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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Certification
Languages
Timeline
IVAN KUTSENKA

IVAN KUTSENKA

Bydgoszcz

Summary

Experienced Optical Transmission Specialist with over 18 years of experience in Telecom Industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Transmission Designer

Teleste
Bydgoszcz
06.2021 - Current

Implement DWDM pre-design, design and configuration for Virgin Media UK transmission network.

- Planning and engineering of DWDM 10GE and 100GE optical transport circuits for business customers of Virgin Media.
- Planning decommissioning and SDH projects.
- Keep master drawings up-to-date,
- Prepare Bill of Materials (BOM) and Statement of Work (SOW) for network augmentations and expansion projects
- Provide engineering support and coordination to network operations and field engineering teams

Transmission Design and Configuration Engineer

Nokia
Bydgoszcz
05.2016 - 06.2021

Implement DWDM pre-design, design and configuration for Virgin Media UK transmission network.

- Planning and engineering of DWDM 10GE and 100GE optical transport circuits for business customers of Virgin Media
- Keep master drawings up-to-date,
- Prepare Bill of Materials (BOM) and Statement of Work (SOW) for network augmentations and expansion projects
- Plan network change logical and physical work based on prepared design
- Provide engineering support and coordination to network operations and field engineering teams

Optical Transmission Telecom Senior Engineer

Huawei Technologies
Minsk
02.2010 - 05.2016

- Provide technical support for the main customers.
- Responsible for the SDH transport network rollout for the 3G project including planning (schedule and resource allocation), preparing (site survey, training of subcontractors), implementation (commissioning, configuration, coordination of subcontractor’s teams and acceptance procedures) and warranty technical support.
- Participate in DWDM projects including site design, on-site commissioning and technical support including such kind of features as 100G coherent lambdas, Raman amplifiers, reconfigurable optical multiplexers, etc (including Network Management Systems).
- Participate in Access Network project including commissioning, configuring, testing and subcontractor on-site training of wide range of equipment MSAN, GPON, VDSL, SmartHome, etc.
- Take responsibilities of project technical director including planning, design, team coordination and technical management.
- Being a tutor for newcomers.

Technical Support Engineer

Nortel Networks
Moscow
10.2006 - 07.2009

- Provided 7x24 technical support of Nortel optical network equipment (SDH/DWDM/Metro Ethernet) and network management system.
- Participated in technical negotiations with the customer.
- Consulted customer's engineers and Nortel staff. Work close with other departments in Europe and North America.
- Supported 4 regions of Russia. Supported European customers
- Closed a half of the problems in 48 hours
- Implement on-site support on demand

Optical Specialist

Huawei Technologies
Minsk
07.2004 - 08.2006

Worked in Optical Network department. Mostly in pre-sale area, but also took responsibilities of technical support and project manager.
- Prepared and led presentations for customer and partners. Took part in specialized exhibitions.
- Prepared tender documentation including commercial part with quotation and technical part.
- Participated in pre-bidding and pre-sales negotiations. Cooperated with logistic department.
- Managed SDH projects, and took part as a technical specialist. Participated in on-site installation and commissioning. Implemented technical support of equipment. Trained subcontractor's and partner's technical staff.
- Won 4 biddings for SDH equipment and Network Management System
- Managed 3 projects of SDH Network rollout
- Trained 4 technical specialists
- Organized one Huawei exhibition
- Win the first vendor of optical equipment status for the biggest mobile operator in Belarus (when I began to work, there were no Huawei optical equipment on this operator's network)
- Cooperated with the other departments to prepare complex solutions

Education

Bachelor - Artificial Intelligence

Belarusian State University of Informatics, Minsk, Belarus
06.2004

Skills

  • DWDM/CWDM, OTN, 10/100/400G, Coherent, ROADM, Raman, Optical Transmission Networks, Huawei, Ciena, Infinera, Network Management Systems, SDH, OTDR, OSA, BER/RFC
  • IP, Ethernet, OSI, Python, Bash, Linux
  • Network pre-design, design, installation, commissioning, configuration, integration, testing and troubleshooting, technical project leadership, project planning and resource coordination, tutoring

Certification

1) Polish as a Foreign Language Certificate (B1)

State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language

Nov 2021 · No Expiration

Credential ID 0028681


2) Advanced OTDR analysis

Systems & Network Training Ltd

Issued Jul 2021 · No Expiration

Credential ID 210439


3) DWDM Infinera TM-Series - Planning, implementation and configuration, TNM Management and measurements of dispersion in the context of DWDM

Akademia Światlowodowa Ltd

Issued Jun 2016 · No Expiration

Credential ID 363/2016


4) DWDM planning and design

Huawei

Issued Oct 2011 · No Expiration


5) DWDM networks configuration and maintenance

Huawei

Issued Feb 2011 · No Expiration Date


6) SDH networks and equipment

Huawei

Issued Jul 2004 · No Expiration Date

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Polish
Intermediate (B1)
Russian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Beginner (A1)

Timeline

Transmission Designer - Teleste
06.2021 - Current
Transmission Design and Configuration Engineer - Nokia
05.2016 - 06.2021
Optical Transmission Telecom Senior Engineer - Huawei Technologies
02.2010 - 05.2016
Technical Support Engineer - Nortel Networks
10.2006 - 07.2009
Optical Specialist - Huawei Technologies
07.2004 - 08.2006
Belarusian State University of Informatics - Bachelor, Artificial Intelligence

1) Polish as a Foreign Language Certificate (B1)

State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language

Nov 2021 · No Expiration

Credential ID 0028681


2) Advanced OTDR analysis

Systems & Network Training Ltd

Issued Jul 2021 · No Expiration

Credential ID 210439


3) DWDM Infinera TM-Series - Planning, implementation and configuration, TNM Management and measurements of dispersion in the context of DWDM

Akademia Światlowodowa Ltd

Issued Jun 2016 · No Expiration

Credential ID 363/2016


4) DWDM planning and design

Huawei

Issued Oct 2011 · No Expiration


5) DWDM networks configuration and maintenance

Huawei

Issued Feb 2011 · No Expiration Date


6) SDH networks and equipment

Huawei

Issued Jul 2004 · No Expiration Date

IVAN KUTSENKA