Amitkumar Sonar

Coming from the AV and VC world. I consider myself a good learner with a responsible and creative approach towards my work. I accept with pleasure the challenges and goals that the organization could assign me, have good interpersonal skills, ability to work in teams, ability to work under high pressure, confident enough to solve problems efficiently & achieve the goals set by the company or my work group.

Capgemini Technology India Service Pvt. LTD. from 16th November 2021 to Present

Designation: Senior Consultant 

Client: CSL Behring LTD.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting UCaas (Voice and Video) model for the CLIENT: CSL Behring Ltd. Across the its presence acroos the Globe.
• Working as a Level 2 and 3 Infrastructure Change/Support Engineer responsible for supporting and engineering of Voice and Video infrastructure of CSL Behring Ltd. Across the global region.
• Responsible for supporting/troubleshooting issues for Cisco CUCM, CUC, CME, VCS, Expressway, Jabber.
  • Manage the daily operations of Voice issues and Video support.
  • Installation and decommission of Cisco Collaboration product according to Management decision through raising appropriate Change Request.
  • Working closely with CISCO TAC for Voice and video product deployed having Major P1 related issues and resolving/troubleshooting issue.
• Carried out Global Infrastructure Reboot of Core Infrastructure devices under ITIL process.

Designation: Senior Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working as a Level 1 and 2 Infrastructure Change Engineer/ Operations and responsible for supporting and engineering of Video infrastructure / AV/ Digital Signage /VC Room Systems.
• As a L2 Engineer I am responsible for supporting/troubleshooting issues for Cisco VCS, Expressway, TMS, Cisco MCU, Cisco CMS,CMM.
• Creating Dial plan/ Search Rules/ Zones and SIP Trunks in VCS/Expressway/CMS according to the business needs.
  • Manage the daily operations of multiple Audio Visual & VC meetings.
• Responsible for software upgrades through Nomura standard process and reviewing it with Information Security before rolling out toproduction.
  • Installation and decommission of Cisco Collaboration endpoints (VCS, MCU, GATEWAYS and GATEKEEPER) according to Management decision through raising appropriate ChangeRequest.
• Also supporting Video Conferencing application like Cisco WebEx, Zoom and Teams.
• Working closely with CISCO for WEBEX product deployed in Nomura and raising TAC case for resolving/troubleshooting WEBEX issue.
• Carried out Global Infrastructure Reboot of Core Infrastructure devices.
  • Working as Media Services Coordinator at Barclays Technology Centre India Pvt. Ltd. (Pune)

Designation: Infrastructure VC Support - Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for smooth operation and management of Barclay’s Video infrastructure called as Rich Media Services. 
• Scheduling & monitoring the VC by using Cisco codian MCU, TMS and condeco software.
• Uses the trouble-ticket system to manage, track, and resolve assigned trouble tickets. Follows SLA guidelines on response promptness to all tasks.
• Supporting Video Conferencing calls, Audio Conferencing Calls with WebEx Meetings scheduled by the partner.
• Troubleshooting the customer issue faced during conference call on real time scenario.
• Setting up VC calls with 3rd parties (e.g. offshore partners) and Barclays's international business areas.
• Special care has been taken for VIP / Event VC calls.
• Manage, support & execute various town halls.
• Responsible to handle the various floor set-up AV Logistics & Bridging level switching for VC sites and broadcasting location for the Events.

Designation: VC Admin (Telecom Engineer)

Client: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Responsibilities:

• Working as Video Conference & Telepresence Engineer at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
• Support 24x5 video conferencing needs, standard working hours (9:00-6:00) but with some early morning and late evening hours on an occasional basis.
• Manage the daily operations of multiple Audio Visual & VC meetings.
• Create, update and resolve Service Desk trouble tickets as assigned as well as monitoring work queue.
• Analyse trends and root cause analysis of trouble tickets to assist in improvement of conference room performance.
• Responsible for coordinating with all necessary organizations to satisfy every user request for multipoint, point-to-point Video conferences.
• Communicate with user to resolve the VC & bridge and endpoint related issue through telephone and mail.
• Managing mails and also sends daily, weekly & monthly report to Mahindra & Mahindra's concern persons.

Designation: Operation Engineer (Events)

Responsibilities:

• Working as Event Engineer-Operations.
• Executed Events Involving Web Broadcasting (Webcasting), Video Conferencing & Voting Pad.
• Handling the Bandwidth Demand as Per User Requirement.
• Work mainly involved Creating Web-based html links for Broadcasting Using Software like Qumu Webcasting Video Platform & Streaming using Adobe Flash Media Encoder/vMix Video Production software.
• Manage and handle audio/video Mixer and camera during the live event.
• Coordinating with vendors for A/v equipment arrangement at Client Location 
• Responsible for Setting Up, Installation, Demonstration, Support & maintaining videoconferencing systems at Client Location.
• Responsible for coordinating with all necessary organizations to satisfy every user request for multipoint, point-to-point Video conferences.

Educational Details

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Mumbai University in 2013 (First Division)
• Higher School Certificate from Maharashtra State Board in 2009 (First Division).
• Secondary School Certificate from Maharashtra State Board in 2007 (First Division)