Systems Engineer – Telecommunications – Staffinity

Job Title: Systems Engineer – Telecommunications

Location: Mississauga, ON

Job Description: Job Description:Staffinity is currently seeking a Systems Engineer – Telecommunications for a Canadian client located in Mississauga. This is a permanent position with salary, bonus, benefits, vacation and the potential for upside. The salary range is 100-130k. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in Telecom with a broad range of experience including systems engineering, deployment, configuration, testing and evaluation. The successful candidate will need to be available to work full-time, Monday to Friday out of the Mississauga office.Responsibilities:

• Work with the Product and Sales team to understand customer requirements and ensure the lab is upgraded as per upcoming customer requirements.

• Work with the partnership management team to acquire products for lab after evaluation as per customer requirements.

• Perform theoretical and technical evaluation of competing products and make recommendations.

• Deploy and configure partner products in 4G / 5G space including Core, RAN in the lab and maintain them.

• Configure devices from multiple vendors and evaluate as per customer requirements

• As a RAN testing professional, analyze the testing requirements, perform requirements review, prepare test scenarios/ test cases, run test cases/ report & follow up on defects.

• Responsible for the integration plan, test specifications and scripts, test execution, defect management and the coordination of the environment design and deployment

• Independent in analyzing the testing requirements review, preparing test scenarios/ test cases, running test cases/ report & follow up on defects

Qualifications:

• 7+ years’ experience in the Telecommunications domain in a wide range of roles – System Engineering, Deployment, Configuration, Testing and evaluation of vendor products.

• Must have 3+ Years hands on experience of working on Linux, Unix platforms with expert level proficiency in scripting

• Must have experience in deployment and configuration of multiple 4G and 5G systems. Preferred to have worked with more than 4G / 5G Core, RAN partner having good understanding of difference in vendor capabilities

• Must have recent experience in RAN & O-RAN system integration, testing, and troubleshooting (system logs, OS logs, UE logs, network logs, etc.)

• Strong end-to-end RAN knowledge with a focus on 4/5G RAN technologies (vRAN, Small Cells, MIMO, Timing and Sync with GPS, PTP)

• Understanding of networking protocols such as IP, TCP, SCTP, IPSECand familiarity with 3GPP standards, including procedures, call flows, KPIs, and statistics

• Strong understanding of Layer 2 & 3 messages, RRC/RLC layers

• Experience in diagnosing RF issues such as dropped calls, blocked calls, handover failures, interference, and RACH failures

• Experience analyzing core network element issues

• Very good knowledge is required in the testing of the RAN systems (BSC/BTS, RNC/gNodeB, eNodeB, and associated OSS systems, and an overall general knowledge of IT & Networks.

• Able to describe the key elements of a mobile network and understand how the components function and interact.

• Technical understanding of the connectivity between RAN and CN systems. • • Excellent communication and presentation skills- both verbal and written

• Hands-on experience with RF/ RAN test equipment including Wireshark, xCAL, HPALM, iPERF, Ping and proprietary load generation / testing toolset.

• 7+ years of cumulative technological experience communications and current network technology

• Cisco CCNA or equivalent technical certifications preferred.

Company Name: Staffinity

Salary: $100000 – 130000 per year

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