Design Specialist II RAN Standards and Best Practices

Description

Join our team

The national RAN Standards and Best Practices sits at the intersection of planning engineering and operations. Our responsibilities include developing standards and best practices for commissioning integration maintenance and operational support of the radio access network (RAN). We are also uniquely positioned to directly influence strategic planning procurement and deployment. If you are passionate about working on a team that has a meaningful impact on how our technology is delivered to enable a best-in-class world leading network then youve found your new home.

Heres the impact youll make and what well accomplish together

As a member of the national RAN Standards and Best Practices team you contribute and support the team by delivering standards and best practices to facilitate network planning integration deployment maintenance and operations. As the network evolves youll touch all aspects of the RAN network and will constantly evolve our tools processes and standards. If you want to be a part of a high performance team that eats change for breakfast then youll want what we have cooking.

Aligning with the core TELUS values you have a passion for process improvement embrace change and initiate opportunity. Your strong collaboration skills and strategic thinking foster innovation within the team and across the organization. You have a desire to work on the leading edge to deliver a world class network for our customers and you instill the TELUS customer first culture in everything you do.

Description

Heres how

• Collaborating with the various planning and engineering teams to deliver a best-in-class network;
• Initiating efficiency initiatives and driving internal process improvements to reduce both CapEx and OpEx in the areas of implementation deployment operations and maintenance;
• Developing documentation & best practices to support implementation and operations teams such as: Guidelines Method of Procedures (MOP) Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) etc.;
• Supporting new technology introduction including providing support and training for implementation and field operations;
• Supporting RAN tools and test equipment including RAN Tier 2 and 3 support OSS tools integration and Field Ops test equipment standards;
• Championing RAN Reliability initiatives to secure the most reliable network for our customers;
• Providing technical guidance and input into procurement initiatives (RFPs) as well as working with vendors to implement and test new capabilities and features
• Developing the design of new or revised products or services
• Communicating TELUS requirements & issues to vendors stay informed of technological developments and works with internal stakeholders to understand technology capabilities.

Qualifications

What you bring

• 5 or more years of experience working in the telecommunications industry;
• Experience and solid knowledge of TCP/IP backhaul mid-haul IPv4-v6 L2/L3 Access Routers/switches Ethernet Testing/Validation
• Experience and solid knowledge of 4G (LTE) and 5G radio access network equipment fibre front-haul (CPRI / eCPRI)
• Bachelor degree in engineering telecom or equivalent;
• Experience in RAN installation operations and maintenance best practices;
• Experience with telecom DC power systems power distribution and energy storage systems;
• Process engineering skills including the ability to convey concepts clearly to stakeholders;
• Proven track record on delivering on goals/objectives in a challenging environment;
• customer first focus and unrelenting passion for network reliability;
• Problem-solving and analytical skills with a proven creative and collaborative team-focused approach to problem solving

Great-to-haves

• Experience acting in a Designer II role
• Fluent in French and English - both written and spoken
• Knowledge of AI applications
• Programming and/or scripting skills
• designation

Locations: Any major Canadian city

Advanced knowledge of English is required because you will most of the time interact in English with internal parties (colleagues internal partners stakeholders etc.); and work with IT tools whose interface is only accessible in English as part of this positions main responsibilities given its national scope.