RAN Operations Engineer - Now Hiring

Company: DISH
Location: Lakewood
Posted on: June 26, 2022

Job Description:

Department Summary

DISH is transforming the future of connectivity. We're doing it by building the country's first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. The foundation of a connected world, it's a network free of the limitations of the past, and flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

What you will be doing

Working in a 24/7 Service Support Center, the successful candidate will provideoperations support with virtualized O-RAN systems deployed nation-wide. Will quickly analyze service and system issues, determine corrective actions and implement to restore services. Will escalate complex issues to additional resources. Will root-cause for failure and develop corrective actions. Corrective actions can range from configuration changes to developing new operational procedures. Will contribute to on-going process improvement reviews using Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics to eliminate errors, maximize hardware/software efficiencies and increase service uptime leading to an overall excellent customer experience.

Day-to-day job responsibilities:

• Provides support with Market Teams to troubleshoot/resolve complex issues with deployed RF and O-RAN systems.
• Engages and escalates issues with vendors when critical/time sensitive support and resolution is required.
• Coordinates proposed changes with Certification Lab for validation.
• Will produce updated technical specifications of system changes and provide a comprehensive plan for release.
• Ensures solutions meet key criteria for CI/CD, system orchestration and automation.
• Works with technical writers/engineers to document final process configurations and MOPs.
• This position will provide on-call support on a rotational basis.
  Skills, Experience and Requirements
  
  Skills and experience
  
  The successful RAN Operations Engineer I will have:
  
  • BS Engineering or technical degree or an equivalent combination of highly related experience and education.
  • 2+ years of experience in the wireless industry
  • Basic understanding and experience in 5G ORAN split functions (7-2x, RU, DU, CUCP, CUUP)
  • Basic understanding and experience in C-RAN, V-RAN software architectures in a virtualized environment.
  • Extensive understanding of RF Radio operations over eCPRI interfaces. Includes CSR, DU and timing configurations.
  • Extensive understanding of software systems/services running virtualized O-RAN functions.
  • Understanding of latency considerations and issues from gNB to Data Center locations.
  • Understanding and experience with virtualized networks, orchestration and automation across a large network architecture.
  • Thorough understanding of RAN/O-RAN architecture described in 3GPP standards (Rel 15 & 16).
    Salary Range
    
    Compensation: $65,800.00/Year - $108,100.00/Year
    Benefits
    
    From versatile health perks to new career opportunities, check out our benefits on our careers website .
    
    Employment is contingent on Successful completion of a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test.Required
    Preferred

    Job Industries

    • Customer Service

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