My professional path has started as a Support Engineer at Portugal Telecom, since then my path has stayed mainly in the area of telecommunications. Since that first experience, I have been a Radio Access Network (RAN) Technician, a Team Leader and after more than five years of 24/7 shifts, I have embraced a new challenge as a (RAN) Optimization Engineer, from this I have return to a Team/Project management role from which I have moved to a Technical Project Manager role and currently I have the role of Business Architect.
Business Architect - Sep 2021 / Current
The Business Architect shall monitor and promote the accomplishment of the Architecture Master Plan by continuously bridging the gap between strategy and execution on the IT/OT enablement process, and shall trigger and oversee the execution of all processes and procedures in close collaboration with all stakeholders.
• Creation of the template for all the IT and OT Logical Architecture Diagrams.
• Creation of new Knowledge Base for IT/OT integrated vision.
• Revision of the entire IT-OT catalog and consequent correction and/or creation of incorrect/missing Architecture related information.
• Steering the various Solution Architects, Technical Leads and Product Owners to populate the new Knowledge Base accordingly with the defined templates.
• Creation of the global mapping for the planned Architecture decisions (roadmap E-REDES PT).
• Participation in the global Digital Transformation forum (E-REDES PT, E-REDES Spain and EDP Brazil) roadmap convergencies.
• Creation of process matrix for IT/OT Architecture management.
• Dissemination of good practices in Architectural design and technological components.
• Participate and promote the Architecture related discussions.
• Creation and maintenance of artifacts.
• Creation and maintenance of knowledge data base.
• Promote IT/OT synergy.
Technical Project Management - Jan 2020 / Sep 2021
• Responsible for the elaboration of Test Book and Test List
Object for Nokia Cloud Packet Core Blueprint projects.
• SharePoint administrator.
• Responsible for the tracking and organizing the various teams’
deliverables.
• Creation of mechanisms to track all the Subject Matter Expert
(SMEs from different teams and different countries) activities.
• Guide all points of action of the project.
• Organize all meetings and documentation of the project.
• Direct contact with the Stakeholders.
• Creation of weekly KPI reports to deliver to the stakeholders.
Mobile Packet Core Team Coordinator - Oct 2018 / Jan 2020
• Responsible for the scheduling and work load distribution regarding all Flexi NS and Flexi NG maintenance windows and day after reports.
• Responsible for the elaboration of custom NetAct Reports to fulfill clients demands.
• Responsible for the training of remote teams executing day after activities.
• Monitoring SGSN and MME activities after integration.
• KPI Report for SGSN and MME activities.
(RAN) Optimization Engineer - Oct 2016 / Oct 2018
• Optimization and audits in 2G networks.
• Analysis and resolution of issues related to KPI indicators, Titlts, frequencys clashes, TRx levels, Threshold, TCH and SDCCH analysis,Qos analysis etc.
• Report and analysis of drive tests of 2G and 4G networks using Actix.
• Planning of sites bearings and frequencies, locations of hotspots and neighbourd planning in 2G networks.
• Cross feeders check.
• Knowledge in Nortel, Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, MBLN and NSN Radio equipments.
Team Leader - Atlantic NOC Spain - Jan 2013 / Oct 2016
Shift Lead is responsible for ensuring effective management of Alarm Surveillance and Fault Management teams in Front Office operations of the Centralized NOC Duties & Responsibilities:
• Lead a shift or team of technicians in a 24x7x365 support environment.
• Mentor and teach NOC technicians best practices in monitoring and site recovery.
• Ensure Escalation of alarms/faults.
• Ensure escalation of alarms/faults to field teams as per SLA and severity guidelines.
• Participate in setting and managing technical/management bridges in case of any major incidence.
• Participate in or lead cross-functional teams in root cause analysis and corrective action documentation and follow up for severe outages.
• Ensure end-to-end closer on Alarms in defined timeframe based on Fault Management analysis.
• Educate & inform FO team towards NOC ways of working and keeping check on compliance as per defined guidelines.
• Consolidation of issues and escalation to internal support system.
• Participate in Formulating FO selection strategy & methodology.
• Facilitate problem solving and collaboration.
• Intervene when necessary to aid the group in resolving issues.
• Incident management and escalation with external providers.
Radio Access Network (RAN) Technician - Atlantic NOC Spain - Sep 2012 / Dec 2013
• Monitoring and ensuring constant network surveillance and operation of products, networks and services managed by the NOC.
• Identification of network related incidents, with available diagnostic tools, and developing a path to solve the network problem.
• Working in a KPI-oriented way (Detection time, reaction time, etc.).
• Perform planned and proactive actions in order to keep the network and the application servers running at the highest possible availability.
• Accurately diagnose network incidents and provide troubleshooting support and resolutions.
• Coordinating technical field interventions on faults that cannot be fixed remotely and ensuring all the agreed procedures and standards are followed.
• Escalating more complex issues to higher technical levels within NOC and/or customer structure, enabling a faster resolution of the incidence.
• Monitoring SDH / Access networks 2/3G LTE.
• Create new cases and update existing cases.
• Manage escalations in accordance with management procedures and Service Levels.
Radio Access Network (RAN) Technician - Jun 2011 / Aug 2012
• Conducting direct supervision of SWAP process of outdated equipments to the Huawei DBS3900, as well as its permanent supervision for the Spanish telecommunications operator Orange.
• Monitoring and ensuring constant network surveillance and operation of products, networks and services managed by the NOC.
• Identification of network related incidents, with available diagnostic tools, and developing a path to solve the network problem.
• Working in a KPI-oriented way (Detection time, reaction time, etc.).
• Perform planned and proactive actions in order to keep the network and the application servers running at the highest possible availability.
• Accurately diagnose network incidents and provide troubleshooting support and resolutions.
• Coordinating technical field interventions on faults that cannot be fixed remotely and ensuring all the agreed procedures and standards are followed.
• Escalating more complex issues to higher technical levels within NOC and/or customer structure, enabling a faster resolution of the incidence.
• Monitoring SDH / Access networks 2/3G.
• Create new cases and update existing cases on customer database.
• Manage escalations in accordance with management procedures and Service Levels.
Technical Support Engineer - Jan 2010 / Apr 2011