Souleyman BEN

Project Management | Optical & Transport WDM

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Product StrategyProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipProject Management (PMO)RESTful APIsGrafanaSplunkDockerKafkaPostmanLinuxPrometheusScrumJiraBusiness DevelopmentAgile CoachingKubernetes

Languages

English (Fluent)French (Fluent)

About me

Intro

PMP®,PMO®,RMP® , LSBB®, Certified Telecom Project Manager with 10+ years specializing in DWDM optical transmission systems and end-to-end network implementations. Proven expertise leading complex Nokia/Orange projects, managing multi-million Euro deployments with 60% efficiency improvements. Delivering leadership in optical networks, management , pre-sales , consulting, and seamless project delivery for tier 1 operators.

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Work experience

Leader Optics & NMS Solutions

Orange

Mar 2023 - Mar 2026

3 years 1 month

Paris, France

- Manage and control implementation of all project technical aspects (end-to-end) within contractual scope and budget. - Manage change requests, risk identification, impact assessment, risk response, and mitigation planning across technical, business, and contractual dimensions. - Ensure alignment of project deliverables with business objectives, customer requirements, and compliance standards. - Drive cross-functional collaboration between engineering, operations, and business teams to ensure solution readiness and business continuity. - Lead customer-facing engagements: Product demonstration, Customer Demo, PoC , Workshop…etc - Support pre sales activities and business development activities RFP, RFI, RFQ and solution presentations - Participate in governance boards and business reviews to ensure project strategy, risks, and performance are visible and aligned with business goals. - Manage technical solution documents (requirements, architecture, HLD/LLD, ATP, Test Case….). - Manages technical aspects 1830PSS, Wavelite, NMS WS-NOC, NSP/NFM-P activities within the project including requirements, validation, integration , upgrade and testing resolution of non-conformances. - Expertise in managing end-to-end project delivery across networking, virtualization, and security technologies, including DNS, VMware vCenter, Cisco ISE, Veeam Backup, and FortiManager.

Nokia

Jul 2016 - Mar 2023

6 years 9 months

Central NPI – NI/IP Optical Europe Business Center

Feb 2020 - Mar 2023

3 years 2 months

>>> ORANGE OINIS DWDM Project. >>> SFR DWDM Project. >>> SRR DWDM Project. >>> OMT DWDM Project. >>> BSO Network DWDM Project. >>> EUROFIBER DWDM Project. - In charge of product demonstrations and solution from definition to validation including Field Trials, DryRun, Customer Demo, Training, Proof of Concept, Workshop. - Define the Test Plan & Strategy to validate the interoperability of products or solution. - Support project on all activities related to Optics New Product Introduction mainly 1830PSS ( PSS16II / 32 / 8X / 12X / 24X / ONE-H & Aggregator , Wavelite Access & Metro 200, NMS NFM-T WSNOC, EPT Design , Implementation & Validation, Transformation & Migration strategy and related MOPs , complex problem solving and escalation.

Optics Technical Leader

Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 5 months

>> ORANGE OINIS DWDM Project. >> SFR DWDM Project. >> CENTURY LINK DWDM Project >> ZAYO DWDM Project. >> AXIONE DWDM Project. >> British Telecom DWDM Project - Leading DWDM E2E implementation Projects during deployment, swap & expansions of 1830 PSS 4/8/8x/16/16II/32/36/64 F/T/R OADM/ CDC-F included I&C, Upgrade , ATP . - Define and manage the entire project lifecycle, scope, planning, tasks, quality, deliverables, resources allocation, quality & risk identification and mitigation plan, risk response implementation & control. - Manage change request & tracking project progress deliverables. - Manage all technical issues and escalating to Customer.

Optical Networks DWDM Integration Engineer

Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

2 years 6 months

>> DJEZZY ex Vimpelcom Optics Project >> OOREDOO Optics Project >> TELECOM ALGERIA Fixed Operator Optics Project >> MOBILIS DWDM Project - Responsible for Node (NE) Configuration, Commissioning, Provisioning, Integration, SW Upgrade, Troubleshooting, Support for DWDM 1830 PSS (PSS 16/16II/32/36/64/24X / 8X) , Service Creation through NMS 1350OMS /NFM-T SDH 1850 TSS (TSS 160/320/320H) & OMSN ADM 1646. - Setting-Up DWDM systems in different configuration FOADM to TOADM, ROADM and different SWAPs. - Upgrade ISA Cards on OMSN equipment 1660 & 1662 SMC with NMS 1350 OMS. - Subcontractor support for DWDM PSS Family & SDH TSS Family Installation. - Acceptance Testing with Customer for Various Transmission and Access Product involving E2E. - Link Dimensioning through EPT (Engineering Planning Tools).

Operations & Maintenance Engineer

Mobiserve Holding

Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

7 months

Kouba, Algeria

- Coordinate with Technician Team for PM (Preventive Maintenance) of sites, more than 200 site. - Acceptance of new sites. - Technical Reports. - Audit, Analysis of radio channels by the site MASTER. - Good knowledges A/C systems ( Mega Hissoto, Split systems with ATS). - Transmission of alarms and Check its with the OMC and NOC. - Execute Work Order WO related to BSS. - Troubleshooting of alarms ( VSWR, RTWP, AISG Device, HDLC Link Down, E1…) . - Installing & Commissioning of BTS ZTE ZXSDR BS 8800 8900a 8700 2G/3G. - Installing & Configuration ( IDU/ODU, Parabolic Antenna ) 1+0,1+1 protection , LAG, XPIC, VLAN, Cross Connection, TMN interface, Ring Configuration of Alcatel-Lucent MPR 9500.

Computer Science Trainer

National Institute Specialized in Vocational Training

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

1 year

Giving trainees : - Familiarisation with computer vocabulary and Hardware Components / Software. - Difference between Operating System and Applications Software. - Familiarisation with Word as inserting data, table... text formatting and paragraph formatting. - Familiarisation with Power Point for effective communications and how to create maximum impact in minimal time to persuade the audience to take action physically or mentally. - Familiarisation with Excel including building table, calculation and graphics. - Managing database with Access.

Telecommunications Engineer

Algérie Télécom

Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

1 year

Configuration equipment PDH,SDH ( ADR 155Mb/s, Sagem SDH, SIEMENS FMX n*64, DWDM Huawei 80Gb/s, Huawei 10Gb/s, 2,5Gb/s, 622Mb/s). Supervising of packets data transmission in network.


Education

Algerian Red Crescent

HSE

2012 - 2012

1 year

Abou Bekr Belkaid University of Tlemcen

Master's degree Telecommunications Systems and Networks

Cisco Academy

Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA


Licenses & certifications

PMO-CP - PMO Certified Practitioner

Issued: May 2025

Certified by Project Management Institute

Global Partner Program 2020 Partner Relationship Manager

Issued: Jan 2025

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Optics Sales Specialist

Issued: Jul 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Optics Sales Engineer Specialist

Issued: Jul 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Optics Network Integration Professional

Issued: Jun 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Optics Network Integration Specialist

Issued: May 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Enterprise Private Optical Networks Integration Engineer

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Enterprise Private Optical Networks Sales Engineer Specialist

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Global Partner Program Optics Network Planning Specialist

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by NOKIA

Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®

Issued: Dec 2021

Certified by Project Management Institute

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification®

Issued: Dec 2020

Certified by The Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC)

Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Issued: Nov 2020

Certified by Project Management Institute

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