Miroslav Pavlovic - Managing Consultant

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Cologne, Germany

Experience

Jun 2022 - Present

3 years 8 months

Managing Consultant

ICTT Digital Networks

TSI customer project data center migration (since 2024-07-01)
Inventory of active IT/OT components
Creation and management of the migration concept
Planning and execution of migration tests
Carrying out the IoT migration (network, VPN gateway, firewall adjustments)
Service migrations (mobile services)
Re-design of outdated technologies/services
Integration into operations
Logistics bus project at Daimler Truck and Mercedes Benz (2024-01-01 – 2024-06-30)
Development manager/technical consultant for the logistics bus
Coaching customers/TSI development teams and product owners
Creation/review of architecture designs and documentation
Project planning/customer meetings
Support for migrations from Java/WebSphere/JBoss to Kubernetes
Service design for performance visibility (2022-06-01 – 2023-10-31)
Performance visibility service development, network monitoring service for Telekom internal customers
Planning/integration/expansion of PV monitoring in cloud environments (AWS, Microsoft Azure)
Design/planning/implementation of performance visibility services based on NetScout/Kadiska software in customer environments
Agile project management/execution of PoCs (proof of concepts)
Design/architecture/concept creation
Diagnosis of network issues
Packet capturing/debugging
Preparation of customer and training documentation

Nov 2015 - May 2022

6 years 7 months

Tech Lead

Nokia CNS

Team lead of the IoT integration subco team, providing technical management for 3–5 external staff per project, resource planning, training, and personnel management
Product trainer for Nokia staff
Creation and planning of system architecture
Installation/configuration/integration/support of Nokia IoT products (IMPACT IoT)
Automation (BCMT, NCM, CI/CD)
Implementation of Node-Red and test tools as well as Grafana, Prometheus and Webhook
Implementation of Kubernetes/Docker/microservices environments
Nokia Cloudband solution (CBIS), VMware, AWS, Exoscale and bare-metal installations
Change, test and release management (Confluence, Jira)
Remote device management (M2M/Internet of Things, CoAP, LWM2M, MQTT, LoRa, REST, web services), sensor data collection and sensor value alerts
M2M/IoT installation, configuration, certification and support
Creation of customer software documentation

Oct 2008 - Oct 2015

7 years 1 month

Tech Lead, Deployment and Support Engineer

mFormation Technologies Inc.

Installation/configuration/integration/support of mFormation products on more than 40 platforms in enterprise and consumer environments
Integration/configuration of DTAG OMADM platforms for DTAG RCSe systems
Technical project management and German trainer for DACH and EMEA customers
Service integration on Sun Solaris 10, CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
E2E configurations of JBoss/Java components and third-party adapters
System and performance tuning of mFormation software/Java/OS/database
Configuration of Oracle 10g/11g RAC databases with partitioning as well as setting up DB jobs and backups
Protocol debugging (TCP/IP, 3G, 3GPP, GPRS, UMTS, GSM, SMPP, WAP push/pull services, CEM, OMA DM, OTA device configuration)
M2M/IoT server & adapter installation, configuration and support
Script troubleshooting and setup (shell scripts, Perl, Java, XML)
Server functional tests and non-functional tests as well as server stress tests with JMeter and SoapUI
Software bug and ticket tracking
On-site training at Vodafone, T-Mobile, Swisscom
E2E mobile phone/smartphone/tablet certification and testing
Certification and training of partner companies and integrators

Jul 2006 - Sep 2008

2 years 3 months

Team Lead Network Management Services

LCC International GmbH

Team leadership and team planning for staff and trainees
Ensuring network operations for own and customer networks
Technical project management for new customers
Nationwide team coordination and planning
Problem management
Change, escalation and reporting management in the NMC area
Network operations, network monitoring and configuration of customer networks and services
Configuration and service management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian and Ubuntu servers
Online backup and backup support
Configuration and commissioning of network monitoring systems
Software rollout and hardware/software expansion during operations
Implementation of network operations processes

May 2004 - Jun 2006

2 years 2 months

Network Management Specialist

LCC International GmbH

Ensuring network operations for own and customer networks
Process-optimized incident handling
IT stadium manager for the 2006 World Cup at RheinEnergie Stadium in Cologne
Monitoring, configuration and planning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian and Ubuntu servers
Staff training
VPN configuration and planning for NMS integration
International staff planning and coordination
End-to-end testing

Jun 2002 - Dec 2003

1 year 7 months

Network Management Specialist

24-7 APOLLO / TRICOM Services AG

Monitoring and troubleshooting of ISDN and VoIP networks
Monitoring and troubleshooting of transmission networks (SDH, DWDM, IP)
Creation of NMC monitoring routines
Coordination of international staff
Ericsson AXE 10 software implementation

Mar 1999 - May 2002

3 years 3 months

Second Level Support Transport Networks (WAN)

o.tel.o communications GmbH

Second-level troubleshooting and configuration management for PDH, SDH and DWDM
Lead submarine cable manager for UK–Germany 6
Handling network-critical faults
Creating internal training
Troubleshooting in collaboration with system manufacturers
Software and hardware upgrades
Second-level router deployment

Feb 1998 - Feb 1999

1 year 1 month

First Level Support Transport Networks (WAN)

o.tel.o communications GmbH

First-level maintenance and servicing of wide-area networks
Leased line and network operator management
Second-level fault preparation
Commissioning POI connections to other network operators
Commissioning SDH/DWDM fiber-optic links between cities
Submarine cable management UK–Germany 6
Troubleshooting with transmission test equipment

Apr 1997 - Jan 1998

10 months

First-Level / Second-Level Data Support

o.tel.o communications GmbH

Monitoring, troubleshooting, and configuration of data switching technology (Frame Relay, X.25, X.31, TCP/IP)
Customer care and fault management
Operation and extended service for key account customers

May 1995 - Mar 1997

1 year 11 months