INDU GAMAGE

CAREER OBJECTIVE

A self-driven and passionate professional, working as an operational engineering lead, possess ~ 14 years of broad telecom industry experience including Oracle database, IMS, VoLTE, LTE, SDN and NFV - offer complex and multi-vendor telecom solutions Deployment, Integration and Verification services - using my effective leadership, consulting and technical skills.

 

Expertise: 
- OpenStack based Cloud IaaS Administration
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE) Solution Deployment, Integration & Verification
- Software Defined Networks (SDN)
- IMS Solutions Design and Deployment

 

QUALIFICATIONS

¨Expertise in advanced software and networks, particularly in Oracle/UNIX database administration.

¨Oracle 10G RAC experience, oracle streams experience.

¨Adept in object-oriented programming, including C++ and Java.

¨Demonstrated analytical, problem identification, and solution implementation skill sets. 

¨Career record built in providing high quality technical support in the telecommunications and IT sectors. 

¨Strong record of performance in positions of increased authority and responsibility. 

¨Adept at meeting stringent deadlines on a consistent basis. 

¨Outstanding programming, scripting, de-bugging, and testing abilities. 

¨Adept in troubleshooting, performance tuning and relationship management. 

¨Well organized with strong detail orientation. 

¨Excellent communications, relationship building, and interfacing skill sets. 

¨M.B.A.  

¨Hold B.S. in Computer Science.

 

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

C/C++, JAVA, CGI, Visual Basic, PERL, SAS, ORACLE, ORACLE RAC, mysql, Solaris, HP-UX, LINUX,

Windows OS, UNIX Shell Scripting, sed/awk scripting, SQL, PLSQL XML, PHP

LTE,EPC,IMS technologies

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Network Service enablement platform Tier 1 operator project: 2008 - 2010

Technology: SOA archieture and related products(BEA weblogic), Oracle RAC and Dataguard.

Role: Verification lead Implementation lead.

Main activities included technical verification testing of the solution in a lab environment. Network design and testing. Installation and configuration management. Coordination of test cycles with internal team and external customers.

Lifecycle manager Sprint NSE: maintained the solution with customer through analysis and feature recommendation.

 

Technology: Weblogic, Genband ipsec, Oracle RAC and replication technology. SIP and IMS technology.

Prepared  design documentation and supported implementation. Femto Project technical lead. Multi year project for consumer, enterprise femto devices and device management platform. Responsibilities include technical management and coordination of a large team through multiple test cycles including system verification and production testing and production deployment.

ERDM product:

Remote device manager technology and device testing. Handon install of a muti node system. Testig and verification of the solution.

 

Mobile technology lab integration and solution lead. Technogy: CDMA, RAN, IMS, Openstack, RF

Technical lead and lab lead for all activities in Ericsson emtl lab. Include design of solutions coordination of hardware and software installation. Demo coordination and setup. All customer related testing coordination.

 

 

 

Solutions Architect/technical lead, Ericsson Inc. Lenexa, KS                            2006-Present

·Designed solutions for content multimedia platforms for major telecommunication companies.

·Designed SOA, SDP platforms for major telecommunication companies.

·   Implementation/ test lead for telecommunication projects.

·Provided expertise in database design for Oracle and mysql database environments.

·Designed and implemented Oracle RAC environments and provided consulting in tuning and maintaining Oracle 10G RAC database clusters.

·   Technical lead for a Femtocell solution including IMS core.

·   Technical lead for customer lab environments on IMS, 3G, RAN environments.

·   Team lead for telecom projects including line manager function.

 

Technical Consultant, Marconi Wireless, Overland Park, KS2002 - 2006

·Recruited to perform Oracle/UNIX administration in addition to programming, advisement to both Sprint and Marconi, and development of scripts to monitor performance, benchmarking and testing.

·Ensure maximum performance of Oracle databases while monitoring and tuning application performance and capacity. 

·Effectively develop and implement Oracle disaster recovery strategies and resolve critical customer issues

·Assist engineering department, implement monitoring/network troubleshooting and ensure user account maintenance on HP-UX platform.  

·Developed programs in C/C++, SHELL, scripting using PERL, migration/SQL/PERL scripts.

·System and data center management. Standardize operation procedures for system management and administration of UNIX systems

·Wrote scripts to manipulate Sprint 3G EAMS data for testing purposes through scripts.

·Implemented sed/awk PERL for pattern matching and manipulations.

·Designed SQL scripts, PL/SQL stored procedures, PL/SQL Oracle triggers etc.

·Authored PERL scripts with embedded SQL to migrate data from non-partitioned tables to partitioned tables.

 

 

Systems Engineer

United Data Corporation, Kansas City, MO

Advanced Business Consultants, Mission, KS2000 - 2001

·Hired as Testing Lead to train ten testers in SQL, PL/SQL, SHELL scripting, and to assist Engineering on Oracle performance issues.

·Managed Sprint’s diverse UNIX network consisting of Solaris OS while carrying out monitoring and troubleshooting for servers.

·Successfully interacted with DBA resolving/planning system events while supporting production and testing level HPUX superdomes.  

·Effectively analyzed system resource utilization, and provided recommendations/implementation schedules for configuration changes, coding, de-bugging and PERL/SHELL scripting.

·Developed  PL/SQL scripts to test Order Manager software module.

·Implemented testing of different Order Manager versions under production, system, and interface levels.

 

 

EARLIER BACKGROUND

During 1997-1999, served as Student Software Engineer, LSI Logic Corporation, Wichita, Kansas. In this assignment, built outstanding testing and writing skill sets. Also held assignment as Student Assistant, Wichita State University.

 

 

EDUCATION

Friends University, Lenexa, KS

Master of Business Administration, February 2007

 

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Mathematics minor, 1999