Description
EPC Engineer - Dublin, Ireland - 3-6 months + - immediate start
Exciting new opportunity for an experienced EPC engineer to join a blue chip company in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on a 3-6 month initial contract.
As an EPC Engineer you would:
- be the technical authority for LTE EPC and responsible for the design and technical delivery of LTE EPC
- be responsible to drive through and the Core Design department deliveries; from solution design, to High Level Designs, to Low Level Designs, to Databuild and to successful handover of solution to Core Operations for implementation
- provide input to High Level System Designs across 2G/3G/4G Voice and Data Core, whether the designs be done internally, or externally.
- work with local and outsourced Vendor designs, and be responsible for design deliveries for LTE EPC and the core interface to other network elements & solutions for example:
- CS/PS Core networks
- VAS/Service Layer
- Enterprise/MVNO design support
- Testbed
- End-of-life Management
- Enterprise/MVNO design support
- New core technology (Eg: VToW and VoLTE/SRVCC. etc)
- Collaborate with VAS and Core Solution team to ensure end-to-end design management, and prioritisation of the Business.
- Collaborate with RAN and Transmission team to ensure end-to-end design management, and prioritisation of the Business.
- Collaborate with Core Programme Delivery team to ensure that Project and Programme Plans are built up in a realistic manner that takes into account all internal and external dependencies to the Core Network
- Collaborate with the Test Function to ensure the team are directly involved in testing, or indirectly observing the tests being performed per project, to ensure ERN (Engineering Release Notes) can be approved.
- Collaborate with Core Operations to ensure design process outputs are translated into accurate node configuration and Method of Procedure integration documentation.
Must Haves:
- Experience in telecommunications and planning and design
- Previous Core Design experience which should include performance and capacity management
- Proven track record in striving for continuous improvement and driving efficiencies, whilst maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills to drive Core Design Team deliverables and collaboration with other Networks and IT departments
- Design and deployment experience of key network systems/nodes (for example MME & SAE-GW) through the full delivery life cycle from initial design to full operational handover.
- Excellent working knowledge of EPC/IMS/LTE architecture, interfaces and procedures, with understanding of key LTE associated technologies and functionality including IMS, RCSe, VoLTE, SRVCC and CSFB.
- Good working knowledge of 3GPP, IETF and GSMA standards and architectures.
- Good understanding of Operational and Business support systems.
- Good practical skills in troubleshooting and fault resolution on an end to end basis
Nice to have:
- Good working knowledge of 3G MCC elements and associated interfaces, including key protocols eg GTP, DIAMETER, RADIUS, SIGTRAN, BICC, MAP, Cap and INAP etc.
- Experience of working with NSN/Samsung core network systems.
- VoIP/VoLTE/VToW deployment and testing experience
- Working knowledge of IP Networks, preferably with experience with the prime IP vendor equipment: Cisco/Juniper network certification also nice to have.
Please note due to the high volume of applications we receive it is unfortunately not always possible to respond to each application.
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