Vincent - Architecte réseaux ROUTEURS

Teaching Experience

From Jun. 2006 Author of classes & trainer on IPTV, VoIP & network technologies
Environment
SIP, H.323, Codecs, DTMF, Fax,
QoS
Asterisk, OpenSIPS, SBC, NAT
traversal
Video encoding, IP multicast,
multicast on MPLS
Technical training for public institutes and private companies (Telcos, etc.)
 IPTV technologies & Architectures (3-days class, trainer & author) (~ 10 x
sessions for private customers (France Telecom Orange, SFR, Sagem,
Verimatrix) and ~ 5 x sessions during contract assignments)
 Introduction to VoIP technologies (4-days class, trainer) (~ 20 x public
sessions)
 Securing VoIP deployments (2-days class, trainer & author) (~ 3 x public
sessions and 5 x sessions during contract assignments)
 SIP Advanced (3-days class, trainer & author) (~ 5 x sessions during contract
assignments)
 Knowledge transfer for IP/MPLS backhauling (~ 5 x sessions in Orange
affiliates)

Working Experiences

From October 2014 Orange Business Services / Obiane, Paris (Integrator)
Environment
Router: ALU 7750,7705 SAR-8,
SAR-18, Cisco ASR1004
L3VPN, PW
RSVP-TE,IS-IS,BGP
QoS
Synchronization: SyncE,
Oscilloquartz
IP/MPLS Expert / Transverse Architect
Transverse architect, responsible for validating technical solutions
Engineering of new IP/MPLS network for a French company, acting in energy
sector (> 2500 sites, classified as very sensitive by authorities)
 Writing of the IP/MPLS design, Teleprotection and NTP services related
Technical Specifications (LLD level)
 Defining settings and protocols tuning for implementing Teleprotection services
within targeted performances and security levels
 Engineering of ICX interconnection component, based on Fortigate FW and
NOKIA 7750 routers (ICX component is responsible for all exchanges between
different functional blocks in the network)
 Pre-sales role and technical studies for network synchronization, NTP offers,
Microwave and VSAT integration
 HLD, LLD, configuration guidelines & lab test plans
 Running IP/MPLS network, performances and service testing (including routereflector stress tests, synchronization and Teleprotection)
 Automation of firewall rules generation, based excel matrix of flows
 Preparation and execution of major changes: normalization and update on all
firewall policies in live environment
 Scripting of SNMP tool for executing lab tests

From May 2014 to Sep. 2014 Orange Sonatel, Dakar
Environment
Broadband services: Residential
ADSL (Internet, VoIP, LiveTV,
VOD), Business, Mobile (2G, 3G,
LTE), FTTH
Routers: Huawei NE40
Microwave: Huawei RTN & ALU
MPR
2G, 3G , LTE : Huawei & ALU
IP/MPLS Architect
Evaluating impacts of the Sonatel broadband services strategy on the network
 Defining strategy for migrating mobile services to full IP (including migration of
legacy 2G & synchronization)
 Defining IP/MPLS network architecture for carrying 2G, 3G and LTE services
 Network capacity planning, hardware & topology evolutions for supporting the
network strategy plan

From Nov. 2013 to April 2014 Société Générale, France
Environment
cisco routers, Riverbed, IP/MPLS,
BGP routing, QoS, IPSec VPN
WAN Network Engineer
Responsible for operating the WAN network in accordance with business needs
(invests banking & traders)
 Day-to-day work: traffic analysis & capacity planning, QoS management &
sizing, WAN upgrades, router replacements, deployment of new sites, site
migrations, troubleshooting
 Technical proposal for network evolutions: high availability and resiliency, QoS
best practices, BGP optimization, architecture proposals, configuration
standards
 Technical proposal for developing a network management tool (user & device
database with configuration & logs management, statistics & graphics…)

From Apr. 2013 to Aug. 2013 Orange Cameroon (OCM), Cameroon
Environment
IP/MPLS: ALU 7750, Huawei
NE40, MPLS TE, MPLS LDP,
L3VPN, PW, VPLS, QoS
IP/MPLS Architect
Responsible for revising architecture of Orange Cameroun IP/MPLS backbone
network and LAN/DMZ infrastructures.
 Mobile backhaul end-to-end architecture and integration settings for preparing
3G launch (HLD, LLD, configuration guidelines)
 Study defining the technical changes and enhancements to apply on the
IP/MPLS backbone (topology, QoS, protection, high-availability, fast
convergence, security)
 Reviewing design of Internet services (physical & logical topology, DMZ
structure, BGP routing policies, dynamic routing with VRF Internet…)
 Functional requirements for developing a network device management tool
based on open source

From Marc. 2012 to Jan. 2013 ZTE R.D.C (CCT Orange deployment), R.D.C
Environment
RAN: ZTE 2G / 3G
IP/MPLS: ZTE ZXCTN 6120,
6220, ZXR10 M6000 with MPLS
TE, MPLS LDP, QoS
Microwave: ZTE NR8250, NEC
IPS5000
Firewalls: Juniper SRX1400,
NS204
IP Backbone, Mobile Backhaul, Core Network and Security Architect
Responsible for the architecture of CCT Mobile Backhaul, IP backbone networks,
PS IP core network and Firewall security design, as well as device configuration
and deployment
 High-level, low-level design, configuration guidelines of the mobile backhaul
and IP backbone networks
 Low-level design for the IP core network architecture (PS, CS, IN, iVAS, IT)
 Low level design for the integration of Juniper SRX1400 firewalls, including
definition and configuration of security policies
 Definition of test strategies and test plans for lab tests and field tests and
network acceptance
 Configuration (routers, switches, firewalls), troubleshooting

From Feb. 2011 to Mar. 2012 Orange Kenya / ZTE Kenya, Kenya
Environment
RAN: ZTE 2G / 3G
IP/MPLS: ALU 7750, 7705,
L3VPN, Traffic Engineering, QoS
Synchronization: SyncE
Microwave: Ericsson MNL, ALU
AWY & MPR
Mobile Backhaul Integration
Responsible for the Mobile Backhaul integration of RAN network within the Orange
Kenya network, including architectures, testing, integration, rollout and evolutions
 High-level and low-level design of the mobile backhaul network for transporting
3G services, including IP/MPLS network, protection & reliability, security, OAM,
QoS and synchronization
 Definition of testing strategies for lab tests, field tests, live pilots including
interoperability tests, IP/MPLS tests, E2E tests, IOT tests, SyncE end-to-end
tests.
 Preparation of the architecture and strategy to migration 2G network over
IP/MPLS network, including SyncE synchronization.
 Rollout of 2G and 3G sites for the network integration
 Preparation of LTE workshop

From Apr. 2009 to Janu. 2011 France Telecom Corporate, France – International environment
Environment
IP / PIM-SSM, MPLS / P2MP,
MPLS-TE, MPLS FRR, IP FRR,
HA GR & NSR, Cisco, Juniper,
Alcatel
CDN BitBand, Cisco CDS-IS,
ALU/Velocix, Coblitz, Oversi,
HTTP adaptive streaming, DNS
traffic divert
Live and VOD TV, nPVR, Time
Shifting, Catchup TV
IP/MPLS architect
Definition of corporate recommendations for IPTV multicast transport over IP and
MPLS core / aggregation networks and DiffServ-enabled architectures for live and
VOD IPTV services
Responsible for defining architecture for IP/MPLS control plane and architectures
for supporting new services such as VoIP, IPTV and VOD.
IPTV & Content Delivery Network architect
Technical specifications of a multiservices Content Delivery Network architecture
for serving Orange audiovisual Video On Demand and Live IPTV services, as well
as Internet Video services (e.g. Youtube) and OTT (Over The Top) traffic
Participation in various IPTV-related studies including specifications of token
checking mechanism for securing Video On Demand services, use external
bandwidth manager for network resource reservation, comparison between VOD
delivery methods (HTTP adaptive streaming, progressive download, RTSP/RTP),
etc.
Writing & Analysis of Request For Comments for a Content Delivery solution for
service Internet video services (Internet VOD) and OTT traffic.

From Dec. 2007 to Jan. 2009 France Telecom R&D, France
Environment
IMS architecture, SIP, ISDN, ISUP
Acme Packet SBC, Huawei MSC4,
Ericsson IMT, Broadsoft CS,
OneAccess
Solution (IMS) architect
Responsible for defining IMS architectures and solutions related to technical issues
with special emphasis on Business Trunking deployments (TDM & IP PBX
interconnection to IMS environment).
Defining call flows corresponding to the different VoIP services offered to business
customers
Testing and troubleshooting IAD for interconnecting TDM PBX on SIP core
platform, with special emphasis on ISDN / SIP mapping.

From Jun. 2005 to Nov. 2007 NetCentrex / Comverse, France – International environment
Environment
Residential & Business (Centrex,
Business Trunking) telephony,
Fixed Mobile Convergence,
numbering plan, emergency
routing, legal intercept
SIP, MGCP, H323, SIP, SS7
Audiocodes ISDN & SS7
gateways, NetCentrex softswitch &
call centre solutions, OneAccess
IAD
Technical manager on ToIP & Call Centre solutions for Telcos & ISP
Responsible for defining technical architectures and managing all related technical
issues for integrating the ToIP and IPTV platforms within carrier environment. This
includes dealing with network and security issues, IP routing (including multicast for
IPTV), ISDN and SS7 interconnections, VoIP (H323, SIP, MEGACO) tuning,
numbering and legal issues (numbering plan, portability, emergency services,
lawful interception…), billing integration…
Technical specifications for deploying a Fixed Mobile Convergence architecture for
an MVNO carrier in Belgium.
Integration of IPTV and ToIP (residential) platforms in STA (Andorra Telco) data
centres

From Marc. 2005 to Jun. 2005 Arche / Telindus, France
Environment
Cisco 7609, 6500, 4510
MPLS, OSPF, BGP, Spanning
Tree tuning
Network & deployment engineer for SFR (major mobile carrier in France)
Engineering of SFR technical network, including bench design and writing of results
synthesis.
Deployments & testing in operational environments.

From Sep. 2000 to Mar. 2005 Alcatel, France – International environment
Environment
Cisco routers, Alcatel switches
MPLS, ATM, Frame-Relay
OSPF, BGP, Spanning Tree, ISDN
backup, IP QoS
Linux, Perl, PHP, Perl, Postgresql,
NetFlow
Network engineering (with special emphasis on data centre & backbones)
Architecture of LAN ‘NOC, Data Centre) & backbone networks
Writing technical proposals to RFC
Technical operations (installations, configurations, level 2/3 troubleshooting,
…)
Responsible for developing a secure web portal for managing operational
equipments deployed all over Alcatel networks (> 10000 devices), with automation
of statistics (including QoS monitoring & NetFlow analysis), management of user
policies and devices configuration, etc.

From Feb. 2000 to Sep. 2000 Credit Lyonnais LCL, France
Environment
Cisco, 3Com
Network architect (project “Coeur Défense”)
Engineering and designing of a network architecture for a 3000-people structure,
spread over three different buildings in La Défense (major business district of
Paris)

From Feb. 1999 to Feb. 2000 AXA Reinsurance, France
Environment
Cisco, 3Com
Network administrator
Evolutions & design of AXA Ré networks
Level 3 troubleshooting
Configuration of Cisco & Alcatel equipments
Network planning for all operations