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Rafik Raif Rasmy

IOT Senior Service Readiness Engineer at Vodafone Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • IOT Senior Service Readiness EngineerFull Time

    Vodafone Egypt

    Feb 2019 - Present -6 yrs, 4 months

    Egypt

    • Job Details: Play a governance role ensuring release/project meets Vodafone pre-defined acceptance criteria and standards.  Act as the projects primary technical point of contact for technology and business entities, conducting meetings, liaising key information, producing documents and if needed, providing trainings  Facilitate and ensure effective cross-functional collaboration among virtual teams  Handle projects scopes in order to effectively identify and communicate risks, discrepancies, non-ownerships and gaps, and ensure early implementation of corrective actions and resolution of impediments  Monitor OpCos rollout and car manufacturers rollout activities and commercial requirements with the program manager.  Issue regular reports to top management with the progress and risks along with proposed mitigation plans agreed with different teams.  Work with business, project manager and technical team till we achieve the User Acceptance Sign-off.  Conduct the Go/No-Go meeting with senior stakeholders to agree about release/project production deployment decision.  Declare Ready for Service announcement (RFS) per each project
  • Portal and Mobile Apps Development LeadFull Time

    Orange

    Mar 2017 - Feb 2019 -1 yr, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Act as Technical Project Manager and Solution architect for Orange Portal (Website) and Mobile Application. • Develop project plan and hold project team meetings and steering committees. • Analyze business and technical requirements for commercial and marketing projects. • Write consolidated solution and requirements documents • Perform the testing (SIT &UAT) in cooperation with technical and business teams • Ensure all project work packages are successfully delivered / implemented according to the plan. • Facilitate all vendor requirements within Orange infrastructure. • Guarantee smooth handover to operation teams.
  • Broadband Architecture EngineerFull Time

    Orange Telecom (Previously Mobinil)

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2017 -1 yr, 2 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Design, develop, implement, test and deploy Mobile broadband and internet solutions (e.g. PCRF and DPI)  Align and plan all projects-related to the mobile broadband and Internet planning, with the marketing team  Analyze mobile broadband and Internet offers and services regarding usage, service forecast, market share, customer satisfaction, network utilization  Recommend product modifications to enhance effectiveness toward business goals  Review and approve project business cases with Marketing and Finance to ensure adherence to the yearly objectives and KPIs  Prioritize projects and ensure alignment with strategic business objectives through engaging with the Marketing department in managing the yearly products and services plan  Collaborate with technical specialists to integrate VAS architecture with other mobile network elements and platforms  Provide feasibility study on broadband solutions to management and Marketing teams  Produce project status reports, manage the project team and resolve arising issues or escalations that would impact the broadband products and services timely deployment  Direct the coordination of all implementation tasks involving third party vendors as well as provide consultation to the Marketing department on product implementation  Contribute in setting the roadmap of the Mobile broadband architecture and network design.
  • Radio Planning EngineerFull Time

    Orange Telecom (Previously Mobinil)

    Apr 2015 - Jan 2016 -9 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Design new and optimize existing GSM/UMTS network to ensure good indoor and outdoor coverage  Resolve customer coverage complaints  Plan micro cells for hot-spot in major areas to improve traffic congestion  Perform radio measurements and data collection to ensure coverage quality  Plan RF Physical parameters: Antenna types, Azimuths, Tilts, and Feeder Cables using OMNIX  Survey site to identify the actual location for the needed site (Green Field Tower, Pylon and Masts locations)  Redesign overloaded network areas to minimize capacity constraints
  • Education

    • Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering

      American University in Cairo (AUC)

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2014 - 6 yr

    Skills

    • Project Management
    • Telecommunication
    • IT
    • Project Management
    • Networking

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • ITIL V4 Foundation

      ITMEA·2019
    • DevOps Foundation

      ITMEA·2019
    • Certified Scrum Master

      Scrum Institute·2017
    • CCNA

      Cisco·2015
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