Nisheth Mendis
17, Coronation Street, Sunshine,VIC
Summary
An organized and creative professional with proven skills and desire to learn more. Well-disciplined confident team player with good leadership. Enthusiastic, innovative, and amicable to work with different-cultured societies. Meets long-term project goals through day-to-day efficiency. Looking forward to contribute my existing knowledge, skills, and background to enhance organizations productivity.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Executive ( Assistant Engineer)
Dialog Axiata PLC
Colombo, Sri Lanka
11.2022 - 07.2024
- Implement network infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot network faults & problem areas as required, providing in depth network support to both support and project teams.
- Adhere to all network security standards and company policies.
- Migration of existing services onto newly installed infrastructure within agreed timelines.
- Proactively monitor network performance on a regular basis to ensure network reliability.
- Plan and execute network infrastructure upgrades to ensure sufficient network capacity to handle increased demand.
- Provide engineering support to NOC, Presales and Provisioning teams within agreed internal response times.
- Ensure that business critical services on the network are reliable and secure.
- Analyze the needs of the corporate customers and design network solutions, implement them, configure and test routers and switches.
- Troubleshoot and support layer 2 and layer 3 protocols (eg: VLANs, BGP, MPLS, ethernet) supporting connectivity, data, voice and infrastructure issues.
- Working with third party providers as well as large business clients in order to resolve any problems and come up with appropriate solutions to new requirements.
- Configure networks to ensure smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
- Complete all allocated tasks within agreed timelines, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones and goals.
- Maintain and grow internal relationships with the Network Operations, Service Delivery, Network Provisioning, Presales, Products, Sales and Commercial teams.
- Support the Network Operations team to increase the capabilities on Dialog network and all connectivity products, including Ethernet, Internet, IP Transit, Optical, Dark Fiber, Broadband Aggregation, SDWAN and SASE.
- Promote and participate in a learning environment to encourage up-skilling across the network engineering and support teams.
- Utilize network monitoring tools to ensure maximum uptime and identification of any network issues.
- Ensure that the Network Operations team has the correct systems, processes, documentation and training to support any new network implementations or new technologies added into the Dialog network or product portfolio.
- Follow ticket hygiene and handover process.
- Maintain current knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
- Collaborate with other business units where required.
Engineering Trainee
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Configuration of new POls (Point of Interface) and augmentation of capacity in existing POl by analyzing Utilization from Traffic reports.
- Responsible for configuration and modification of B-Number Analysis table, Route Parameters, Signaling routes, Augmentation of Routes, Forwarding analysis, Access Barring Data, Charging analysis, Routing Case Tables etc. as and when required by the customer.
- Actively participated in MNP (Mobile Number Portability) implementation .Testing for every related issue of MNP. Routing of LRN, calls & SMS scenarios as per the MNP.
- Planning the Routing of levels for traffic management in coordination with planning team For Efficient uses of Switch resources.
- Analyzing ASR using Protocol Analyzer. Tracing calls on Signal Analyzer in case, to find failure cause.
IT & External Audit Associate
KPMG Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka
10.2017 - 04.2019
- Coordination with the senior management of the respective companies and solve the problems.
- Possess overall responsibility for the completion of assurance engagements.
- Communicate work plan tasks and obtain buy-in from engagement team and specialists.
- Review of financial statements, auditors' reports and other reports in accordance with relevant standards and legislation.
- Give attention to the critical audit and accounting issues, discuss with client senior management and suggests approaches for addressing issues.
- Manages time, plans and organizes work tasks, monitors progress and meets deadlines.
- Encourages teamwork and promotes respect and understanding for different backgrounds, opinions of others, and work/life balance issues.
- Give attention to the critical audit and accounting issues, discuss with client senior management and suggests approaches for addressing issues.
Education
Master of Engineering - Telecommunication & Networks
La Trobe University
Bundoora, VIC07-2026
Bachelor of Science Honors in Engineering - Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
CINEC Campus
Sri Lanka05-2023
GCE Advanced Level - Physical Sciences
St, Peter's College
Sri Lanka08-2017
Skills
- Decision making & time management
- Fast learner
- Commitment & Dedication to achieve the targets
- Competent in organizing Business and Charity work
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Technical leadership
- New Product Introduction
- Engineering Documentation
- Fond of Playing Piano and Tennis
Languages
English
Full Professional
Sinhala
Full Professional
Tamil
Limited
References
References available upon request.
Accomplishments
- IOT based smart doorbell system with built-in surveillance monitoring for commercial use (Final Year Project).
- Placed 1st in the Electronic Design Competition 2021 organized by the IEEE Sri Lankan Section. (The project was on Electronic Device & a Slave Device for industrial implementation).
- Research presented at 2nd CINEC Student Research Symposium - 2021.
- Participated in the InnovMind – IDEATHON virtual competition organized by the IEEE Industry Applications Society Student Branch Chapter of SLTC.
- Participated for the 25th International Symposium on “VLSI Design & Tests” organized by the Electronics Engineering Department, SVNIT, India
Certification
- Student member of Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) - (Membership no: S-27014)
- Member of IEEE (Membership no: 98711983)
- Networking Knowledge - Networking Fundamentals (Currently preparing for CCNP - ENCORE examination)
- Fortinet (NSE Level 3 – Certification) - The Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) program certification program is designed to provide independent validation of their network security skills and experience.
- Completed the “Beyond a Graduate” training program conducted by Colombo School of Business Management.
Affiliations
- Tennis Player of the college Tennis team from 2008-2015. (Obtained College Senior Colors for Tennis / Vice Captain of the team in 2015).
- Member of the Rotaract Club of CINEC campus from 2020 – 2023.
- Member of the Maths & Science Society of the College (2015/ 2017).
Timeline
Engineering Executive ( Assistant Engineer)
Dialog Axiata PLC
11.2022 - 07.2024
Engineering Trainee
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
02.2022 - 11.2022
IT & External Audit Associate
KPMG Sri Lanka
10.2017 - 04.2019
Master of Engineering - Telecommunication & Networks
La Trobe University
Bachelor of Science Honors in Engineering - Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
CINEC Campus
GCE Advanced Level - Physical Sciences
St, Peter's College
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