Network Transmission Architect

Network Transmission Architect

Berkshire - 6 month rolling contract

Would you like to work for a Telecoms company at the forefront of the mobile internet revolution?

The Transport Strategy & Architecture Team within Network Strategy is responsible for delivering Technology Strategy and High-Level Architecture for Transport Networks, including IP and Network Security, Optical Transmission, Wireless Transmission and Fixed Mobile backhaul. As a result on intensive transformation activities in the transmission domain an opportunity has become available for a Network Transmission Architect within the Transport & Strategy Architecture Team.

Must-have:

• Gained excellent overall understanding of Transmission, IP RAN transport and RAN technologies gains from either telco network service provider and / or telco supplier.
• Experience of identifying and managing transmission objectives, risks and mitigation plans
• Up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging Optical and Ethernet Transmission systems, IP RAN, SDN & NFV and wireless technologies, spectrum, equipment and their advantages and disadvantages.
• Good familiarity with OSS system and integration, Transport SDN Controller(s), NFV, MANO, Service Orchestration and multilayer PCE
• Ability to know when to implement solutions with consideration to the wider impacts i.e. risk, cost, customer impact, timescales, etc.
• Widespread knowledge of different Transmission vendors and solutions and managed services.
• Excellent knowledge and experience RAN transmission, Core Transmission and Data Centre connectivity
• Experience of defining Network Transmission Architectural Principles and Policy; and governing their implementation.
• Significant experience of operating in a Governance and Architecture role; or a Design role having end-to-end responsibility and spanning multiple technology domains.
• Ability to steer solutions based on the overall architecture without dictating the detailed design delivery.
• Experience of working in a technology based role and interfacing to a varied number of internal and external stakeholders.

Please click to apply or contact me directly andy.darlington@projectpeople.com

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