Network and Systems Engineer

I am currently recruiting for a Network and Systems Engineer to work for a leading telecoms provider in Brussels on a 6 month contract.

MAIN TASKS:

- Engineer BICS international service networks (including the Service Layer over the IP/MPLS backbone & Access Network, integration of the services into BICS Datacenters Networks)
- Design, test and implement technical solutions based on business and operational requirements, taking into account recent technology evolutions.
- Generates methods, procedures and technical documentation regarding delivered solutions to be used by the various operational departments, performs operational hand-over of the delivered solution
- Ensures that the underlying service network & systems are rightfully dimensioned
- Manages the system's software & hardware life cycle.
- Ensures good interaction and communication with: Voice & Mobile Engineers, Product Managers, Customers, Procurement, Operational teams, Suppliers, Security, Analysts and IT Engineers.
- Leads or contributes to creation of RFI (Request for Information) and RFP (Request for Proposal) documents by determining functional and technical specifications.
- Follow up technological and market evolution trends
- Provide Internal workshops & ad-hoc trainings

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

- Engineering Degree with an experience of minimum 5 years in the Telecom service network industry
- Expert knowledge of (with hands on experience)
- IPv4 Routing protocols (BGP, MP-BGP, ISIS, OSPF)
- MPLS, MPLS Layer 2 & Layer3 VPN, 6(v)PE
- BGP Routing policies and Route Reflector configurations
- QoS design and configurations
- Very good understanding on general MNO architecture and particularly Packet Core (3G/4G - EPC)
- Understanding on roaming concepts and architecture. Experience with underlying Packet Core protocols is a strong asset (GTP, Diameter, Sigtran stack)
- Knowledge of IP-Security, familiarities with Firewall configuration
- Switched network environments (Fabric Path, QinQ, (rapid) Spanning tree variants, 802.3ad)
- SNMP & Syslogs

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE (CONSIDERED AS STRONG ASSETS)

- IPv6
- Large Service Provider Carrier Networks architectures
- Familiarities with Datacenter network architectures (Cisco Nexus)
- F5 Load Balancer & Firewall configurations
- Required Hands on experience with
- Nexus 5k
- Cisco High-End Routers (7600/ASR1k)
- ALCATEL SR Routers (7750)
- Cisco ME3400, ASR920