IP MPLS Expert

Job type:

Contracting period 8- 12months

 

Location:

Middle East

 

Reporting to:

Director of Consultancy Services / Project Delivery Manager

 

Job description:

Plan and design nodes, sites and links within the national IP/MPLS Edge & Core Networks and ensure ongoing

development to cater for new developments. Must have CCNP/CCIP Certification.

Produce network convergence hierarchy, topology, architecture and infrastructure redundancy plan for VPN

service integration, regional Service provider edge aggregation and IP Core Transport via the multi-service

backbone.

Interface with Transmission Specialists and Topology for planning of optic (DWDM) backbone connectivity,

capacity planning and allocation for efficient transport of all internal and external customer data traffic.

 

Responsibilities include:

Plan, design and optimize routing & transport technologies for Provider Edge aggregation and Core transport network integration and verify requests, justify needs and classify all requested networks and services for MPLS VPN integration.

Plan, deploy and evolve Quality and Class of Service techniques at the network Edge and in the MPLS core network.

To maintain and monitor the TCL IP/MPLS network by planning outages, network routing aspects, capacity requirements on the IP/MPLS network ensuring availability of services on the network

Plan all IP backbone integration events, issue work orders and control project processes for capacity expansion, node integration and/or new service introduction.

Conduct weekly & monthly network performance monitoring, trend analyses, capacity planning and expansion in line with network growth trends and increases in traffic.

Develop and evolve IP addressing, naming and numbering formats for all network nodes and elements in the IP/MPLS backbone.

Produce and evolve designs for integration and extension of IP/MPLS edge functionality to the Campus LAN Core at all IP Backbone locations.

Plan, schedule and conduct site visits and surveys for accurate and effective network design, dimensioning and integration planning.

Voice Networking Telecomm standards ETSI/ANSI, VOIP, C7 (SS7)

Knowledge of advanced IP routing protocols (BGP, IS-IS, etc).

An in depth understanding of QoS Packet Core Network Architecture

Excellent practical experience of network security including Firewall and VPN

Hands on experience in Huawei Routers will be an added advantage.

Good knowledge of network management and monitoring tools (e.g Orion Net Solar-Winds, HP Open-View NNM, Info-Vista Ip\P-NMS, Cisco LMS/ISC, Ethereal, Cacti)

High level understanding of multi-services platforms, routing platforms, routing protocols ISIS/RIP/RSVP/OSPF/BGP/ IbGP/ and troubleshooting down to packet level

CCNA and/or JNCIA Certified

 

Experience required:

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering with minimum 6 years extensive experience in IT &

Telecoms preferably on a large Service Provider network in the field of MPLS technology.

Cisco qualification CCNP/DP,CCIP level with extensive systems integration and network design experience.

Understanding of high capacity Packet & TDM transmission technologies & products, e.g. SDH, DWDM.

Working knowledge of IP/MPLS, QOS standards & Networking protocols such as X25, TCP/IP, Frame Relay,

ATM, MPLS and ATOM.