Signaling Network Engineer

•Provide technical knowledge and expertise needed to design and engineer acceSS7 monitoring equipment for the Cingular SS7 network.
?Recommends appropriate solutions when necessary, including making recommendations to improve quality and customer satisfaction.
?Responsible for creating engineering design packages (floor drawings, rack elevation drawings, cable running lists, as-built documentation, SOW documents, circuit and equipment diversity designs, etc) for vendors.
?Responsible for ensuring that products operate as designed and specified in contracts.
?Provide Tier II support to NSD Operations.
?Establish engineering guidelines and procedures to ensure operational efficiencies.
?Participates in quarterly performance reviews of Agilent products, and works with vendor to establish five 9?s reliability.
?Experience in Central office equipment installations including DACs, DSXs, cable installation and removal, labeling standards, etc.
?Direct and approve vendor?s work, performance and quality.
?The individual must work cooperatively with internal stakeholders including regions, NSD Operations, NSD Implementation, NSD PMO, and CTO/Product Realization.
?The individual must have experience in high visibility environments.
?The individual must be willing to travel as required.
?Strong team concepts, leadership and written communication skills.
?Self-motivated and works independently on projects as assigned.
?Other duties as assigned.


QUALIFICATIONS

?Bachelor?s Degree or equivalent experience.
?Five years of hands-on experience with Tekelec Eagle STP and Agilent AcceSS7
?Experience in TDMA, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, VoIP, UMA, TCP/IP, MPLS
?Experience in creating engineering design documentation, which includes cable running list, schematics, drawings, configuration charts, etc.
?Knowledge of Tekelec Eagle STP, Agilent acceSS7, NetTest, Tektronix
?Knowledge of central office equipment installation standards
?Knowledge of transmission equipment and standards: DS0, T1, DS3, Ethernet, Optical
?Knowledge of SS7 over IP protocols: SIGTRAN: M3UA, M2PA, SUA, SCTP)
?Proficiency in Microsoft Windows and Office applications (E-mail, Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint)