Prasanna Borhade
Dallas,TX
Summary
- 9+ year of Experience in Telecommunication domain which includes Design, Integration, Validation and Testing of Solutions in VoLTE, LTE, 4G and GSM Network architecture.
- 8+ Years’ Experience in on leading projects and Solution Designing for customers supporting Pre-Sales.
- 6+ Years’ Experience as a Solution Architect in Leading Team to deliver functional and technical solutions on complex customer engagements. Develop and configure detailed solutions for complex projects.
- Senior Principal Consultant and Certified Oracle SBC (Session Border Controller) Engineer.
- Experience on integration, validation, and testing of IMS Core Network elements like P-CSCF, S-CSCF, ICSCF, IWF, BGCF, MRF, SCC-AS, TAS/AS and MGCF and call flow.
- Experience on EPC packet core elements namely MME, SGW, HSS, PGW, PCRF, MSP and PCEF and interface like S1-U, S1-MME, S11, S6a, S5, S8, Gx and Sy.
- Proficiency in defining, identifying, writing, and reviewing test cases. Developing detailed Test Plan and Test scripts testing
- Proficiency of working on UNIX/Linux servers and simulate lab environment as per testing need/requirement.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Consultant
Oracle America Inc.
11.2020 - Current
- 6+ Years as a Certified Oracle SBC Engineer/Principal Consultant implementing Oracle Products and technology to meet customer requirements
- Design Solution on for TIER-1 telecom customer on VoIP, VoLTE, 4G network architecture supporting Pre-Sales Experience on IMS network core elements like P-CSCF, S-CSCF, ICSCF, ATGW, TAS/AS, CPM , SSC-AS, ENUM, MRF, BGCF and interfaces like Mw, Cx, Mi, Mj, Mg, Isc, Rx, Sgi and Sh
- Leading Team with prime responsibility is to gather requirements from customer
- And design solution based on the requirements as per RFCs standard
- Perform POC (Proof of Concept) which includes building the lab, configurations, and testing
- Responsible for developing detailed Test Plan and Test scripts
- Create MOPs for Lab and Production Deployment
- Troubleshoot any call flow issue based on SIP, RTP, transcoding etc
- On customer environment and provide desired Solution with RCA
- Also troubleshoot hardware level issues
- Deliver functional and technical solutions on complex customer engagements
- Participate in business development activities.
System Engineer (LTE Engineer)
SRI Tech Solutions
04.2018 - 06.2020
- Administering, engineering and supporting Oracle ACME Packet session border controllers (SBCs)/IPBEs systems both on USP and BVOIP
- It includes 4250,4500 and 6300 Oracle Acme packet SBC/IPBE systems
- Integration, Validation and certifying services like MaaP (Messaging as a Platform), Toggle, IPFR (IP-Flex Reach), IPTF (IP-Toll Free), AVOICs, E911 on SBCs serving as I-SBC (Interoperability-SBC)
- Supports multi-vendor interoperability work and trouble-shoot issues on SIP and RTP call flows with different carriers or service providers like T-Mobile, Samsung, Verizon and Comcast
- Provide support to VoLTE, LTE, VoIP, CVOIP call flow testing
- Also supports production sites by replicating production issues in lab and provide fix to ATS/Operations team
- Write MOPS (Method of Procedure) for SBC/ IPBE system
- Further review those MOPS with production folks to rightly implement in live/production environment
- Responsible to implement TACACS authentication on SBC/IPBEs systems to avoid the security threats
- Proficiency in troubleshooting issues using network analysis tools like Wireshark, IRIS
- Troubleshooting includes coordinating with different teams like BGCF, PSX, P-CSCF, DNS
- Responsible to work and support Unix/Linux based EMS (Element management systems).
LTE Engineer
SRI Tech Solutions
07.2015 - 06.2016
- LTE/Volte Integration Engineer working on MSP (Multi Service Proxy) platform to ensure proper working of AT&T Internet services
- Experience on Integrating AT&T Services like HTTP, HTTPs, MMS, Toggle, LTMI, Video Optimization, Secure Entitlement, Stream Saver, etc
- On Unix/Linux servers
- Experience in supporting and troubleshooting the issues by collaborating with different teams like DNS, PCRF, SGW/PGW, and Load Balancer and ensure successful working of the call flow
- Troubleshooting includes taking traces and tcpdump on Linux servers, and further analyzing those traces using Wireshark
- Experience in networking by managing and assigning ipv4 and ipv6 IP Address to the servers
- Adding routes and ensuring proper connectivity between different servers and platforms as per the network architecture
- Experience of working on ASE (Automotive Services in Europe) zone and was responsible for integrating services like adult content filtering, HTTP, HTTPs (ipv4 and ipv6)
- Hands-on Experience of working on HPc7000 Chassis
- Experience on troubleshooting issues occurring on HP Blades through direct hardware access and also through CLI
- Experience of working on VMware, Openstack environment
- Deploying and Managing VMs as per the SAN allocation to the ESXi hosts and as per project requirement
- Good understanding on EPC and IMS protocols like GTP-C, GTP-U, RADIUS, LDAP, DIAMETER, SCTP, TCP, RTP, UDP, RTCP and SIP.
Telecom Engineer
Nutrix Tech Private Limited
07.2011 - 05.2013
- Experience in mobile handset testing (Modem & Application)
- Experience in LAB testing & field testing for VoLTE, LTE and IMS Network
- Experience on Test Cases preparation & execution, Test Report Documentation, Defect tracking, reporting and Bug Verification
- Experience on monitoring SMS and MMS Call flows on LTE, VoLTE and UMTS networks
- Experience in issue identification, log analysis & documentation
- Analyzed network traffic for content providers like YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Pandora and Amazon in order to validate zero rating services
- Experience of GSM, GPRS technology with protocol stacks & call flow.
Education
M.S. in Electrical Engineering -
University of North Texas, Denton
01.2015
B.E. (Electronics and Telecommunication) -
University of Pune, India
01.2011
Skills
- Oracle SBC & SR
- OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
- Kubernetes
- SIP
- Networking
- VMware
- Python
- Openstack
Certification
- SSCA SIP Certification
- Oracle Session Border Controller Certification (SBC)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundation (OCI)
Timeline
Principal Consultant
Oracle America Inc.
11.2020 - Current
System Engineer (LTE Engineer)
SRI Tech Solutions
04.2018 - 06.2020
LTE Engineer
SRI Tech Solutions
07.2015 - 06.2016
Telecom Engineer
Nutrix Tech Private Limited
07.2011 - 05.2013
M.S. in Electrical Engineering -
University of North Texas, Denton
B.E. (Electronics and Telecommunication) -
University of Pune, India
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