Industry : Telecommunication
Job Title: Transport Engineer
Work Locations: Annapolis Junction , MD-USA
Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Pay Scale : 65$/hr-70$/hr

Job Duties:

• This position requires a considerable amount of experience in transport engineering, significant project management experience, and strong problem solving, analytical, and organizational skills to develop a monthly interconnect implementation plan that supports macro, in-building, small cell, self-perform/third party, ODAS, SNAP(Samsung), LS6, 5G, CRAN, VRAN and MEC build targets.
• The transport team is responsible for creating, designing and issuing CIQs(IP/Ports assignments) and engineering new cells, trunks, cell and switch growth, circuit ordering and carrier additions.
• This position must understand Telecom products such as Native Ethernet, VZON, TLS and Dark Fiber as well as IOF and OSP Provisioning process.
• You will be responsible for a large quantity of projects where the best solutions must be evaluated and activities correlated between multiple engineers and/or workgroups.
• Your responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:
• Place circuit orders with Local Exchange Carriers for a variety of telco services (i.e. dark fiber, EOS, EBH, and TLS)
• Complete documentation of transport circuits and paths using XNG/Granite/FUZE CND
• Track order status and escalate as required to ensure timely completion
• Plan, design and implement the latest transport technologies in support of our 5G network rollout
• Attend frequent project update meetings to present current status of pending and ongoing projects
• Manage vendors to meet targeted network milestones and turn-up dates
• Collaborate with engineers of different disciplines to deliver on the best transport solution
• Create and develop trackers via FUZE to enhance data integrity, prioritization, and work flow
• Work with other groups' forecasts to ensure equipment growth projects meet expectant demands in support of the Company’s objectives

Must Have:

• Experience with office computer applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and G-Sheets and Docs
• Proficient with database management, project trackers, and logic
  Executive level troubleshooting, problem solving, project management, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn new technology quickly and apply working knowledge of wireless engineering on new projects.
  Must be self-motivated, show initiative, and be able to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills needed.
• Experience with engineering and engineering economic principles.
• Experience in the cellular or telecommunications industry.
  Capable of maintaining a high level of productivity in a dynamic environment and managing the workflow to keep multiple tasks and projects moving to completion
• Decision making skills - making appropriate use of all available information and data; anticipating the future and preparing accordingly
• Organizational and planning skills - setting and communicating priorities; anticipating workload impact on resources of both self and team

Desired Skills:

• A degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline.
• Knowledge and experience with XNG/Granite circuit database
• Working knowledge of ASR ordering systems
• Knowledge of related interconnect circuit types and features i.e. TLS/EMUX/Dark Fiber/ EOS.
• Knowledge of wireless 4G and 5G wireless services as it pertains to architecture, 3GPP option 3X, etc.
• Project management experience
• Knowledge of centralized ran as it pertains to interconnections in an urban environment.
• Knowledge in wavelength division multiplexing technology.
• Knowledge of IPV4/IPV6 addressing.
• Knowledge about unlicensed and licensed microwave technology for backhaul.