Lead Engineer, Design and Implementation - Transmission Engineering

Role Purpose

The Transmission Engineering team is responsible for implementing the network strategy, planning, design and integration.

Maintaining, reviewing, and implementing architectural and functional changes within the Transmission Network. Ownership of projects for the proper functioning of all Transmission systems within lifetime including the deployment, maintenance, support, upgrade, patching, and retirement of such systems. Proactively reviewing current architecture and capabilities, testing and evaluating new Transmission technologies, and implementing improvements.

The team maintains a high level of technical Transmission proficiency and provides operational support for non-standard or complex issues and advanced troubleshooting as well as design solution implementations; which will involve managing vendor relationships and coordinating and cooperating with field and operations staff across the Network.

Key Responsibilities

This role is to support the development, design and implementation and operational support of the transmission Network.

• To support pre-sale and capacity check processes providing technical expertise within and out of the transmission products.
• To support network design or design required transmission solutions in response to Network Capacity and Customer demands.
• To implement and integrate designed transmission solutions.
• To control proper implementation of transmission project and associated documentation.
• To maintain awareness of deploying industry standards, technologies and products with a view to and report on their expected impact on the network.
• To work with operation groups, product development and engineering teams to ensure that network and customer requirements are fully understood, captured, designed and implemented.
• To design customer circuits and integrate network solutions according to received tasks.
• To execute all other tasks assigned by line manager.

Qualifications & Experience

• Would be UK Security Cleared or be prepared to undergo a process to become Security Cleared, due to the nature of the customer base.
• Strong DWDM design experience in System Integrator/network provider.
• Good knowledge of overall telecoms infrastructure such as Dark Fibre, CoLo, Metro, Local Access and managed services such as DWDM, OPN, ETH transport.
• Experience in Network Operations.
• A demonstrable understanding of an Optical Transmission System, preferably.
• Knowledge of Infinera DWDM technology (DTN/DTNX/FLEX).
• Familiar with System/Platform migrations.
• Familiarity with Ethernet Packet Routing/Switching.

Individual Profile

• Multi-skilled - must have worked in technical roles and be equally adept at multiple skills including METRO, CORE optimization.
• Excellent communicator with good customer-facing skills.
• Self-motivated, self-starter, self-assured (but can take direction when required).
• Excellent attention to detail and thinks objectively.
• Open mind to different approaches to service development and deployment.
• Able to work under pressure and on own initiative.
• Able to resolve problems quickly and accurately.
• Positive and approachable.
• Able to demonstrate a high level of trustworthiness.

Your Working Environment

We are committed to working in the location where we do our best work. As a small and growing company with great offices in great locations, most employees will aim to be in the office 3 days a week and 2 days working from home or other locations.

Here at EXA, we believe the future includes everyone, we are open to all applications to create an environment and culture that includes one and all. We are a proud global community, that wants to drive diversity of thought through our employees and culture. We want you to come as you and make yourself and EXA successful.

Due to the amount of applications, we may not be able to respond to all applicants. If you do not hear from EXA in 3 weeks after applications, you have been unsuccessful.

All successful applicants will go through background screening.