Senior Engineer IP Core Transmission at T2 (Formerly 9Mobile)

Job Summary        

Plan and design node, sites & links within the national IP/MPLS Edge & Core Networks and ensure ongoing development aligns with the organization's business plan

Principal Functions        

• Produce network convergence hierarchy, topology, architecture and infrastructure redundancy plan for VPN serviceintegration, regional service provider edge aggregation and IP Core Transportvia the multi-service backbone.
• Interface with Transmission specialistsand Topology for planning of optic (DWDM) backbone connectivity, capacityplanning and allocation for efficient transport of all internal and externaldata traffic.
• Plan, design and optimize routing & transport technologies for provider EDGE aggregation and core transport networkintegration and verify requests, justify needs and classify all requestednetworks and services for MPLS VPN integration.
• Plan, deploy and evolve Quality ofService techniques at the network Edge and in the MPLS core network.
• Plan all backbone integration events, issue work orders and control project processes for capacity expansion, nodeintegration and/or new service introduction.
• Conduct weekly & monthly networkperformance monitoring, trend analyses, capacity planning and expansion in linewith network growth trends and increase in traffic.
• Develop and evolve IP addressing, naming and numbering formats of all network nodes and elements in the IP/MPLSbackbone.
• Produce and evolve designs forintegration and extension of IP/MPLS edge functionality to the campus LAN Coreat all IP Backbone locations.
• Plan schedule and conduct site visitsand surveys for accurate and effective network design, dimensioning andintegration planning.
• Assist in network capacity planning, network disaster recovery planning, Network synchronization planning, contactmanagement, project management, SLA (Service-level agreements specifications).
• Provide input towards architectural andtopology plans of the entire core network.
• Help monitor technology evolution andmatch vendor strategy.
• Evaluate cost benefit of mediatechnologies.
• Perform other duties as instructed bythe Manager, IP Planning & Enterprise Solution

Educational Requirements        

• First degree or equivalent inElectrical Engineering  
• Three (3) to five (5) year relevant workexperience
• Cisco Certification in Routing & Switching required (CCNP)

Experience,Skills & Competencies        

Knowledge

• Telecommunications & Mobile NetworkStandards & Specifications
• IP Network design & Planning

Skills

• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Behavior
• Passion for Excellence
• Integrity
• Empowering people
• Growing people
• Team work
• Customer Focus