DWDM Consultant

DWDM Consultancy
Tasks:
Our customer is investigating the renewal of its current DWDM platform.

The service consists of following tasks:
RFI (Request for Information) phase:
- Organize meetings with vendors to understand state of the art technology, differences between vendors, technical possibilities
- Make a reference design, based on a one-on-one replacement, based on current traffic-Matrix, that can be sent to vendors to collect budgetary pricing, and technical scenarios.
- Produce document with market survey results.

High Level Design phase:
- Create model with building blocks and related cost to make a new DWDM network
- Collect and document Elia's requirements (must-haves, nice-to-haves, ...)
- Cooperate with DATACOM team members to find the best technical solution in case of potential design changes/improvements/enhancements on other platforms (MPLS, SDH)
- Investigate the extension of the current DWDM network
- Create a traffic Matrix taking into account current and potential future demands.
- Based on the technical needs and budget restraints, create a high level technical architecture.

RFP (Request for Proposal) phase:
- Editing of technical requirements and price calculation models for European tender processes, for the DWDM technology as well as for the related network management system (NMS)
- Organize technical clarification meetings,
- Acting as technical contact for bidders,
- Evaluation of bids and total cost of ownership (together with purchase department)
- Progress reporting

PoC (Proof of Concept) phase:
Migration Preparation phase:
Documentation Preparation phase:
Migration phase:
Additional information:

The Datacom department is in charge of:
the datacom transport network for the Customer networks and IT networks in general. The customer has an extensive network of fibre and copper cables, supplemented by rented connections. The technologies in use at the customer include PDH, SDH, DWDM, FC and IP/MPLS,
the IP/Ethernet/WiFi networks used for telephony and core business needs (office network, Real Time network, ) in all of the customers administrative sites, data centres and dispatching offices,
direct IP connections with other electricity transport, distribution and generation utilities,
Internet connections,
the protection and securing of the customers networks with Firewalls, DMZs (Demilitarised Zones), VPN concentrators, and similar,
the networks connecting high-voltage substations and data centres for purposes of remote surveillance, telephony, meter readings, consulting disturbance recorders, ... These networks are also used for communication between the electrical protection devices at different stations. Work has already begun to migrate these networks from TDM technology (PDH, SDH) to packet-switched technology (Ethernet, IP, MPLS),
connections with other TSOs for remote surveillance, remote protection, and telephony.
Languages: Able to speak, read and write fluently Dutch, French and English.
Duration of the project: Until 31/12/2018 Extension possible.
Working hours and working place: 40h/week - Vilvoordselaan 126, 1000 Brussels

Required Skills for the profile;
should hold a master's degree in telecommunications engineering, or have equivalent technical experience in this field,
must have theoretical knowledge of WAN and LAN networks and technologies: SDH, PDH, Routing, Switching, Fibre Cables,
must be an all-round DWDM expert:
omust have an all-round theoretical, practical and operational knowledge of DWDM technology and related network management systems (NMS),
omust have a good knowledge of the DWDM market,
omust have experience in writing a DWDM RFP,
omust have a hands-on mentality and recent practical experience with testing a DWDM platform and related network management system,
omust have experience in project managing the migration of a DWDM platform,
must be vendor independent
must be able to assimilate new technical information quickly,
must have strong analytical skills,
must have very strong written and oral communication skills,
must have several years of experience with editing of technical specifications, concepts, procedures and guidelines,
needs to be able to work independently and methodically,
needs to have good project management and reporting skills,
must have driver and leader mentality,
needs to be a team-player and willing to share knowledge