DV Cleared Transmission Engineer

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TRANSMISSION ENGINEER / DV CLEARED / NATO / LAN / WAN / ALCATEL / LUCENT / CCNP / IMMEDIATE START

ROLE TITLE: Transmission Engineer

RATE: EUR50 - 61 per hour

LOCATION: Mons, Belgium

DURATION: To start ASAP until Dec 2018

CLEARANCE: DV / COSMIC Top Secret

Duties:

* Under the direction of the NV2 Service Delivery Manager, and mainly under own initiative, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

* Articulate, verbally and in writing, expert designs, ideas, concepts and solutions to the team, peers and customers;

* Responsible for ensuring the team delivers 3rd level services for Operations, Exercises and the Static Transmission Infrastructure for NSIP activities;

* Direct the delivery of 3rd level technical transmission related support to Operations, Exercises and the Static Infrastructures within the NSIP Programs and Projects;

* Direct remote fault diagnosis at Operational, Exercises & other NATO sites, during installation and early life cycle support of NSIP capabilities;

* Direct and carries out remote routine transmission maintenance of Operations, Exercises and the Static infrastructures, management appliances and other NATO transmission equipment in line with the requirements of NSIP;

* Ensure that any changes are reflected within the system documentation of existing capabilities if influenced by NSIP project activities;

* Direct the work undertaken by his technician and site technician;

* Advise customer sites with regards to transmission infrastructure elements centralization, standardization and best practices;

* Ensure the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures within the Transmission cell as part of NSIP modifications or additions to current capabilities;

* Coordination, and performance, of configuration, and evaluation, of test scenarios within the NGCS Reference Facility, pertinent to the area of transmission infrastructure that is the focus of the upcoming capabilities;

* Oversee the practical evaluation of management tools and capabilities;

* Ensure a common understanding of the available toolsets and method of utilization within the centralized and distributed user base;

* Investigate and propose long term solutions to encountered equipment and configuration problems;

* When required, conduct onsite surveys, validations and system acceptance testing within the transmission infrastructure.

Skills, knowledge, experience required:

Essential:

* A Master of Science (MSc) degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a technical subject with substantial Information and Communications Technology (ICT) content and 2 years post-related experience.

* Or a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a technical subject with substantial ICT content and 4 years post related experience.

* Or exceptionally, the lack of a university/college degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency; that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in the duties related to the function of the post.

* Minimum four (4) years' experience with and in-depth knowledge of Local Area Networks/Wide Area Networks (LAN/WAN)/Telco provider networks and services delivery based on Alcatel-Lucent/NOKIA Service and Service Access Routers (SR/SAR) and Cisco routers and switches;

* Minimum four (4) years proven track of collaboration with vendors, resident engineering and operations staff to achieve system performance objectives by utilizing vendor's toolkits for collection of maintenance data, and ability to analyze them for both service improvement and troubleshooting purposes;

* Minimum four (4) years' experience with the configuration and operation element management, network monitoring and event management tools such as HP Network Automation, Intermapper, Alcatel-Lucent/NOKIA 5620 SAM, Cisco ACS, NOKIA Service Portal, Kiwi Syslog, Splunk;

* Very good knowledge of ICT Systems Engineering and the associated aspects of design, operations, administrations and maintenance, to include networks, interfaces, applications and protocols covering modern communications systems based on IP/MPLS, Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) as well as legacy and TDM technology;

* Practical experience in ICT systems and services delivery, to include but not limited to: high and low-level designs, technical and functional solution evaluation, testing, implementation, transition, continuous services improvement, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) based delivery.

* One, or more, years' experience in on-line performance, accounting, fault, security and configuration management of smart intelligent multiplexes and various data switching and routing equipment, and terminating equipment including modem and cryptographic equipment.

* Valid/active Alcatel-Lucent/NOKIA Network Routing Specialist II (NRS II) or higher certification

* Valid/active Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) routing and switching or higher certification

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.