Network Engineer - TekWissen

Plano, TX

About the Job

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers. We enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt, and scale, making our customers successful in a fully connected world

Job Title: Network Engineer
Location: Plano, TX 75024
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Minimum ten (10) years' experience with BSEE/BSCS or applicable experience. Recent experience in radio network design, implementation and/or tuning/optimization systems is required.
Leadership experience is required for five+ projects. Two projects must be the leader for all technical activities in a large scale (major metropolitan area or statewide geographic area) and responsibilities must include technical organization and oversight of work and demonstrated excellence in communications with team, project manager, and customer
Experience in working with different services including 5G NR, Massive MIMO, mmWave, LAA (License Assisted Access), 4G LTE, IOT, CBRS and/or multi-vendor
Understanding of layer 3 messages for 4G and 5G
Able to perform event analysis and address accessibility, retainability and HO success rate issues Design
Extensive experience in planning tools such as Planet EV and Atoll
Detailed understanding of the link budget
Detailed understanding of inputs required, and how to create a new project in a planning tool, tilt/azimuth optimization, proposing new site locations etc.
Have used the ACP (Automatic Cell Planning) tool
Able to make recommendations to improve a network design (cell plan)
Detailed understanding of Monte Carlos Analysis
Able to perform model tuning Identify add-on sales opportunities Tuning
Able to make recommendations in parameter changes, feature activations on drive test data to improve the system performance
Detailed understanding of optimization tools such as TEMS investigation, Actix, Agilent and R&S
Experience in tuning a loaded network, and understand the difference between artificial and real traffic loading
Detailed understanding of Layer 3 messaging
Able to collect and analyze drive data and performance statistics, and solve complex issues
Knowledge on how IRAT procedures can affects the overall network quality
Suggests improvements to tools
Understand the impact of adding additional carrier(s) on the network including 5G Optimization
Has the competence to implement and experiment on RAN features relative to traffic analysis
Understands the relationship between Handovers and Network Capacity, and how to optimize both
Detailed knowledge of the client ENM, and how to operate the optimization tools
Detailed knowledge of KPIs and able to make recommendations to improve them
Understand how enhance uplink tuning is performed
Detailed understanding and experience in LTE/5G optimization

Additional skills

Proficient with MS Office
Flexibility of extensive travel within the US
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to operate with high degree of independence, while managing project and customer expectations
Ability to coordinate activities with various client departments, divisions and companies
Ability to identify and interpret customer requirements, and develop plans to address them

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Source : TekWissen