RAN Support Engineer - Test Facility

For one of our clients, Flint are looking for two RAN Support Engineers.

What you'll be doing

• Accountable for the completion of build, support or investigation of problems using department instructions, tools and process as a guide.
• Maintaining SLA's where practical and in the event that an SLA is not met, working to achieve the earliest resolution.
• Responsible for the technical task assignment into the RAN team comprising both permanent and flexible resources, to ensure test environment build and delivery.
• Identify technical solutions which will avoid repeated raising of work packages for similar problems, plan their potential implementation assess their impact and make the agreed changes.
• Act as a technical expert to a specific technology area, understanding how it impacts on other areas within the Test Facility and ensure that the knowledge accrued is documented, guiding and training other staff in their area of expertise.
• Develop additional areas of knowledge and expertise to widen the overall Test Facility understanding and how all technical components work together, being recognised as a technical expert in multiple areas.
• Define the proactive work required in order to maintain the test estate in order that it is usable by the wider integration, test and development communities driving improvements in the team's working and technical methods.
• Work using local processes as a guide and implement changes in order to improve the process. Represent the team as an owner of the process.
• Responsible to abide by and maintain company Health and Safety policy.
• Key Challenges:
• Provision of a robust environment in a timely manner.
• Improving the Test Facility by strategic planning and implementation.
• Driving efficiency in the working practices of the entire team.
• Influencing Management to improve the facility
• Working with multiple technologies and resolving complex issues over them

We'll also need to see these on your CV

• Expert level relevant industry knowledge of RAN (4G, 5G)
• Expert knowledge of Ericson or Nokia RAN Hardware
• Good breadth of knowledge of other technical areas of work; eg Core, IP or VASI, Network Support, Facility Services.
• Able to fully describe the key elements of a mobile network and understand how the components function and interact.
• Understand the detail of how a call is made and received over the network and the systems it touches en route.
• Very good knowledge of the Testing and Project Life-cycles.
• Significant experience of Operation & Maintenance and use of monitoring/call trace systems for troubleshooting. (Such as TEMs, Xcal)
• An ability to understand and assimilate technical jargon.
• Able to interpret and implement complex architecture designs within test and proof of concept networks.
• Technical experience implementing connectivity between RAN and CN systems, for rapid re-parenting.
• Technical experience with Internet routing and architecture to support IP Transport connectivity on Cisco, Huawei, & Juniper networks.
• An in-depth knowledge is required in the operation of the RAN systems (eNodeB, gNB) and associated OSS systems, and an overall general knowledge of IT & Networks.
• Ability to influence network designs.