Job Purpose

To Plan/Evolve and Optimize OFC based transmission network (Intracity ,Intercity & NLD) for existing NLD/Mobility, 4G, 3G, STP, Enterprise Business, ISP, GPRS, NGN, ILD and other upcoming new services.
Detailed evaluation of equipment BoQ & Capex for Optics Equipment Upgrade, Node Insertion, Infra Upgrade and other Misc. Activities
Capex Budgeting, planning and tracking for Access Optics
Enterprise & Carrier Support: Solutions and Capacity Planning
Systems Engg, RFP Assessment & New Technology Introduction across all layers of Access
Leased line management for the circle
NNI planning and capacity upgradation for all circles.
Traffic Engineering: Current utilization tracking, User forecast analysis and Capacity Planning for all layers.
Network Integration/ consolidation for PTN/SDH access layer.
NMS consolidation
Sync Network Planning
Inventory mapping in ware house and re-utilisation plan of extra free inventory.
Automation and evolution of network towards T-SDN

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

Optics Equipment CAPEX Management

- Intercity & Intracity

Leverage alternate routes and new paths, so as to reduce the failures across fiber network
Planning for circle for enabling fiber readiness to carry 2G, 3G and 4G BW per site as per respective circle Spectrum
Prepare MIS report for Capex & Opex Budgeting , Capex tracking , OFC progress,4G rollout progress & Management Presentation

Equipment Planning

Planning of Network for Mobility, Enterprise, IT, STP & Other new services and Standardization of 3G and 4G network (QOS, inter-working ,overbooking etc)
New PoPs and equipment Upgrade Planning for rings/sections across Access layers
Identification of new paths for Access based on traffic requirement and fibre constraints
Release plan for provisioning of all the MPBN, 4G/3G, PACO, IPRAN, & Customer BW requirement
BOQ evaluation of all the Optics material for all the new planned and existing cities.

DCN Planning ( All India)

Access Network Plan

Network planning in Circle for Access, Aggregation and Core layers on PTN platform to cater to data growth and Mobility and Enterprise traffic projections
New PoPs and Upgrade of existing rings based on utilization
Solution, Architecture, Design and BoQ Evaluation

NNI Planning and Capacity upgradation

NNI planning with IP team
Working with all teams for BoQ preparation, Validation of BoQ and Capex approval
Process for lifecycle management of NNI
Based on utilization, trigger for NNI Capacity upgrade

Network Solution and Capacity planning for Enterprise & Carrier customers

Interaction with Enterprise team/ customer and validate the technical feasibility
Work with Enterprise and Carrier teams and convert business requirements into technical requirement
Map technical requirements over existing network, recommend for upgrade if required
Issue Design, Architecture and Operational guidelines for Enterprise Services Delivery over Transport NW
Provide solutioning support for non-standard, complex
Provide technical solutions for transport NW for Ent & Carriers

Idea Vodafone network Integration of all layers

Integration of Idea and Vodafone network with best fit techniques, so that there is smooth transition without hampering the quality of the network and also meeting the end state Architecture at optimum capex.

Demand of Fibre Network from Fibre Planning team

Demanding new fibre routes from the fibre planning team to enhance the network redundancy and thus increasing the network availability.
Need to associate closely with inter departments like fiber planning, NOC, Deployment, Commercial, Finance.
Planning for higher uptime, customer complaint reduction etc

Systems Engg , New Technologies Introduction & Automation

SYNC Planning

SYNC network planning to cater to synchronisation requirements, including PTP server