Signalling Core Design Senior Engineer
Posted by:
Three UK
Posted date:
Sun, 27th Jul
Location:
United Kingdom
Three has ambitious growth plans and is looking for a Signalling Core Design Engineer to work in a design and delivery environment.
Operating
cross-functionally, with multiple internal network & IT teams, you
will be responsible for design and delivery of platforms and services
ensuring that quality standards are met.
Already working in an
engineering environment, you'll be a technical leader, able to drawn
upon your track record of success and use a wide range of technical and
operational experience to help shape our success.
Your approach
will be customer focused and aligned to the commercial goals of the
business.You'll also drive our values in day to day technical and
operational decision making.
Your role encompasses all aspects of
the design and delivery of the current and future networks
(redesign/add, change and/or increase the networks services and
resources for capacity, features and functionality). Whilst you'll act
as a primary point of technical accountability, you will work with
functional stakeholders to ensure that the right responsibility levels
are established -working to exercise influence without direct authority.
You have a tried and tested
ability to manage conflicting technical priorities and identify
innovative solutions. A flair for technically leading the delivery of
high performing solution is essential.
Reporting to the Principle
Technical Design Authority for Subscriber Management &Signalling,
you will be responsible for the design and delivery of signalling and
subscriber solutions within your domain.
-Working with
various stakeholders your role will be to define requirements and based
on that design and deliver new platforms and services for your area of
expertise.
-Work closely with other design teams to ensure that impact of your change is assessed and captured in the design phase.
-Responsible and accountable for the capacity management of your domain you will provide innovative solutions to ensure cost effective growth.
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Working closely with the architecture teams, you will champion the
design and delivery of high quality, scalable and cost effective design
solutions in support of business initiatives whilst maintaining high
levels of customer experience and network perception.
-Technically lead your project and support the delivery of all domain solutions through transition including high level design, detailed design, validation and delivery to Operations.
-Support
the design and delivery process with key suppliers to understand and
influence their approach to deliver best in class end-to-end customer
solutions.
-Provide design support to operations as and when required.
Responsible
for the design (HLD & DLD) as well as the technical delivery of
Signalling core solutions on NSNs DX 200 SRRi, hiS700 and SDM products.
- Responsible for capacity management of the network elements and interfaces within your domain.
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Responsible for the production and management of all design
documentation for the domain at a system and element level including
HLD's, DLDs, Impact assessments, Technical requirement specifications,
etc.
- Responsible for the technical co-ordination of cross
functional delivery teams including network (RAN, Transmission, IP,
Service Layer, CS, IMS & VoLTE) and IT delivery specialists (SPML,
SOAP, LDAP) to enable the delivery of Mobile circuit core design
solutions.
- Responsible& accountable for the technical
delivery of innovative on time cross domain and cost effective solutions
for the mobile circuit core network ensuring no capacity bottlenecks
affect the customer experience.
- Input to delivery plans to
ensure that capabilities are delivered to requirements, on time and
without negative impact to the service and business KPIs.
- Be a
key escalation point for operational and validation issues and
co-ordinate vendors and internal teams to formulate action plans to
resolve technical design, test and operational issues (defect and
performance).
Must Have:
Good working knowledge of 3G Mobile
Circuit Core elements and associated interfaces,including key protocols
e.g. Sigtran, SIP, BICC, MAP, Diameter, CAP and INAP.
Good working knowledge of 3G & 4G networks on an end to end basis.
Good working knowledge on some of the following NSN core equipment: DX 200i (MSS, SRRi),hiS700, SDM.
Working design experience on core networks incorporating NSN Circuit Core equipment: MSS,HLR, SRRi, SDM, hiS700, MNP.
Working
experience in high level and detail designs, technical requirement
specifications,impact assessments,design and deployment experience of
key network systems through the full delivery life cycle from initial
design to full operational handover.
Good understanding of Operational and Business support systems.
Good practical skills in troubleshooting and fault resolution on an end to end basis.
Ability to motivate small to medium sized teams.
Vendor management skills and experience.
Project life cycle understanding.
Nice to Have:
Up to date understanding of the LTE network as well as key associated technologies and functionality including IMS, VOLTE and CSFB.
VoIP deployment experience
Knowledge of IP networks, preferably with experience with the prime IP vendor equipment
Educated to degree level in a Telecommunications discipline.
