Description
The FTTH services & network engineer collaborates to define high quality fiber access network & services solutions, which includes service architecture definition, equipment configuration, test & reporting.Activities:
The FTTH services & network engineer will collaborate on the activities below:
Discussion with the business units and product managers to collect & clearly understand their requirements
Translate the business requirements in network & services architectures and propose improvements where it is possible
Engineering of the network equipment & management applications for the services provisioning & repair aspects.
Requirements definition & discussions for the IT integrations (OSS & BSS).
Lab evaluation & E2E testing
Problem reporting, follow-up, checking on possible workarounds
Support to the guidelines & M&P definitions
Skills:
Technical:
Good knowledge of equipment and technologies:
Ethernet & IP network engineering
Home gateways & home networking
Routers, firewalls & switches
International standards related to (optical) fixed access network : Broadband Forum TR156 or TR101, ITU-T G.984.x series, IEEE 802.3
Network protocols: IEEE 802.11, 802.1Q, PPPoE, ARP, IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, RTP, VOIP SIP signaling (IMS), LACP, IGMP, MPLS, …
Quality of service on L2 and L3 networks (policing, shaping, … )
Network security
Usage of measurement equipment (Emulators, traffic generator, Spirent Test Center, Wireshark, … ), testing automation tools
Analytical troubleshooting and problem solving skills
Experience in Ethernet and IP network engineering
Personal:
Result and customer oriented
Good coordination, planning and organisational talents
Good communication and reporting skills (written, oral)
Quality oriented
High sense of responsibility, autonomous working skills, working in team
Language: mainly written reporting in English, but preferably also French or Dutch speaking