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Network Engineer
LanceSoft Inc
🇨🇦 Canada
On-site
1 day ago
$50 – $53 / hour
- Cisco
- MPLS
- QoS
- Acceptance Testing
- iOS
- OSPF
- BGP
- Python
- Ansible
- CCNP
- CCIE
1 day ago
Duration: 12+ Months (Possible Extension)
Location: 200-2425 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga Ontario CAN L4W 5K4
Pay rate :- $50.00 to $53.00 Per/hour
Position Summary
- Plan, design, integrate, optimize, and troubleshoot IP transport and backhaul networks supporting RAN services.
- Focus on Cisco ASR920, NCS540, and NCS560 platforms.
- Support capacity expansion, modernization, software upgrades, and operational excellence across mobile transport infrastructure.
- Collaborate with RAN, Transport, Core, Operations, and Deployment teams.
Key Responsibilities
IP Capacity Planning & Network Engineering
- Plan end-to-end IP transport and backhaul capacity for wireless and enterprise services.
- Analyze traffic growth, utilization, congestion, and performance KPIs.
- Determine network expansion needs.
- Define transport planning requirements for RAN growth and network modernization.
- Assess hardware and software upgrade requirements.
- Plan network migrations, technology refreshes, and EOL/EOS replacements.
IP Network Design
- Design scalable IP/MPLS transport networks for 4G, 5G, and enterprise services.
- Produce HLD and LLD documents.
- Define IP addressing, routing, VLAN, QoS, and resiliency architectures.
- Create implementation packages, engineering designs, BOMs, and commissioning guides.
- Validate designs against customer standards, transport architecture guidelines, and operational requirements.
Integration & Commissioning Support
- Support integration and commissioning of Cisco ASR920, NCS540, and NCS560 platforms.
- Develop and validate configuration templates and automation scripts.
- Assist deployment teams with implementation, acceptance testing, and service activation.
- Validate routing, MPLS, QoS, synchronization, and Layer 2/Layer 3 services.
- Support software upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure modernization.
- Resolve IP transport, routing, switching, MPLS, QoS, and service-impacting issues.
- Analyze alarms, performance degradation, packet loss, latency, and outages.
- Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Support customer escalations and operational incidents.
- Conduct post-implementation validation and service assurance.
Network Performance & Optimization
- Monitor utilization and identify capacity constraints.
- Recommend transport capacity upgrades and optimization opportunities.
- Assess traffic engineering needs and resiliency improvements.
- Support proactive lifecycle management and network health reviews.
- Improve efficiency through automation and process optimization.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Collaborate with RAN Planning, RF Engineering, Core Engineering, Integration, Operations, and customer teams.
- Participate in design reviews and customer technical workshops.
- Provide engineering support throughout planning, execution, and acceptance.
- Support vendor coordination and technical governance.
Required Technical Skills
Cisco Routing Platforms
- Cisco ASR920 Series
- Cisco NCS540 Series
- Cisco NCS560 Series
- IOS-XR
- IOS-XE
- IPv4 / IPv6
- OSPF
- IS-IS
- BGP
- VRF
- MPLS
- Segment Routing
- Layer 2 VPN
- Layer 3 VPN
- Ethernet Services
Mobile Transport & RAN Backhaul
- LTE Backhaul Networks
- 5G Transport Networks
- Fronthaul, Midhaul, and Backhaul Architectures
- SyncE
- IEEE 1588v2/PTP
- Radio Access Network Transport Integration
Quality of Service & Network Performance
- End-to-End QoS Design
- Traffic Engineering
- Service Assurance
- Capacity Modeling
- Performance Analysis
- Network Optimization
Network Management & Automation
- Cisco Network Management Platforms
- Network Monitoring Tools
- Python Scripting
- Ansible
- Configuration Automation
- Telemetry and Performance Monitoring
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Computer, or Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience
- At least five years of IP/MPLS transport network engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco ASR920, NCS540, and NCS560 platforms.
- Experience supporting large-scale mobile transport and IP backhaul networks.
- Proven capability in carrier-grade IP network design, integration, troubleshooting, and optimization.
- Tier-1 service provider experience preferred.
- Cisco CCNP Service Provider
- Cisco CCIE Service Provider
- Cisco CCNP Enterprise
- Cisco DevNet Associate/Professional
- MEF Carrier Ethernet Certification
- IP/MPLS Transport Certifications
- Deep IP/MPLS engineering expertise.
- Advanced analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong network architecture and design capability.
- Effective customer-facing communication.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Clear technical documentation and reporting.
- Collaborative, cross-functional leadership mindset.
Success Measures
- Accurate, timely delivery of IP transport designs and implementation packages.
- Improved network capacity, utilization, and scalability.
- Fewer transport-related outages and escalations.
- Successful integration and commissioning of Cisco transport platforms.
- On-time support for RAN deployment and modernization programs.
- Compliance with customer architecture, design, and operational standards.
- Supports Tier-1 mobile transport networks using Cisco ASR920, NCS540, and NCS560 platforms for LTE and 5G RAN backhaul.
- Responsibilities span capacity planning, network design, deployment support, optimization, and operational troubleshooting.
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