1. VIGNESH KUMAR PALANIMUTHU
1148 Loughborough Ct Ph: 630 210 6289
Wheaton, IL- 60189 vignesh.k.palanimuthu@gmail.com
Summary Over 7 years of experience in the field of Networks/Programming with a Master of Science in
Computer science. Industrial experience in the development of applications for provisioning
services for mobile users. Experience of working on the live network elements in the
configuration/scripting/troubleshooting of Tellabs and Alcatel-Lucent Routers and LTE EnodeB
and working on scripting tools to collect and process data.
Technical Programming C/C++, Java, Visual Basic
Skills Networking TCP/IP, ATM, SNMP, BGP, E-UTRAN, UMTS, CDMA
Hardware Platforms Tellabs 8860, 8605, Alcatel 7670, ALU 7750, 7705,
Database Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, JDBC, XQuery, MySQL
Operating Systems Windows Variants, UNIX, Linux, Solaris
Modeling Tools Rational Rose
Web Technologies HTML, JavaScript, JSP, Servlets, PHP, XML, SOAP
Software Packages Flash MX, Eclipse, Struts, Kabira Provisioning and Service
Activation (KPSA), MS Office
Scripting Shell, Perl, PHP, Python
SCM Tools ClearCase
Certification ALU Network Router Specialist - 2, SCJP
Professional Wireless GPS tracking (Mar’12– present)
Experience Web designer/ scripting
Create/ Maintain/ Update the website to monitor the vehicles with our GPS installed remotely.
Processing the data from the GPS and present it in the website live and track the history.
Flag issues and send real time alerts to Subscribers mobile phone.
http://www.gpstracking-india.com/TrackingPage/source/login.php (Username:demo Pwd:demo)
Alcatel-Lucent, USA (Oct’12 – present)
Senior Operations Engineer
BackHaul/LTE Ops Support for Sprint
Worked on various routing issues going on in the sprint network conversion to the 7750 routers
Add the SNMP scripts to the 7705 to enable SAM to manage the 7705 routers in the field.
Unix Scripts to find the status of the 14000 sites in the US and parse the data to effectively
deploy configs
Developed software in Java to find the list of sites which are converted everyday from the
legacy IPBH sites to the T1-MLPPP (MMBTS) sites to enable easy addition of the 7705 routers
Provide extensive network support for any unforeseen backhaul issues arising in the network
Sprint LTE network across the country.
Managed the 7750s in the SAM and took lead on coordinating different teams to get the
necessary licenses in place
Sprint NV signalling packet drop issue root cause analysis and testing the solution with the
design team and worked with customer to get it rolled out to all the markets.
2. VIGNESH KUMAR PALANIMUTHU
1148 Loughborough Ct Ph: 630 210 6289
Wheaton, IL- 60189 vignesh.k.palanimuthu@gmail.com
Market lead for the NY/NJ 4G LTE eNodeB operations launching and creating scripts to update
the software/ parametes in 3000 equipments at the same time to minimize the manual work
Glow Networks, USA (Aug’11 – Sep’12)
Network Engineer
Ethernet BackHaul (EBH) Support for Verizon wireless
Troubleshooting the issue with the end to end connectivity of the Verizon wireless network in
the 7705/7750 routers
Verify the configuration of the ALU RAN, Motorola RAN, Nortel RAN of the Verizon wireless and
fix the issue related to the transport between end to end in the MPLS network
The data traffic between the voice(1X) , data (EVDO), and management channel are established
successfully
Tek Systems, USA (Aug’10 – Aug’11)
Network Engineer
Tellabs 8860/ ALU 7670 ATM Integration for Re-parenting to different RNC’s /Site adds of NodeBs for
the AT&T Mobility Network
Created the scripts for adding the T1 or T3 links and virtual circuit connections for the target
MSN/RSP for the reparenting of the NodeB.
Executed the script and troubleshot the errors and alarms during the maintenance window.
Developed scripts and tools for Creating the scripts, verification and validation of data in each
step during the clean up
Worked on the Zodiac project on the routers to help the team finish the project involving the
addition of thousands of NodeB in very short duration.
SoftOcean Technologies, Dallas, TX (Jan’10 – May’10)
Network Engineer
Bandwidth growth configuration (T1 adds) on the Tellabs 8860 MSN / ALU 7670 RSP in the AT&T
Mobility Network.
Using ALU RAN’s atm link profiles generated the T1-Adds scripts for Tellabs 8860 MSN, provisioned the
additional T1s and add the corresponding links into the IMA groups in the ATM Switches.
Using Tellabs 8860 CLI, executed the T1-Adds scripts during the maintenance window and coordinated
the steps with NodeB/RNC Engineer.
Did the post checks for successful addition and connectivity and did the troubleshooting in case of
network issues due to the addition of the T1 lines.
Preparing scripts for the T1 Adds in the Ericsson RAN of the AT&T market
Integration of the Tellabs 8605 SIAD (Smart Integrated Access Device) for the ALU RAN markets in the
AT&T Mobility network.
Generated and validated the SIAD scripts based on the CIQ and ALU RAN atm link profile template.
Executed the SIAD configurations on the Tellabs 8605 node at the cell sites in Kansas City markets along
with ALU NodeB technicians and remote ALU RNC and RSP Engineers.
3. VIGNESH KUMAR PALANIMUTHU
1148 Loughborough Ct Ph: 630 210 6289
Wheaton, IL- 60189 vignesh.k.palanimuthu@gmail.com
Integrated the SIAD for two sets of configurations: 1. 1 DS3 to 8T1s (IMA group) for 8 T1s site, 2. 2 DS3s
to 10 T1s (5 T1s for each IMA group) for 10 T1s site.
Checked for the end to end connectivity after integration and did the troubleshooting after execution.
Cognizant Technology Solutions, India (Aug’06–Jun’08)
Programmer Analyst
Mobile Virtual Network Operator (KPSA, Java, JSP, Oracle, Rational Rose)
Provisioning of the two different MVNO clients of Orange added to the provisioning system of
the Orange mobiles UK
Developed the SOAP parser which converts the SOAP request to the Provisioning system
understandable format
Developed the component which validates the incoming request from the CSS
Developed the Cartridge component which sends the molecular requests to different Network
elements involved in the pre provisioning of a mobile user.
Delayed Activation Success Messages (KPSA, Java, Oracle, JSP, Servlet, Rational Rose)
Worked on the design and development of new module to queue up the SMS requests for the
services activated successfully for a mobile user from various network elements
Developed the component to retrieve the stored requests at the end of the successful
provisioning of the mobile.
Involved in the Unit testing and Integration testing of the modules to the existing provisioning
system
Integrated Answer Phone (Java, KPSA, JSP, Servlet, Oracle, Rational Rose)
Developed the module in the Next Generation Service Provisioning (NGSP) to provision the
various services subscribed by the user and integrate it.
Designed the flow changes in the existing provisioning system of the Orange mobiles.
Developed the Simulators for the new network elements for the unit testing and integration
testing purposes.
Education Master of Science in Computer Science Dec 2010
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. GPA: 3.58/4.0
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering May 2006
P.S.G College of Technology, Anna University, India. GPA:8.23/10.0