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Yevhen  Zhydenko

Yevhen Zhydenko

Radio Frequency Technician
Vancouver,BC

Summary

  • Radio Frequency Technician with 12 years of experience in Telecommunication Systems.
  • Strong technical background
  • Understand customer's Wireless' Product Acceptance, and technical acceptance process
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to travel to perform customer visits, testing, and problem resolution.
  • Strong knowledge of 4G LTE, HSPA+/WCDMA including PHY/MAC, signaling, call processing concepts and upper layers.
  • Good understanding on GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA, LTE mobile phone software architecture and telecommunication network configuration
  • Experience with Transport Layer protocols such as TCP, UDP, and analysis tools

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Telecommunications Tower Technician (Team Leader)

Self-employed
01.2014 - 05.2019
  • Installation and testing of telecommunications equipment, including, wireless baseband radio installation and commissioning, alarm configuration and testing, fiber cable installation and termination, OTDR fiber testing.
  • Installation, testing and commissioning of UMTS & LTE antenna systems, including baseband units (BBUs), remote radio units (RRUs), fiber optic cabling, and electrical supply cabling.
  • Installation and testing of electrical DC supply plant equipment and associated wiring.
  • Installation, testing and commissioning of microwave radio equipment; including, waveguide return loss & DTF testing, and BER testing.
  • Installation and termination of RF cables and jumpers. Testing of RF cable systems using Anritsu Sitemaster. Passive intermodulation (PIM) testing of RF cabling and antennas.
  • Troubleshooting and testing of connectivity issues and alarms using RF test equipment, fiber testing
  • Preparation of test reports and technical audit reports for new and existing equipment facilities.
  • Maintain daily field records and produce daily field reports of task completion. Maintain expense reports and prepare weekly crew timesheets.
  • Perform job planning & material estimates/takeoffs.
  • Assist in the development of task methods of procedures (MOPs) for installation & technical testing.
  • Establish and implement policies and procedures
  • Assign, co-ordinate and review projects and programs
  • Manage telecommunication traffic supervisors and staff
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems
  • Manage contracts
  • Oversee the preparation of reports
  • Advise senior management
  • Ensure compliance with telecommunications regulations and directives of government regulatory agencies
  • Hire, train, direct and motivate staff
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations

Site Supervisor/Telecommunications Technician

«Nokia-Siemens Networks»
01.2012 - 01.2014


  • · Using computer software to design RF installations for new wireless networks.
  • · Testing the performance of existing wireless networks.
  • · Troubleshooting wireless network issues.
  • · Ensuring regulatory standards are met.
  • · Ensuring RF test equipment is calibrated to industry standards.
  • · Analyzing RF equipment and suggesting improvements.
  • · Conducting tests on RF equipment
  • · Traveling to customer locations and field sites
  • Diagnose and locate equipment faults, and adjust, replace or repair telecommunications equipment
  • Inspect and test operation of telecommunications equipment
  • Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hardware
  • Repair or replace defective telephone equipment
  • Test installed telephone systems to locate transmission faults
  • Analyze test results and adjust, change or repair switching system, network, associated equipment and software
  • Complete and maintain test and service reports
  • Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
  • Initiate the dispatch of appropriate repair personnel
  • Inspect and test trunking systems
  • Install electromechanical, analog and digital trunking systems, circuits and equipment in telecommunications central offices and switching centres
  • Operate computerized testing systems to conduct service tests on customer lines and equipment
  • TSSR checking, leading teams.
    Conclusion of transaction with contractors.

Field Operations Technician (Team Leader)

"Vimpelcom Ltd." "Beeline"
04.2011 - 01.2012
  • Past mile construction, installation, maintenance & service” within aerial and buried fibre markets
  • Dispatching to customer homes to install and repair internet services
  • Managing all on-site installation, repair, maintenance and test tasks
  • Maintain, troubleshoot and repair mainline problems within a Fibre Optic Network.
  • Fusion and mechanical splicing of fibre optic cables of different types and counts
  • Set up and operate specialized standard test equipment to diagnose, test, and analyze the performance of fiber optic networks and systems
  • Possess an understanding of fibre network architecture
  • Experience operating aerial lift devices
  • Aerial network construction
  • Underground network construction including trenching, locating and repair
  • Health and Safety Audits
  • Site Inspections
  • Restoration and storm response
  • Maintaining accurate and timely service reports
  • Managing inventory – including ordering, return faulty units and quarterly count submissions.
  • Operating and maintenance of a company vehicle.
  • Following all company filed procedures and protocols
  • Cooperating with technical teams and sharing information across the organization

Site Supervisor/Telecommunications Technician

"Telefonaktieblaget L.M. Ericsson"
08.2008 - 01.2011
  • Installation and testing of telecommunications equipment, including, wireless baseband radio installation and commissioning, alarm configuration and testing, fiber cable installation and termination, OTDR fiber testing.
  • Installation, testing and commissioning of UMTS & LTE antenna systems, including baseband units (BBUs), remote radio units (RRUs), fiber optic cabling, and electrical supply cabling.
  • Installation and testing of electrical DC supply plant equipment and associated wiring.
  • Installation, testing and commissioning of microwave radio equipment; including, waveguide return loss & DTF testing, and BER testing.
  • Installation and termination of RF cables and jumpers. Testing of RF cable systems using Anritsu Sitemaster. Passive intermodulation (PIM) testing of RF cabling and antennas.
  • Troubleshooting and testing of connectivity issues and alarms using RF test equipment, fiber testing
  • Preparation of test reports and technical audit reports for new and existing equipment facilities.
  • Maintain daily field records and produce daily field reports of task completion. Maintain expense reports and prepare weekly crew timesheets.
  • Perform job planning & material estimates/takeoffs.
  • Assist in the development of task methods of procedures (MOPs) for installation & technical testing.

Telecom Tower Rigger

"ARIA Ltd."
01.2007 - 02.2010
  • Erect telecommunications tower components using cables, ropes, pulleys and other equipment
  • Climb and work aloft existing towers
  • Removal and/or installation of telecommunications mounting structures, equipment, antennas, tx-lines, cables and associated hardware
  • Maintenance, testing and repair of towers, equipment, cables and hardware
  • Inspect and test transmission lines, locate faults and analyze and record test results
  • Check antenna positioning to ensure specified azimuths or mechanical tilts and adjust as necessary
  • Climb communications towers to install, replace or repair antennas or auxiliary equipment used to transmit and receive radio waves
  • Install all necessary transmission equipment components including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors or tower mounted amplifiers (TMA's)
  • Install, connect or test underground or above ground grounding systems
  • Welding work's

Education

Master of Science - Network And Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Kiyv, Ukraine
05.2008

IP Networking

Ericsson
Kyiv, Ukraine
2009

VoLTE End-to-End

Ericsson
Kiyv, Ukraine
2009

Swap And Modernization, NRO & NDO Services

Ericsson
Kiyv, Ukraine
2009

Anritsu SiteMaster Certification

Anritsu Technical Training
Poltava, Ukraine
2007

Rope Access Level 3

IRATA
Kiyv
2010

(GMAW/MIG) / (GMAW/TIG)

Poltava Technician College
Poltava, Ukraine
2007

Skills

  • Antenna and coax design, implementation and troubleshooting
  • Knowledge of microwave transmission equipment, optical fibre, and TCP/IP
  • Good understanding of RF principals
  • Installing Equipment GSM, CDMA, UMTS & LTE antenna systems, including baseband units (BBUs)
  • Basic IP Networking- routing and switching
  • Project management
  • Process improvement
  • Red Line revisions control
  • Device Repair and Assembly
  • Troubleshooting and testing of connectivity issues and alarms using RF test equipment, fiber testing
  • Climbing and work aloft existing towers

Languages

English
Limited Working
Ukrainian
Native or Bilingual
Swedish
Elementary
Russian
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Telecommunications Tower Technician (Team Leader)

Self-employed
01.2014 - 05.2019

Site Supervisor/Telecommunications Technician

«Nokia-Siemens Networks»
01.2012 - 01.2014

Field Operations Technician (Team Leader)

"Vimpelcom Ltd." "Beeline"
04.2011 - 01.2012

Site Supervisor/Telecommunications Technician

"Telefonaktieblaget L.M. Ericsson"
08.2008 - 01.2011

Telecom Tower Rigger

"ARIA Ltd."
01.2007 - 02.2010

Master of Science - Network And Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

IP Networking

Ericsson

VoLTE End-to-End

Ericsson

Swap And Modernization, NRO & NDO Services

Ericsson

Anritsu SiteMaster Certification

Anritsu Technical Training

Rope Access Level 3

IRATA

(GMAW/MIG) / (GMAW/TIG)

Poltava Technician College
Yevhen ZhydenkoRadio Frequency Technician