Title: Network Integration Engineer (RAN)
Length: 2 month (with extension)
Rate: £468 (via umbrella)
Location: Suffolk
Role Description:
Senior RAN SME job profile
Key Responsibilities
- Work with customers to integrate and commission OpenRAN elements RU, DU, and CU, involving Transport Network, RAN and Core platforms in the customer pilot and commercial deployments
- Detailed analysis of element logs and subscriber traces to pinpoint and resolve integration issues including Networking troubleshooting layer 2 and layer 3 issues using sniffers (Wireshark, tcpdump, etc.)
- React to customer requests in a timely & professional manner and own & resolve, with the assistance of other team members, all assigned issues in a timely & professional manner
- Define and author the System Architecture specifications that meet the customer requirements from an end-to-end perspective
- Creation of integration procedures, as built documents, software upgrade and rollback procedures for each element or service delivered to customer
- Execute the test cases and find improvement areas to communicate and suggest workaround in short period of time
- Provide technical inputs and requirements to Product team as and when required throughout the POC cycle
- Adds value to the team as a resource in his or her field of product expertise in addition to leveraging this expertise across the telecommunications field as a whole by actively participate in technical transfer sessions
- Identify improvements to support processes to the management team & assist in improvement initiative
Skills & Experience Required
- Good articulation skills
- Extensive recent experience in LTE/5G system integration, testing and troubleshooting (system logs, OS logs, UE logs, network logs, etc.)
- RAN Integration knowledge and experience and proven track history
- Knowledge in OpenRAN integration protocols between RU, DU and CU
- Strong end-to-end RAN knowledge (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G)
- RAN Technologies (vRAN, Small Cells, MIMO, Timing and Sync with GPS, PTP)
- Understanding of Networking Protocols like IP, TCP, SCTP, IPSEC
- Understanding of 3GPP standards, including procedures, call flows, KPI, statistics
- Provide knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing to internal teams and colleagues
- Good knowledge of Linux OS
- Ability to quickly grasp and adapt to new technologies and concepts.
- Ability to work flexibility, taking ownership for the engineering function and demonstrate ability to take
