Fixed Service Layer Design Senior Engineer

Role Purpose

• Cross-country roles for the High Level Design (HLD), dimensioning guidelines and standard configurations of the Service Layer Architecture including following accountabilities:
  • to analyze OpCos requirement and current architecture to deliver plausibility and High Level Design for AAA (Radius Server) for subscriber authentication, authorization and accounting
  • to design/renew services, with the aim to identify synergies and consolidation projects in Europe and define/validate the overall detailed architecture according design-one deploy-many approach leveraging on multi country experience.
  • to cooperate with Fixed and Security CoE to design architecture of new services and network features which affect Service layer domain of the countries in NSE scopes
• Restricted to Italy scope, to be responsible for HLD-LLD and delivery of the following platforms:
  • Mobile and Fixed Data Lawful Intercept platform (ECS), cooperating with local Operations and Corporate Security to guarantee proper service level agreement and the correct adherence to law principles.
  • Realtime Customer Identification System (RCIS) to assure on-line correlation IP-subscriber for Mobile and Fixed Data Services
  • Tacacs Radius to manage authentication of Operation/Vendor accessing Network Node/system.
    

Key Accountabilities & Job Responsibilities

• To understand local need to design the most effective and timely solution according “design once, deploy many” approach.
  • To support OpCos request through:
  • Understanding local needs and supporting OpCos in writing consistent requirement
  • Defining the best solution according to local architecture/need/budget/future proof guaranteeing other NSE support whereas applicable
  • Producing consistent HLD
  • Assuring the best project handover to Delivery Unit and providing them with a consistent support for LLD and testing/FOA.
• To analyze and define network dimensioning rule according to resilience local needs and Vendor platform target data
• Alignment with network technology strategy and architecture and contribution to Vendor RFQ to define requirement and to qualify best technical solution
• To analyse Vendor’s roadmaps, to follow up, influence and adopt Vendors’ technology evolutions, lifecycle and features in every country, pushing early adoption of new architectures/features.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience

• Proven knowledge of Radius Protocol (radius, diameter)
• Understanding Fixed Access, IP and Ethernet.
• Understanding of Broadband, Cable & IP Fundamentals and its various Protocols supporting them (PPPoE, IPoE, BGP, MPLS, L3VPN).
• Understanding of Virtualization stack (VmWARE, K8s kubernetes)
• Understanding of Network virtualization technologies, SDNs, NFV
• It would be a plus proven knowledge or experience in:
  • BNG/Router
  • Certifications: formal training or certifications of any of the following vendors would be welcome (FTTH Council, BBWF, Cisco, Nokia, others).
  • Network security
    

Skills and Qualifications

• Outstanding ability in analysis / Problem Solving
• Team working/Negotiation skills/Public speaking
• Strong customer orientation/Cooperation and mediation
• Innovation hungry
• Must have : STEM University Degree
• 3-5 years’ experience in Fixed/Mobile Service design role.
• English and Italian fluent