Prahlad Acharya

Telecom & VAS Engineer · Kathmandu, Nepal

Er. Prahlad
Acharya

Technical Support Associate at ZTE Nepal, specialising in VAS platforms and core network services. I keep telecom systems running — reliably, at scale.

3+Months at ZTE Nepal
2Internships completed
7+Years in Leo leadership

About Me

Engineering graduate from Thapathali Campus, currently supporting VAS and telecom network platforms at ZTE Nepal. I troubleshoot service issues, monitor live systems, and keep networks stable for large-scale customer operations.

Outside of work I'm deepening my DevOps toolkit — Docker, Prometheus, Grafana — and giving back through Leo Club leadership and community service.

Education

Masters in Information and Communication Engineering
Pulchowk Engineering Campus  ·  2026-current
B.E. Electronics, Communication & Information Engineering
Thapathali Engineering Campus  ·  2021–2025
+2 Science (PCM)
Nepal Mega College  ·  2018–2020

Technical Skills

VAS Operations USSD / IVR SS7 Signaling Linux Server Ops Docker Prometheus/Grafana Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Soft Skills

Leadership Public Speaking Event Management Communication Team Collaboration

Leadership & Social Engagement

District Secretary — LDC 325M Nepal
Leo/Lions Club  ·  LY 2023/24  ·  Active since 2018
Joint Secretary / Treasurer — ECAST
Thapathali Engineering Campus  ·  2023/24

Experience

ZTE Nepal
Current Jan 2026 – Present

Technical Support Associate

ZTE Nepal

Providing operational support, monitoring, and maintenance for VAS platforms and core network services. Troubleshoot service issues, support customer operations, and ensure system availability in live telecom environments.

VASTelecomLinuxMonitoring
Techkraft Inc.
Internship 3 months

SRE Intern

Techkraft Inc.

Hands-on experience with networking fundamentals, system reliability, and infrastructure management. Worked extensively with Docker and modern DevOps practices, deepening my interest in cloud-native technologies.

DockerSREDevOpsNetworking
Nepal Telecom
Internship 4 weeks

Network Intern

Nepal Telecom, Jawalakhel

Focused on core networking concepts with hands-on exposure to Docker and Kubernetes. Gained practical insight into industry-level infrastructure and DevOps tooling in a real carrier environment.

DockerKubernetesNetworkingTelecom

Personal & Academic Projects

DockerPrometheusGrafana

Flask App Monitoring Stack

Built a full observability setup — instrumented a Flask app with Prometheus metrics and designed Grafana dashboards for real-time system monitoring. Same toolset I use professionally.

JenkinsDockerCI/CD

CI/CD Microservice Pipeline

Automated build and deployment pipeline with Jenkins and Docker — code pushed to the repo triggers the full pipeline automatically, no manual steps.

MLMobileAI

Citrus Disease Detection (Major Project)

Final year project — ML model to detect citrus diseases in oranges with a chatbot interface for preventive measures and actionable advice.

Gallery

Get in Touch

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just a good conversation about telecom and DevOps.