Operational Engineer – Wireless Messaging (SMSMMS)
Ridgeland, SC - USA
Job Summary
Job Summary
We are seeking an Operational Engineer with hands-on experience in wireless messaging systems specifically SMS and MMS. The role involves monitoring troubleshooting and optimizing messaging platforms ensuring high availability reliability and performance across telecom networks.Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain SMS/MMS platforms gateways and messaging infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot delivery issues across carrier networks and aggregators.
- Analyze logs delivery receipts (DLRs) and message flows to identify failures.
- Ensure uptime system performance and SLA compliance.
- Work with telecom protocols such as SMPP MM7 HTTP APIs and signaling systems.
- Collaborate with carriers vendors and internal teams for issue resolution.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
- Support deployments upgrades and configuration changes.
- Maintain operational documentation and runbooks.
- Participate in on-call rotation for incident response.
- 37 years in telecom messaging or wireless operations.
- Strong experience with:
- SMS/MMS protocols: SMPP MM7 SS7 (preferred) Diameter (nice-to-have)
- Messaging platforms (e.g. OpenMarket Syniverse Twilio or similar)
- Knowledge of:
- Routing delivery receipts message encoding (GSM Unicode)
- Carrier connectivity and interworking
- Experience with log analysis and monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk ELK Grafana).
- Basic scripting skills (Python Bash or similar) for automation.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP firewalls VPNs).
- Experience in Tier 2 / Tier 3 telecom support.
- Exposure to cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform.
- Knowledge of 4G/5G messaging evolution (RCS is a plus).
- Experience working with messaging APIs from Twilio or similar providers.
- ITIL certification or incident management experience.
Required Experience:
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