CS Core engineer at Phillips Consulting

Our client, a reputable organisation in the telecommunications industry is looking at filling the role of a CS Core Engineer.

Industry: Telecommunications 
Job Title: CS Core Engineer
Job Location: Lagos
Salary: Very Competitive
Job requirements:

• Have a basic command of the GSM network NEs (cell, BTS, BSC, and MSC) and their networking structure. 
• Have a basic command of the NEs (such as cells, NodeBs, RNCs, and MSCs) on the UMTS network and their networking structure. Be familiar with the interfaces and protocols (such as Uu,Iub,Iu-CS,Iu-PS) between NEs on the WCDMA network.
• Have a basic command of basic concepts and KPIs related to Core CS mobility management. (MCC,MNC,LAC,RAC,Cell ID,IMEI,IMSI,TMSI,MSISDN, call connection success rate, call drop rate, and handover success rate)
• Learn about the handover process. (In-BSC/RNC handover, inter-BSC/RNC handover, soft handover, hard handover, intra-MSC handover, inter-MSC handover, and inter-RAT handover)
• Be familiar with the scenarios where the disconnection message of the target CS service carries the failure cause value, including the voice call, short message, handover, and location update scenarios.
• Have general knowledge of CS protocols.
• Have a good command of CS user-level demarcation routines.
• Have a good command of network-level demarcation routines."
• Understand the syntax of basic SQL statements. Writing rules. Debugging methods.
• Have a good command of the basic LTE signaling procedures, functions of involved NEs, and signaling interfaces, including attach, handover, activation, and TAU procedures,
• Be familiar with the interfaces and protocols (such as Um, Abits, and A) between NEs on the GSM network.
• Have general knowledge of data collection operations, definition of failure cause values, and evaluation and optimization methods, including:
• 2G: attach, activation, RAU, and paging success rates
• 3G: RAB assignment, RAU, attach, activation, paging, and authentication success rates
• 4G: TAU, attach, handover, and dedicated bearer activation success rate"
• Have general knowledge of the calculation methods of PS service KQIs/KPIs and common data dictionaries."
• Have a good command of TCP analysis and common problem analysis methods.

Job requirements and Skills :

• Bachelors Degree or above in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Engineering
• Basic understanding of telecom technology
• Excellent relationship building, active listening and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of Telecomms
• Good at teamwork, communication and strong learning skills.
• Have general knowledge of the call process (calling process and called process).
• Understand the SMS process.
• Understand the encryption and authentication processes.
• Understand the location update process