Profile:

Experience developing and testing and supporting applications for telecommunications industry using C, UNIX, TCL, Perl. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Extensive travel to customer sites in Europe and U.S.

Technical Expertise:

Languages and Operating Systems:
Windows 9X, NT, UNIX (Administration and System Engineering), Linux (Administration and System Engineering), Oracle 8.1.6, SQL, PERL, Silk Test, TCL, C, C++, IPC, TCP/IP, UDP.
Telecommunication Standards:
ISDN (Q.931-E1 and T1), GSM, IS41 and PDC, SMPP v3.4 and 3.3 protocols, SS7, WAP, various switches and telecommunication equipment.

Logica Telecommunications : Dublin, Ireland : 9/99 to Present
Software Engineer & Test Team Lead

• Develop customized features in C, on UNIX/Linux and Windows platforms for clients.
• Strong debug analysis and in depth knowledge of the HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows operating systems required.
• On site and remote maintenance for applications. Clients include Microcell, Viag, CellNet, Vodaphone, Cingular, Go-Mobile Malta, E-plus (Germany) Orange (UK).
• Test Team Leader developing SMPP traffic and load test suites in TCL, Perl, PHP, UNIX shell scripts, GUI and Internet applications tested using Silk Test.

Responsible for customizing applications for clients using C on a UNIX platform. Work on larger scale project initiatives. Develop test suites using TCL, Perl and UNIX shell scripts as well as developing test tools for testing various protocols and application interfaces.

Architecture, design, coding, unit testing, integration test, and support for various projects including a prepaid gateway for text message systems, which allowed for rapid processing and notification of subscriber credit status. Developed a test rig that simulated the billing system that the prepaid module communicated with connected via TCP/IP. Testing was carried out using TCL scripts and a series of in house tools I developed to simulate traffic, credit and load conditions.

A client in Germany wanted to submit mobile originated messages over SMPP from the stack. This solution involved taking the message from the SS7 stack (HP Open call), wrapping it up as a SMPP message and submitting it to the SMSC (short message service centre). This involved ensuring that all SMPP protocol directives were being adhered to and translating the message from a GSM to a SMPP message before reaching the Kernel of the SMSC, while holding the GSM characteristics of the message (receipt phase etc.).

As Test team lead main duties included ensuring that human and machine resources were available to carry out required tasks. I designed test spec documents and suites of scripts and tools for the integration test phases of various projects.

Spectel Telecommunications : Dublin, Ireland : 9/98 to 9/99
Support and Deployment Engineer
Responsible for installation, test, training and support of Spectel ISDN audio-conferencing equipment. Acted as initial customer contact to ensure that the correct system was being specified for the customer and if changes were required, worked with developers to test the implemented changes.

Carlow Institute of Technology : Carlow, Ireland : 1996 to 1998
Lecturer
Employed as a lecturer in the National Certificate in Computer Science program in structural programming (C and Pascal). Lectured the Computer, Network and Optical Communication diploma in physics and telecommunications during my second year.

Keohane TestConsult : Carlow, Ireland : 11/96 to 9/98
Employed as a research assistant while doing my Master's Degree. Tested mathematical modelling software. Developed a software package for the non-destructive testing of cast in situ structures as a prototype in C and then ported to C++ and VB.

Masters Degree of Science, Carlow Institute of Technology, 1996-1998
Bachelors Degree in Science, University of Essex, Colchester, UK 1995-1996
National Diploma in Optics and Computers, Carlow Institute of Technology, 1994-1995
National Certificate in Physics and Computers, Carlow Institute of Technology 1992-1994