Date:10thAugust2016

Subject:AboutSaadKhanInternship

Dr.SrinivasKatkooriAssociateProfessorCSEDepartmentUniversityofSouthFloridaUSA.DearDr.Katkoori,WearepleasedtoinformyouthatSaadKhan(U27080744),astudentofUSFComputerScienceandEngineeringhassuccessfullycompletedhisinternshipatVerizonfromJune06th,2016toAugust12th,2016,forafullperiodof10weeksandatotalof400hours.Saad’ssummerinternshipcomprisedanin-depthlearningexperienceintoIP-basednetworkanalysistoolsfortheinvestigationofnetworkperformanceusinganalyticalanddata-centrictools.Inaddition,thegainedknowledgewasappliedtowardssolvingandinvestigatingproblemsoftechnicalnature.Leadershipskillswerealsopracticedthroughvolunteerandteamefforts.

Thelearningexperiencecomprisedtools,courses,andreadings.

Toolsused:

• Splunk:bigdataanalyticstool,usedtogeneratedashboardsandalertsforchattyroutersonPIPandCPAforthePrivateIPteam.

• IrisView:VoIPEnterpriseanalysistooltodeterminerootcausesforanomaliesinnetworkperformance.• OracleBI:BusinessIntelligencesoftwareenablingtheanalysisandcomparisonofdata.• NPI:NetworkPerformanceIntelligencedataaggregationplatformallowedfordatatobecomparedwith

itssource.• EmpirixIntelliSight:visualanalyticstoinvestigatenetworkanomaliesforFiOSDigitalVoiceandthe

generationofreports.

Coursestaken:

• TransportProtocolsForVOIP• AdvancedPython• IntroductiontoSIP• VOIPandSoft-SwitchBasics• PRIVATEIPBasics• SoftwareDefinedNetworks• CompTIAnetwok+2012NetworkingConceptspart1• CienaOpticalNetworkBasics• JavaScriptEssentials• UnixOSCommands• AgileTraining

Readings:

• BigDataAnalyticsUsingSplunk• ExploringSplunk

• DeployingCiscoVOIPSolutions• ImplementingSplunk:BigDataReportingandDevelopmentForOperationalIntelligence• IrisUserStudentGuide

Theapplicationofgainedknowledgewasconductedviaassignments.Assignments:

• Created3dashboardsforPrivateIPteamtomonitorthechattyrouters.• SysPerfAutomatedNPI&SplunkEmailsList:WorkedasapartofteamthatcompiledalistofallOracle

andSplunkalertsandreports.Createdanintuitivenamingconventionforthealerts/reports,addedfieldstodefine/delineateeachalert/report,andrevisioncontrolplanforthetrackingspreadsheet.

• OASISFlashtoSyslogCorrelations:Investigatedhistoricalroutersyslogsduringtime-windowsleadinguptoPIPoutageeventnoticesinordertofindanyindicatorpatternsthatmaybeoccurringimmediatelypriortotheseoutageevents.

• PIPDataGovernance:DeepdivePIPNPIcorrelationdata(calledCE_IPADDRESSfile).Determineddatasourceowner,NPIdataingestionmethodology,samplingrate,andcreatedSQLcodetocompareexadatatoSQLtables.ThiswillhelpfutureeffortcleaningupPIPdatagovernance.

• HelpedPrivateIPteamhisSplunkqueries&creationofdashboards.

Leadershipskillswerepracticedbyparticipationincompanysponsoredevents.Events:

• VolunteerEvent:packingbagsforunder-privilegedmiddleschoolchildren.• Hackathon:teambrainstormingintocreativeideas.

Duringtheperiodofhisinternshipprogramwithus,wefoundhimtobeaverydelightfulyoungmanwhichwehopetohavebackafterhegraduates.

Wewishhimalltheverybest,Ifyouneedanyfurtherinformationpleasedon’thesitatetocontactus.

Regards

James Aftosmis Senior Manager System Performance O 972.729.2614 | M 972.795.0994 james.aftosmis@verizon.com