Senior Core Services Engineer

Company: US Cellular
Location: Schaumburg
Posted on: November 20, 2020

Job Description:

Senior Core Services Engineer - ENG001474

Please Note: This position can be based in Knoxville - TN, Tulsa - OK or Schaumburg/Chicago - IL

A Senior Core Services Engineer leads the design, integration, engineering, and troubleshooting of infrastructure technologies within the customer-servicing network, including : Enhanced Packet Core (EPC) LTE, IP Multimedia Subsytems (IMS) VoLTE and all flavors of DNS Services. This role serves as a specialist in the Subject Matter (SME), who has responsibility of implementing the infrastructure technologies inside the UScellular customer-servicing network. This role oversees the integration of technologies ensuring operational readiness by creating and contributing to the Low Level Design. This role reviews architectural principles and high level design of the network platforms!

• Serve as one of the company's leading specialists on LTE, VoLTE, IMS, and RCS. Support industry advancements in technology and standards applying them into USCC network environment.
• Provide an overarching engineering vision, comprehending architecture, High-level design to support network deployment planning.
• Works with the vendors' senior technical staff on critical/escalated network and system and performance/capacity related impairments.
• Ensure CIQs, RFPs and technical discussions are complete and accurate for the deployment of new applications or technologies.
• Define and support system requirements making recommendations to improve network performance and capacity as well as reducing costs.
• Actively mentors other engineering staff, efficiently demonstrate ability to work in a team environment to resolve issues. Develop and deliver cross-training activities, participates in an environment where knowledge is shared.
• Design, support, develop and review configuration management to network elements assessing system infrastructure impacts.
• Defines changes and testing requirements providing guidance in the implementation of Network Elements into an existing network and for Lab verification.
• Serve as a subject matter specialist (SME) on tools to perform, resolve, and decode packet captures of data sessions and IP-based call flows.
• Leads interactions with partner organizations and departments to ensure proposed solutions meet architectural and engineering requirements based on industry best-practices. Crafts and/or peer review "Method of Procedure" documents for new engineering changes!
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  Bachelor's degree in related field and 5 years experience; or equivalent work or military experience. Masters Degree is helpful. Travel required.
  
  Strong knowledge of IETF, GSMA and 3GPP standards. Deep understanding of EPC LTE, IMS/VOLTE call flows and Diameter/SIP protocols. Experience in re-engineering/process improvement to automate tasks for operational purposes.
  
  Excellent problem solving / analytical skills and knowledge of analytical tools. Excellent written and verbal skills in communication. Excellent presentation skills demonstrated in front of large audiences. Ability to create/define metrics that accurately reflect the current state of a given process or operation
  
  Job : Engineering
  
  Location(s) : Illinois-SCHAUMBURG_IL Oklahoma-TULSA_OK, Tennessee-KNOXVILLE_TN, Illinois-CHICAGO_IL
  
  U.S. Cellular-- is an EEO employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race/color/age/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/veteran status, pregnancy or genetic information.

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