.NETWORK PLANNING & OPTIMIZATION CONSULTANT (HYBRID or REMOTE)Portuguese company hires for remote/hybrid work.Working model: 70%-100% remote or 0%-30% in-person in Lisbon.Canada work time schedule availability.FLUENT ENGLISH (C1)SEND CV IN ENGLISH.DescriptionAs a Network Planning & Optimization consultant, your day-by-day goal will be to improve overall network performance to our customers. Your key activities will be, including but not limited to:Planning and optimization activities for all generation of mobile networks (2G up to 5G); Able to solicit and share recommendations on features and parameters based on global market deployments; Strong understanding of 5G NSA/SA and LTE end-to-end; Cluster tuning and optimization to achieve the target KPI; KPI Monitoring, Analysisand Reporting; KPI and Parameter mapping for multi-vendor projects; Knowledge leverage within the team & technical workshop creation as part of our knowledge share best practices.Your ProfileMinimum Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications or similar; 7 years or more planningengineering experience; Deep knowledge about planning networks with proven practice experience; Mobility & Load Balancing strategy implementation; Expert level in Radio Access Networks 2G/3G/4G/5G NSA and SA; Experience on configuration, troubleshooting of planning technical problems; Knowledge/experience of Nokia equipment mandatory.Must HaveDegree in Telecommunications Engineering or similar; Strong understanding of Nokia 5G NSA/SA and LTE end to end; Proven experience with Nokia 5G NSA/SA deployments from global markets for mobile and fixed wireless, with a main focus of improving the performance and user experience; 5G NSA/SA experience with Nokia TDD and FDD NR; In-depth understanding of Nokia 5G NSA/SA and LTE Features and parameters and practical experience in leveraging Nokia features for layering, load balancing and KPI improvement for 5G and LTE; Ability to analyze network, identify LTE/5G features for trial for KPI improvement; Present Feature overviewto customer SMEs and agree on next steps; Able to conduct a complex analysis using NPO tools such as EMIL, TTI traces, Actix, NetAct and truecall to resolve degradations in real time; Ability to analyze internal syslogs, eNB/gNB logs for quick troubleshooting; Expertise with UE and eNB/gNB signaling log analysis; Proficiency and previousexperience using UE logging tools; Access to R&D and globalteams' resources for technical consultation on all aspects of 5G; Able to solicit and share recommendations on features and parameters based on global market deployments; Ability to communicate effectively with internal team as well as customer engineering teams.Nice To HaveMulti-vendor knowledge (Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia); Knowledge in Open-Ran protocols; Knowledge in BI, Data Processing, SQL and Scripting (e.G., Python)
