Sarah Faysal
8 Cedar Street Lugarno, NSW 2210
Mobile: 0422 258 613 Residence: (02) 9596 4811
Email: faysal.sarah@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
A position in a results-oriented company that seeks an ambitious and career conscious
person, where acquired skills and education will be utilised toward continued growth and
advancement.
PROFESSIONAL APTITUDE / SKILLS
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Career driven and always striving to meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators.
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Good communication and decision making ability proven when undertaking work
experience at a telecommunications company.
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Leadership and time management skills shown through my work experience in the
business operations management role.
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Problem solving ability through making use of available resources to locate and
analyse the problem.
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Ability to work effectively individually or as part of a team as shown through daily
work routines.
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Ability to work well under pressure as encountered daily through all previous work
positions.
TECHNICAL / COMPUTER SKILLS
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Experience in Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio), Outlook
and Internet
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Incident, Problem and Change Management Tool – Remedy
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Programming skills in Java, C and C++
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Management Ordering Tools such as Meridian and NEOS and Asset Management
Tools such as AUTOCERT and PCLEASE
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TCP/IP networking protocols
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Cisco Routers, Switches and VPNs
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Nortel Alteon Application Switches
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F5 BIG-IP LTM Load Balancers
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Sniffer Pro/Wireshark
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ITIL knowledge
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2005 -2010
University of Technology Sydney
Bachelor of Engineering in Information and Communications
Technology, Sub-major in Telecommunications Engineering,
Diploma in Engineering Practice
2003 - 2004
University of Western Sydney
Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering
1998 - 2003
Bethany College
Higher School Certificate
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
October 2008 – Present
Telstra (Network Services)
Technical Operative
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Provide level 3 technical support to diagnose and resolve complex incidents
associated with Telstra’s Internet Data Centre Network infrastructures within the
prescribed SLA’s.
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Deployment of move/add/changes and new customer activations into Production
environment.
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Perform proactive problem management to improve network availability and stability
by preventing potential faults and fault recurrence.
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Manage multiple ongoing operational improvement projects.
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Develop and maintain both technical and process procedures for the team.
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Liaising with vendors to obtain assistance in resolving complex technical issues.
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Integrate new platforms into the group via projects according to the standard
operational support process.
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Work closely with various Telstra groups, including Network Services, Engineering
and Change Management.
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ITIL knowledge incorporated and performed in daily activities.
February 2010 – March 2010
Telstra (Network Services)
Acting Network Manager
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On duty 24/7 in the event a high severity incident caused an outage or via the
implementation of a change within our network.
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Proactively manage all proactive problem management the team is involved in.
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Constantly managing incidents, problems and changes based on their severity
(priority) whilst focusing on customer service.
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Providing statistics and reports on various activities held within the team to business
operations team.
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Providing area manager with outage report and proactive problem report on a
fortnightly basis.
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Managing a team of 10 staff within an IT operational environment.
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Liaising with HR to recruit a technical expert staff member into the team.
June 2005 – October 2008
Telstra (Data Activations Centre)
Technical Solutions Support (Data Analyst)
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Involves activation and analysis of factors influencing the use of telecommunications
solutions such as ADSL/ULL/ISDN and PSTN nationwide.
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Duties include analysis by use of databases and maps containing Telstra’s
telecommunications infrastructure in Australia to make educated decisions advising
stakeholders of possible business gain.
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Providing front of house support for field technicians.
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Providing training for new staff members in various functions within the DAC.
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Providing team managers with support wherever escalations arise and solving these
in a timely manner through use of time management skills.
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Dealing with escalations which require further analysis and thought to provide
customers with efficient service.
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Acting in technical roles such as Subject Matter Expert for ADSL providing staff and
other stakeholders within the organisation technical support in this respect.
April 2008 – June 2008
Telstra (Service Advantage)
Business Operations Manager
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Achieve the delivery of defined business objectives within prescribed parameters and
agreed budget.
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Contribute to the development of the business plan, goals and measures.
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Ensure consistent application of Telstra standard operating systems, policies and
procedures for the team.
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Provide leadership to building and sustaining an effective team to meet the business
objectives.
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Ensure a safe and fair working environment in accordance with Telstra policies and
processes (OH&S).
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November 2007 – February 2008
Telstra (Service Advantage)
Residential Tester
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Duties include testing and assurance of services nationwide that are faulty via
Telstra based systems such as Sultan, NEAS and SASAF.
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Technical national support for the field, CPE, Networks and systems.
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Repair and maintenance of network and service affecting faults.
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Provide advance technical process, system and diagnostics support in an office
environment.
INTERESTS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Interests:
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Soccer
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Martial Arts
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Walking
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Computers
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Reading
Memberships:
June 2007 - Current
Telstra
OH&S Representative (Volunteer)
March 2006 – March 2010
REFEREES
Available upon request
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University of Technology Sydney
Women in Engineering (Volunteer)