Systems Engineer - Telecommunications

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.
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