Available for consulting & advisory

Muhammad Asif

Telecom Solutions Architect · VoIP · SIP · SS7 · Cloud PBX · AWS

Senior Telecom Solutions Architect with 14+ years designing and managing telecom products, services, and infrastructure. Expert in VoIP, SIP/SS7 signaling, Cloud PBX, SMSC, carrier interconnects, and AWS-based microservices.

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Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain mianasif@msn.com

~/profile.yaml

name: Muhammad Asif
role: Manager (VoIP & Telecom)
company: Etisalcom Bahrain
years_experience: 14+
domains:
  - VoIP / SIP / SS7
  - Cloud PBX & SMSC
  - AWS Architecture
  - Carrier Interconnects
certs:
  - PMP
  - AWS SAP / SAA
  - dCAP / dCAA
  - GenBand MSC/SBC
  - CCNA / CCVP / CCNP
status: "available_for_consulting"

14+

Years of experience

AWS certifications

15+

Telecom platforms

Global

Operators worked with

What I work on

Telecom infrastructure, end-to-end

14+ years across signaling, switching, billing, cloud, and team leadership — from carrier-grade MSC deployments to AWS-native microservices.

VoIP & Telecom Architecture

MSC/SBC, SIP/SS7 signaling, Class 4/5 softswitches, carrier interconnects, capacity planning, and lawful intercept.

Cloud PBX & SMSC

Hosted PBX deployments, SMSC routing and switching, eFax, call center solutions, and CRM integration.

AWS for Telecom

Fault-tolerant RADIUS auth on AWS, DynamoDB-backed low-latency services, disaster recovery for VoIP users.

Asterisk & Open Source

Asterisk, FreePBX, FreeSWITCH, Fusion PBX, OpenSER/OpenSIPs — production-ready PBX customization.

Engineering Leadership

Team management, project delivery, knowledge transfer, and customer-facing support across global operators.

Number Portability & NGN

Led number portability deployment in Bahrain. NGN solutions, billing integration, RADIUS connectivity.

Currently

Building VoIP and Cloud PBX at scale

Lead telecom products, services, and engineering teams. Drive interconnect management, network operations, and customer support across local and global operators.

From SS7/SCCP MSC deployments and SMPP integrations to AWS-hosted RADIUS microservices, my work spans the full telecom stack. I lead engineering teams, manage interconnects with local and global operators, and design solutions that meet both SLA and KPI targets.

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Certifications

Credentialed across cloud, telecom & networking

PMP

Project Management Institute
AWS Solutions Architect — Professional (SAP)

Amazon Web Services
AWS Solutions Architect — Associate (SAA)

Amazon Web Services
AWS Business Professional

Amazon Web Services
GenBand 8.2 MSC/SBC

GenBand / Verscom
dCAP — Digium-Certified Asterisk Professional

Digium

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Community

Stuck on a telecom problem? Post it.

SIP timing out? SS7 routing weird? Asterisk dialplan misbehaving? Submit your issue on the Community page and get a real answer from someone who's spent 14+ years in the trenches.

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