations for sys admins. Manage local vendors for procurement/installations/remediation. • Experience working in a structured cabling central patch environment with Basic fiber troubleshooting. • Responsible for monitor installation and integration of hardware in the network, including routers, switches, servers, power systems, cables. Understanding of networking protocols, like TCP/IP, UDP, TLS, SSH, HTTP, DNS, NAT, SMTP, SNMP, firewalls, and router config. • Analytical Skills - The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in simple to moderately complex data. Thisincludes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources. • Escalation Management - Knowledge of the procedures for incident escalation. • IT Expertise - Basic knowledge of major operating systems, major enterprise software applications, hardware, and middleware. Thisincludes the ability to understand some development and testing and analysis methodologies. • IT Support - The ability to receive various computer related requests from end-users and operate the basic features of IT support software and tools to effectively provide IT services. This also includes the ability to respond urgently to requests. • Monitoring - The ability to understand how to interpret basic data from logs to monitor and maintain performance and identify security. • Technical Troubleshooting - Knowledge of systematic approaches to solving common technical problems (e.g. hardware, software, operational). This includes the ability to identify problems and report and escalate problems according to established. • Workstation Software - Thorough understanding of desktop operating systems such as Windows, including a thorough understanding of the full Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on Outlook, Word, and Excel. Position: Pre- Sale Wireless Engineer (Motorola Mobily project) Duration: (June 2008 to June 2010) Worked in SAUDI Motorola (through SNS) as Pre-Sale wireless Engineer and used to propose BOQ and RFP. Also conducting indepth analysis of RF and WIFI network performance, identifying interference issues, and evaluating call drop and handover failure metrics. Moreover, collaborate with the sales and project teams to craft tailored technical solutions, support proposal creation. Key Responsibilities as a Presale Engineer – RF/WIFI Optimization Project Coordination: • • • • • • • • • • Conducted comprehensive analysis of RF and WIFI interference, call drops, handover failures, and TCH assignment success rates to support presales activities. Managed the post-processing and analysis of drive test data, ensuring network neighbor configuration accuracy. Monitored RF performance metrics, including RX Level, RX Quality, BCCH, SQI in 2G, and SC, RSCP, and EC/IO for 3G/4G, to meet presales customer requirements. Developed detailed coverage maps and plotted drive routes using MapInfo to visually present RX Level, RX Quality, and data performance to clients. Conducted RF drive tests for GSM network optimization using NEMO and TEMS investigation tools; prepared comprehensive PowerPoint presentations showcasing pre and post-optimization findings. Performed cluster optimization by collecting and post-processing drive test data and generating weekly performance reports for client presales insights. Led site surveys and validation of new RF sites, channel verification (BCCH & TCH), and conducted feeder swap tests using TEMS tools to support solution proposals. Utilized TEMS Investigation 11.1 and NEMO for drive tests on HSDPA, 3G, and 2G technologies to gather essential data for presale demonstrations and customer briefings. Monitored CPICH RSCP and Ec/No for UMTS, ensuring quality parameters met client presales expectations. Oversaw and executed drive tests for site integration, coverage assessments, PS testing, benchmarking, monthly cluster analysis, and handover drives for RNC and BSC re-homing to enhance project proposals. Major ICT Infrastructure Projects handing: • • • • • • • • • Mobily Data centers Turkey projects deployments. Riyadh -Metro train redundant Data Centre infrastructure Metro fiber layout and Wi-Fi infrastructure projects in Riyadh. PABX system implementation in metro data Centre. Ministry of Education new Cisco Network deployment SANS Project (Radar units connectivity Dammam-Airport) IPCC – Ministry of information Project Hardware migration project with WAN Links in Data Centre. University IT network update (F5, FORTINET & Cisco Hyper kingdom • Cisco collaboration project • Enterprise network upgrade– Etihad Etisalat company in KSA • Expansion of IP Telephonic network infrastructure Project • Ministry of Interior network HW upgrade project • SNFN network Implementation (long-haul fiber network) • Riyadh Airport WIFI project implementation • Implementation of new Data center with Cisco network devices • Ministry of health IT network infrastructure implementation flex). • Ministry of transport. Data acquisition from vehicles throughout Academic Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (BS in Electronics four years) with Grade “A” from Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Karachi in 2003 January. PMP Certification Member ID:-: I am a member of PMI community and Certified PMP from PMI Institute. CCNA Certified: Cisco CCNA certification and their practical on Cisco Switch/Router in their networking Environment. CCNP Certified Member ID: CSCO- Cisco certified specialist – Security Core. Certified for Data Center Physical Infrastructure conducted by Schneider Electric University. ISC)2 OPSWAT Certified in Cybersecurity for Level 1 by the (ISC)2 Code of Ethics and Privacy Policy. Introduction to Critical Infrastructure Protection (ICIP).This certification program for fundamental critical infrastructure protection concepts. Topics include identifying the meaning of a critical network, defining critical infrastructure protection (CIP), identifying the purpose of the OPSWAT Academy. Introduction to Cybersecurity Cisco verifies the earner of this badge successfully completed. Huawei Training: I have Taken BSS, Transmission training on the Configuration of 2G, 3G, SDH Fiber optics links through I-Manager T2000,T2000 NA, and T2100 software’s in Huawei training center KSA. Training Nokia test Lab: Training in Nokia test bed where will do the troubleshooting of the network issues. Membership: Permanent membership of Pak Engineering Council (PEC). Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) recognized by International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS). Driving License: C a n a d i a n c l a s s 5 & international license Language: English, Urdu, Arabic and German