Skills: Terraform, Azure Cloud, Azure Terrafy
Responsible for changing all the client's infrastructure that was built manually to the IaC. I
have
been responsible for taking the current infrastructure and using Azure Terrafy to convert
it to the
full Terraform code, and then building the infrastructure on the Azure cloud using IaC.

Vodafone software upgrades of Tellabs routers at the Vodafone project in South Africa.
▪ Software upgrade planning and coordination with a customer to meet customer needs.
▪ Software upgrade of 8615, 8609, and 8602 Tellabs network elements via Intelligent
Network
Management and CLI
▪ Pre-Maintenance Window Activities (Pre-check/Health check of 86xx NE and decide if an
NE is ready for upgrade)
▪ Troubleshooting of 86xx Software upload to the node.
▪ Coordination and status update with Infinera and Customer.
▪ RSVP-TE Tunnels with 1:1 protection between the primary and secondary paths
▪ BFD for fast link convergence.
▪ Post-Maintenance Window Activities (Post-Check 86xx, node status and service
validation)
▪ Escalation of complex cases to Infinera TAC.
▪ Provide escalation troubleshooting support for Core integrations.
Skills: Tellabs Routers, Tellabs version upgrade, Automation tool for pre-check

Lead Engineer/Consultant duties:
▪ Led a group of 4 network engineers on this project.
▪ Acting as Service Delivery Manager for Kos bit Team
▪ Clearing alarms on Vodacom ISP Routers (Edge Routers, Core Routers)
▪ Deleting alarms on 86xx, 88xx Tellabs Family Routers
▪ Clearing Network Element Unavailable alarms
▪ Removing different services such as PWE3(VPN L2) and Circuits
▪ Creating a weekly plan to organize the alarm clearing and prioritize different alarms.
▪ Deleting all trunks (Ethernet, IP/MPLS/ML-PPP) and putting interfaces in the planned
state.
▪ Ensuring with Vodacom Team to clear critical unused configurations such as BGP Peers,
Target LDP sessions, Link Downs
▪ Deleting all configurations from VPN Provisioning including ATM PWE3, TDM PWE3
Technical Project Manager duties:
▪ Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
▪ Reporting of delivery on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis invoicing.
▪ Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
▪ Assurance/tracking of service delivery based on agreed SLAs with customers.

Implementing BGP Labeled Unicast between eBGP neighbors from Access to Core
routers.
▪ Ensuring connectivity between different BGP AS
▪ Ensure L2PWE3 can cross regions and services can start on an Infinera Router and
terminate on a Nokia or Infinera Router crossing the CDN Network (Cisco & Nokia
devices)
▪ Configuring BGP via CLI & Intelligent Router manager
▪ Configuring Route Maps to match BGP AS with community
▪ Creating MOPs for new engineers on the team.
▪ Upgrading Software Version of Tellabs Core Nodes (8630, 8660, and 8665)
▪ Pre & Post check activity during the upgrade process
▪ Checking 2G/3G/4G site status with Vodacom and Infinera TAC team
▪ Performing device health checks before upgrading and escalating hardware/software
issues to Vodacom to prepare devices for an upgrade.
▪ Dealing with complex issues such as BGP Session down, HW Failure Issues,
ATM/TDM/PWE services
▪ Troubleshooting alarms/problems via Intelligent Network Management (INM) and CLI
▪ Mentoring new engineers
▪ Daily/Weekly reports for Telos Team Lead and Infinera Senior Lead Project Manager.
Skills: BGP, Inter-AS MPLS Option C

▪ Creating lab and testing Vodafone Albania environment for INM (Intelligent Network
Management Upgrade) – Infinera Platform for network monitoring
▪ Creating HLD & LLD for Vodafone network design.
▪ Upgrading INM monitoring tool from old version to new version.
▪ Installing Sybase database (ASE-16) and synchronization on servers
▪ Setup environment using Linux OS
▪ Finding bugs on the new platform and reporting to the Infinera TAC team.
Skills: Linux, Sybase DB, Platform upgrade