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[QUOTE=Guest-IJT;112388][b]Name [/b]: Vinod Kumar.S.K
[b]Email [/b]: vinodskkumar AT gmail.com
[b]Designation / Skillset[/b] : Headend Engineer

[u][b]Resume[/b][/u] :
PROFILE
VINOD KUMAR.S.K,

[b]OBJECTIVE [/b]:
 Seeking challenging assignments in Technical Designing, Support, Implementation, Operations and Management.
[b]ACADEMIC DETAILS [/b]:
QUALIFICATION COLLEGE/INSTITUTION YEAR OF PASSING UNIVERSITY/BOARD PERCENTAGE
BE in Electronics and Communication Engg.
Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engg.
Noorul Islam College of Engineering
Sree Krishna Polytechnic College
St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School

ANNA UNIVERSITY
Board of Technical Education

[b]PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT [/b]:
Professional with 2 years and 9 months of experience in Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-C), Headend planning, Operations & Maintenance (Digital as well as Analog Headends), IF planning and Bandwidth optimization. Significant expertise in the operations of Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS).Well aware of DVB, STB and MPEG-2 standards used in Digital broadcasting industry. Significant expertise in operations and management of Scientific Atlanta’s Powerkey Conditional Access System. Focussed on bridging the core digital video platform and advanced application networks. Responsibilities include assisting with the design, implementation, testing, launch and support of new digital video technologies and services. This includes projects such as Digital Simulcast, Switched Digital Broadcast, and Interactive Services etc.
[b]PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1 [/b]:
[b]Organization [/b]: Amagi Media Labs Pvt Ltd, Bangalore ([url]www.amagi.com[/url])
[b]Designation [/b]: Head end Engineer (Operations )
[b]Period [/b]: April 2010 – Till Date
[b]Roles and Responsibilities [/b]:
- Configure the equipments (configuring the MPEG-2 encoder settings like bit rate, video & audio PIDs, audio sampling rate, etc).
- Work with head-end engineers and technicians to install and test the ad-insertion platform
- 24/7 monitoring of all equipments installed at various MSOs and also in in-house.
- Managing and coordinating with MSO engineers for any changes need to be done for amagi’s equipments at their MSO.
- Trouble-shoot the equipment settings and configuration in case of any issues.
- Verifying performance of equipments in resolved issue incidents.
- Providing support to the MSO engineers for problem handling with amagi’s service.
- Providing alternate solution to MSO engineers to restore the service if any mishap occurs to amagi’s service.
- Investigating the root causes for any mishaps or issues with amagi’s service.
- Preparing Head-end installation report capturing all the key configuration settings, ad-insertion output results.
- Sending daily report of the monitoring status and weekly report of server status to the manager.
- Maintaining good rapport with the MSO engineers.
- Gathering information from the MSO where amagi’s new installation has to be done.
- In house headend rack planning, cabling and implementation of equipments.
- Amagi Dart board assembling.
- Managing the in house networking.
- Interacting with different vendors for procuring specs of equipments and materials and getting quotations for the same.
- Managing and coordinating with purchase team for the procurement of materials.
[b]PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2 [/b]:
[b]Organization [/b]: Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd, Cochin ([url]http://www.asianet.co.in[/url])
[b]Designation [/b]: Junior Engineer - Transmission
[b]Department [/b]: Digital Headend (Central Operations Centre at Cochin)
[b]Period [/b]: September 2008 – March 2010
[b]Performing Areas [/b]:
[b]DIGITAL HEADEND OPERATIONS [/b]:
- In depth knowledge about concepts of Scrambling and Conditional Access Systems.
- Profound on the job experience in Powerkey CAS.
- Good knowledge in trouble shooting and maintenance of the CAS related issues.
- Working experience with Scientific Atlanta’s DNCS (Digital Network Control System).
- In depth knowledge in day to day activities such as service provisioning, system monitoring etc.
- Providing feedback/logs to the corresponding vendors in order to troubleshoot the issues.
- Monitoring Alarms in EMS (Element Management System) for the equipments connected in optical fibre back bone.
- Good knowledge of technologies like STB, DVB, MPEG-2
- Coordinating with CAS team on STB software upgrade.
- Giving support for the activation and deactivation of STB.
[b]- Familiar with digital encoding & Signal Acquisition for switched digital rollout. Responsible for continued operation of all digital systems for the digital television platform. Experience in [/b]:
-Digital IRD s (Scientific Atlanta’s IRD s D9850, D 9844, D9840)
-Multiplexers (Scientific Atlanta’s D96XX series)
-Digital Encoders (Scientific Atlanta’s Encoders D9020, D 9032)
- Scientific Atlanta’s MK – II Digital Descramblers
- Scientific Atlanta’s IP Streamers
- Scientific Atlanta’s MUX QAMS
- Significant Expertise in Digital Video Processing Equipments.
-Bandwidth division multiplexers capable of multiplexing Asynchronous Serial Interface streams containing Audio, Video and Data
-Familiar with DVB standards and Service Information generation, editing as well as distribution.
- Bandwidth transrating devices such as Digital Content Managers having ASI as well as Gigabit Ethernet.
- Working Experience with QAM modulators (64 QAM, 256 QAM) as well as Demodulators.
- Working Knowledge in Encryption Methods (Powerkey Encryption by Scientific Atlanta).
Strong understanding of core digital video applications such as Switched Digital Broadcast (SDB), and new technologies as they arise.
- Familiar with data transport equipments using RPR topology (Scientific Atlanta’s PRISMA IP Platform).
Maintenance and monitoring of Remote Headend equipments connected via optical Fibre backbone.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
- Ensuring smooth operations and maintenance of the communication networks for providing operational support to communication clients.
- Managing installation, configuration and administration of Headend equipped with Dish farm, Satellite receivers C & Ku band, PAL-B agile/fixed modulators and Launch amplifiers(Scientific Atlanta, Quintech)etc.
- Transmission Optimization – monitoring daily transmission statistics, investigating cause of outages, trouble-shooting & repair, planning & technical aspects of transmission and follow-ups.
TEAM SUPERVISIONS
Heading talented teams of supervisors and technicians in handling system administration, installation, maintenance and support.
Key player for the smooth operation of Digital Video Broadcasting Headend at Cochin.
TRAININGS
- Attended a workshop on maintenance of RF network.
- Training on Optical Networks inclusive of optical splicing, measuring optical fibre loss using OTDR and RF network designing.
[b]Operating Systems [/b]: Windows 98/2000/XP, Solaris, Ubuntu, CentOS
[b]ACADEMIC PROJECT [/b]:
[b]Title [/b]: MICROCONTROLLER BASED RADAR DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM (Embedded System) - B.E. project, done at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, (Dept. of Space - ISRO) Trivandrum. 
Acquisition of data (like Time, Range, Azimuth, Elevation) of the target tracked by the RADAR. 
Industrial Trainings:
- Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (KELTRON), Thiruvananthapuram.

DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the above mentioned information is correct to my knowledge. 
 Thanking you, 
 
 
Place: Bangalore yours sincerely,
Date: 06.06.2011
 VINOD KUMAR.S.K.
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