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Retheesh Sivan

Corner Brook,Newfoundland and Labrador

Summary

Highly organized and efficient professional with excellent communication skills and a strong ability to work in a team environment.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Yard Associate/Plumbing and Electrical Associate

KENT BUILDING SUPPLIES
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
01.2024 - Current
  • Responsible for providing excellent customer service and supporting daily operations in the yard, plumbing, and electrical departments.
  • Assist customers with product selection, loading materials, and maintaining organized and safe work areas.
  • Assist customers in locating plumbing and electrical products and provide product knowledge and recommendations.
  • Load and unload building materials safely and efficiently.
  • Operate work assist vehicle and other equipment (if certified) to move materials.
  • Maintain and organization, stock inventory, and ensure products are properly displayed.
  • Handle heavy lifting and work in outdoor weather conditions.
  • Assist customers with loading their vehicles.
  • Follow safety procedures and company policies at all times.
  • Assist with inventory management.
  • Support inventory counts and restocking activities.
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently and on occasion up to 80 pounds.
  • Physical stamina to work outdoors in various weather conditions.

Network Engineer (District In-charge)

Railtel Corparation Of India LTD. (K.S. W.A. N)
01.2019 - 01.2024
  • Experience in handling 500+ customers in the Kerala State Wide Area Network Project.
  • Being responsible for network security.
  • Maintaining and configuring Cisco ASR 920, 7200, and 2800 series routers, HP routers, L3 switches, and L2 switches in the Kerala State Wide Area Network Project.
  • Maintaining and configuring Wireless Cisco Aironet 1300 series and 1240 Series Radios.
  • Monitoring the WAN, wireless, and LAN links using software.
  • Provide network support to site engineers for resolving the issues at POPs or customer side.
  • Configuring the Ports according to user Requirement in L3 and L2 Switches.

Network Engineer

BHARATH BROADBAND NIGAM LTD
01.2011 - 01.2018
  • The project intended to enable the government of India to provide e-services and e.
  • The GPON order for BBNL (BHARAT BROADBAND NIGAM LTD.) To connect 200,000 GPs, was awarded to UTL.
  • NOFN Project (NATIONAL OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK) is a project initiated in 2011 to provide internet connectivity to over two lakh Grama Panchayaths in India.

Network Engineer (District In-charge)

United Telecoms Limited
01.2008 - 01.2018
  • UTL is the BOOT Operator of this project.
  • This project extends the SII (State Information Infrastructure) to all 14 districts.
  • 14 DHQs (District Head Quarters) are connected to NOCs (Network Operating Centers) of SII with 100Mbps leased line connectivity from Vodafone, Tata, and 4 Mbps from all other service providers in Kerala.
  • 152 BHOs (Block Head Quarters) are networked to the concerned District headquarters with 8Mbps leased line connectivity from BSNL.
  • Configuring, monitoring, and managing the wireless LAN and leased line in the customer infrastructure under the dedicated Block POPs in the KSWAN project.
  • Installed, configured, and maintained Cisco routers and switches.
  • Provided network troubleshooting support.
  • Managing: Cisco Router (7200, 2800 series), Switches (Cisco Catalyst 3560, 2950 series), Dax Routers (DX-1831F), Digisol Switch (DG-FS4528), Cisco Aironet 1240 and 1300 AG Series Access points, IP Phones (7900), Ethernet modems, and LAN extender.
  • Network Management Systems monitoring using CA Spectrum.
  • Implementing, administering, troubleshooting, supporting, and optimizing Wi-Fi Networks, routed LAN, routed WAN, and switched LAN, Leased lines, and Optical Fiber LAN networks.
  • Taking Backup of various Cisco devices.
  • Coordinating with Service Providers and Clients for troubleshooting and ensuring minimum downtime.
  • Wireless connectivity At each DHQ and BHQ a Wireless Base Station is to be provided so as to be able to connect 60 remotes to it within a radius of 10 Kms.
  • At each DHQ and BHQ 10 wireless remotes are to be provided.
  • Further, at each DHQ one Channelised E1 and one ISDN PRI is to be provisioned for enabling horizontal connectivity through Leased or Dial up Lines.
  • At each BHQ one Channelised E1 is to be provisioned for enabling horizontal connectivity through Leased Lines.
  • Services Voice All Offices across the state can talk freely.
  • Data All Offices can do file transfer to each other.
  • All Offices can connect to State Datacenter Video Videoconferencing between Different Offices.
  • KSWAN (KERALA STATE WIDE AREA NETWORK) is an e-governance project owned by the Government of Kerala.

Education

Diploma - computer Hardware & Networking

C-Dit
01.2006

PLUS TWO -

Board of Higher secondary examination
01.2004

S.S.L.C -

BOARD OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, KERALA STATE
01.2001

Skills

  • Hardware
  • Networking
  • Troubleshooting
  • Knowledge of network design and infrastructure
  • Network protocols knowledge
  • Network Security
  • Leadership
  • Effective Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Public Relations
  • Teamwork

Certification

  • CCNA CERTIFIED, Cisco, CSCO11247351, 07/07
  • Counterbalance Forklift & Rough Terrain Forklift Operator Certification, Canada
  • Class 5 Driving Licence, NL

Languages

Hindi
Tamil
Malayalam
English

Personal Information

Profile: Highly organized and efficient professional with excellent communication skills and a strong ability to work in a team environment.

Timeline

Yard Associate/Plumbing and Electrical Associate

KENT BUILDING SUPPLIES
01.2024 - Current

Network Engineer (District In-charge)

Railtel Corparation Of India LTD. (K.S. W.A. N)
01.2019 - 01.2024

Network Engineer

BHARATH BROADBAND NIGAM LTD
01.2011 - 01.2018

Network Engineer (District In-charge)

United Telecoms Limited
01.2008 - 01.2018

PLUS TWO -

Board of Higher secondary examination

S.S.L.C -

BOARD OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, KERALA STATE

Diploma - computer Hardware & Networking

C-Dit
Retheesh Sivan