Ali Ahmed Shaikh

About Ali Ahmed Shaikh

Telecom professional with 18+ years of hands-on experience bridging network engineering and cloud-native architecture. Currently at AWS, I help India\'s largest telecom operators navigate cloud transformation — from migrating legacy network functions to deploying production-grade 5G core workloads on AWS infrastructure.My career spans the full telecom stack: Packet Core (EPC/5GC), LTE/5G, IoT and edge deployments. I\'ve worked across the table — as an operator at Reliance Communications, as a vendor at Nokia and Samsung, and now as a cloud advisor at AWS. That breadth lets me engage credibly with CXOs, architects, and engineers alike.Core strengths:→ 5G SA/NSA & LTE network architecture and deployment→ Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and cloud-native (CNF) solutions→ Telecom workload migration and optimization on AWS→ IoT connectivity and platform integration→ Technology roadmap strategy, RFP advisory, and CXO stakeholder engagement

Experience

1. Technical Consultant, Telco

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jun 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Guide telecom operators on cloud transformation — migrating network functions to AWS, architecting cloud-native 5G solutions, and enabling edge deployments.Serve as trusted technical advisor through architecture reviews, migration planning, and operational best practices — helping customers reduce infrastructure costs and accelerate time-to-market.Collaborate with AWS service teams, solution architects, and partners to design and deliver production-grade telco workloads.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunications

  2000 — 2004

• Welingkar Institute of Management

  Postgraduate Degree, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Skills

• 2g
• Map
• Nsn
• Network Design
• Gsm
• Is41
• Umts
• Ss7
• Roaming
• Cdma
• Sigtran
• Core Network
• Isup
• Switching
• Routing
• 3g
• Vas
• Diameter
• Gprs
• Smsc
• Sgsn
• Lte
• Telecommunications
• Netact