Abubakarr Barrie, IT Banking Office

Abubakarr Barrie

IT Banking Office

BANK OF SIERRA LEONE

Location
Malaysia
Education
Master's degree, Telecommunications
Experience
2 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :2 years, 6 Months

IT Banking Office at BANK OF SIERRA LEONE
  • Sierra Leone
  • June 2010 to July 2010

—Participated in the design, execution and analysis of the Payment System Implementation Project by WAMI.

Responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining of network equipment and devices.

Administer and manage server, server clusters, system back-up and restore protocol.

Perform troubleshooting analysis of workstations and associated systems.

Oversee software and network security.

BSC Engineer at AFRICELL SIERRA LEONE
  • Sierra Leone
  • January 2010 to May 2010

—Perform all the testing of the BSC and TRAU elements during the commissioning and integration phases.

Perform the installation of BSC expansion (plug-in units), commissioning and integration of the BSC and TRAU or related Network elements according to the valid documentation provided by Nokia Siemens Network (NSN).

Provide the technical support of BSC and TRAU element inside Africell as requested by line manager.

Analyze the Technical Notes, Change Notes and all changes, modifications and retrofits to be done to the SW/HW of the BCS and TRAU or other BSS related Network elements

Conduct a feasibility Study on implementation and roll-out plans.

Provide the on-hand type of training to the representatives of the technical unit if requested.

BSS & Field Operation Engineer at TIGO SIERRA LEONE
  • Sierra Leone
  • February 2009 to December 2009

—Administer daily system operation and maintenance of all Base Station Subsystems (BSS) network nodes.

Effective monitoring/maintenance of all the radio links in the network to prevent Outages due to link failures.

Responsible for the integration of new links to the NMS Systems

Configure SDH and PDH Microwave links

Perform both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on BSC, BTS and Transmission Equipment

Ensure that all external alarms are configured and are functioning at all time.

Assistant BSS & Transmission Engineer at AFRICELL SIERRA LEONE
  • Sierra Leone
  • September 2008 to January 2009

—Antenna installation ( both GSM and Microwave)

BTS installation and commissioning.

Radio installation, commissioning and monitoring (both Stratex and Siemens).

Weekly collection of RSL values for the transmission links and analysis of statistical data.

Site maintenance and upgrade.

Internship Student at COMIUM SIERRA LEONE
  • Sierra Leone
  • September 2007 to March 2008

—Worked as an assistant Switch Engineers
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Gained experience in BSS & Transmission Equipment’s (Huawei & Stratex)

Also worked as an IT Technician at the ISP unit (Icom.net)

Education

Master's degree, Telecommunications
  • at UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY MALAYSIA
  • January 2012
Bachelor's degree, Electrical-Electronics Engineering
  • at FOURAH BAY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE
  • July 2008

Specialties & Skills

Integration
Installation
Commissioning
Banking
Programming (C, C++, MatLab)
Computer Network & Administration
Windows OS ( 2000 & higher)

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

- Sierra Leone Institute of Engineers
  • Graduate Member
  • February 2009