Belgium (Telecom / English) : Network Engineer Expert- Freelance or Permanent (REF 18)

Client :A leading telecom operator

The assignment is open for English speaking consultants. French and Dutch language and communication skills are a plus.
Candidates without EU work permit are invited to apply, and we would be able to prepare the work permit for admitted applicants.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Continuously research new technological trends and evolutions and design, develop and calculate sustainable, high-quality and cost-effective products, services and infrastructure within the assigned technical domain(s). Introduce new technologies and services, analyze and translate the business requirements into technical guidelines and technology roadmaps.
• Deliver solutions according to a defined budget and/or cost effectiveness principle and make short and long budget forecasts with adequate reporting. Monitor/ evaluate or adjust current and future business needs so that solutions according their requirements can be implemented.
• Act as a specialist in one or more technical areas. In this specialist role, act as go-to person and/or coach/ train the other departments (internal and external) in case of specialized requests or questions and/or defining, designing, calculating new and current services. Create and provide the needed documentation.
• Define and/or execute and/or document and/or coordinate the acceptance- and regression test when new and existing products, services or infrastructure were enrolled.
• Vendor management: select, evaluate, collaborate and negotiate with vendors by using RFP, RFI, RFQ, in order to acquire best-price quality for materials, products and services. Monitor the supply /replenishment/ price of required materials or licenses and manage the product cycle.
• Keep focus on capacity management by defining, implementing and follow-up on kpi’s, performance, capacity, functionality and sustainability of the relevant service components (including hardware, software and network).

Problem Solving:

• Analyzes and create/design solutions in the expertise domain
• Realizes new projects
• Decision-making about strategy based on budgetary impact, continuity and resources.
• Assures stakeholders with an appropriate solution that meets their requirements as well as being accountable for the suggested solution.
• Guards a holistic view to analyze the bigger picture and adjust decisions and solutions.
• Defines the needs and place/ interpret them correctly in the context.
• Evaluates a variety of technologies and options.
• Decision-making based on market assessment or experiences (positive, negative) from the past.
• Supports complex projects and able to translate these complex matters to non-technical stakeholders

Minimal Requirements; need to have at the start of the function:

• Master (Engineering) with at least 5-7 years relevant experience
• ENG
• Team player mindset, but also have the capability to make decisions alone or act independently.

Language requirements:

English + (NL or Fr is a nice to have)

Location : Belgium