Engineer Fixed Access Support

🏢 du
📍 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 3w ago🔄 Updated: 3w ago
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The Engineer Fixed Access Support is responsible for day-to-day operations including troubleshooting network issues, managing trouble tickets, approving/supporting/implementing network change requests, participating in acceptance test procedures, and following up with vendors. This role requires expertise in Fixed Access and IIB domains, with a focus on GPON and P2P enterprise/consumer setups. The engineer will also be involved in traffic optimization, capacity management, and performing health checks and performance analysis to proactively prevent issues. A key aspect of the role involves escalation and vendor involvement when necessary, ensuring timely resolution within SLAs. The position also requires assisting planning and acceptance teams, maintaining documentation, and collaborating on capacity planning and design issues.
Required Skills
Other
GPON SetupNokiaHuaweiBFDCommitment to AchieveN7KN5K7600 Routers6500 Routers3750 Switches2960 Switches
Information Technology
RoutingMPLSJuniperFirewallsBGPOSPFDNSDHCPIT InfrastructureHigh Availability
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
Problem SolvingDecision MakingTeamworkCommunicationInitiative
Business, Sales & Management
Customer Focus
Nice to have:
Information Technology
Virtualization
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Electronics, or Telecommunication Engineering, and leadership/management certifications. Must have a minimum of 8 years of experience in the Telecom Domain, with over 5-7 years in Routing and Switching. Preferred CCIE. Experience in relationship management and exposure to Virtualization and Related Operational Techniques are also beneficial.
Description
  • Acting as Subject Matter Expert for Fixed Access and GPON Setup.
  • Resolving the Network and Customer TTs for GOPN, P2P enterprise and Consumer setup.
  • Knowledge of Huawei Nokia GPON Setup and CISCO Routing and MPLS Networks
  • Handling and interacting with Customer Assurance teams for Enterprise and Fixed TTs.
  • Handling issues for IIB layer for Nokia and CISCO
  • To perform optimization of traffic to have best customer experience.
  • Capacity triggers and follow-up for capacity expansion for IIB layer
  • Performing Customer TT analysis and handling.
  • Handling troubleshooting for Fixed Access and IIB nodes/solutions in close coordination with other teams.
  • Running daily/weekly health checks for the owned nodes/domains.
  • Provide the needed-on time support and troubleshooting for all issues happens in Fixed Access and IIB domain.
  • Do the needful escalation and involve vendors on time affecting manner in case of need and ensuring adequate follow up and problem resolution within contracted SLAs.
  • Performing periodic analysis of performance reports and observations to proactively prevent issues from occurring
  • Handling daily Trouble Tickets as per du operation policies and scope of work.
  • Oversee the provisioning of periodic and ad-hoc reports to planning team to help in the capacity planning and future upgrades of service delivery platforms and Data-Centers network.
  • Providing the needed update for RFO – Reason for outage (if any)/following up all recommendation to avoid re-occurrence of similar faults till it take place.
  • Assisting different planning teams/Acceptance Team in all Network Nodes Integrations, propose/attend ATP to assure redundancy, symmetry and best ways of integration are used.
  • Maintains an up-to-date documentation/diagrams of the existing devices/solutions to help in troubleshooting issues and share them with other technical teams if required
  • Work closely with planning team(s) on capacity planning, upgrades, and design issues related to existing solutions
  • Perform periodic health checks, preventive maintenance service delivery platforms and Data Centers network to identify potential problems or loopholes and testing the redundancy.
  • Ensure that all network elements and support systems are appropriately redundant and backed up in accordance with agreed policies wherever applicable.
  • Review all the documentation presented by either vendors or Network Development for any new network elements or technologies introduced into the network.
  • Ensure monitoring and analysis of vendor performance as well as managing the vendor relationship together with the Vendor Management Organization
  • Develop technical reports and documentation
  • Work on any network disasters, prepare and implement alternative plans and finally restore network to deliver specified service levels. 
  • Support all efforts for releasing DR runbooks in order to allow for successful service restoration in case of crisis.
  • Review, approve, prepare MOP and implement CRs for different du business need

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Electronics, or Telecommunication Engineering. 
  • Leadership and management certifications.

 

Experience

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in Telecom Domain.
  • CCIE is preferred
  • More than 5-7 years of experience in Routing and Switching. 
  • Experience relationship management inside and outside organization. 
  • Exposure to Virtualization and Related Operational Techniques

 

Skills

  • Should have experience on legacy platforms – N7K, N5K, 7600, 6500, 3750, 2960 routers and switches
  • Should have knowledge on Juniper, Cisco, Huawei, Fortinet firewalls
  • Knowledge of IIB and GPON technologies for Nokia, CISCO and Huawei
  • CCNA is must and preferred in case of CCIE

  • Experience in MPLS networks and handling corresponding Routers and Switches

  • Knowledge of Routing protocols, BGP/OSPF/BFD and expert in related configurations

  • Working level understanding of DNS and DHCP solutions

  • Problem Solving and Decision Making

  • Team Work and Cooperation

  • Good communication skills

  • Initiative and Commitment to Achieve

  • Excellent understanding of security infrastructure components and building highly available computing environment

  • Must have exceptional customer focus – internally and externally

  • Able to handle multiple complex problems in a highly stressful environment

     

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