Portfolio
10+ years across telecoms, cloud and software development.
Consultant on KPN's FabriQ network transformation — a migration to a high-capacity Nokia metro and core network. Delivering impact analyses, low-level IT designs, and Java 17 backend development. Supporting the Ops team during incident resolution and vulnerability remediation.
Led assessment of COTS orchestration platforms for automated service delivery across a multi-vendor network. Evaluated seven platforms including Ciena Blue Planet, ServiceNow, HP, Oracle, IBM. Researched the impact of GenAI and Agentic AI for network orchestration.
Designed and built a multi-domain network provisioning system for KPN's fixed-core network. Led full DevSecOps lifecycle — architecture, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Tech stack: Java 17, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ, Camel, Angular 17, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes/Helm, Ansible, SonarQube, Trivy, Semgrep, Grafana, ELK.
Designed high-level and low-level operational processes for automating alarm handling in KPN's Radio Access Network. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate automation tooling.
Defined business and technical requirements for SD-WAN solution selection at Tele2 B2B. Prepared vendor longlist, drafted an exhaustive RFI questionnaire.
Led setup of a PoC environment for ETSI-based NFV modelling on Open Source MANO. Designed service models for virtual network services and integrated OpenStack IaaS with CI/CD.
M.Sc. thesis on optimising NB-IoT radio network configuration for smart grid outage restoration. Designed a packet scheduler for optimal performance. Thesis graded 9/10; research accepted at EUCNC 2018 (Ljubljana) and published in JWCN.
Formulated KPIs for proactive and reactive monitoring of Reliance Jio's FTTH network. Automated KPI degradation triggers capturing nearly 70% of network outages.
Skills
Languages & frameworks
Cloud & infrastructure
Observability & security
Telecom domain
CI/CD & tooling
Education
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering — Telecommunications & Sensing Systems
Delft University of Technology · 2015–2017
B.Tech Electronics & Communications — First Class with Distinction
Delhi College of Engineering · 2010–2014