Network Engineer - Fibre Network Analyst

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

31 Jan 2025 11:59pm

Job Title

Network Engineer - Fibre Network Analyst

Job Summary

The Network Engineer is an important contributor in ensuring that the Telstra network delivers a superior network experience for our consumer and business customers. You will use telecommunications network skills and experience to contribute to specialist analysis, design, development and deployment in specific network technology domains, including how this technology inter-operates with other technologies.

The core focus of this role is fibre service analysis, including monitoring fibre service, analyzing RFMS data, and presenting findings to stakeholders. This involves testing electronic device-related signals from different vendors, and resource should be good in RFMS monitoring, fibre loss, and signal down analysis.

Job Description

About Us:

At Telstra, our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. It's a future that won't happen on its own, it has to be delivered — and only Telstra can bring together all the parts to create it. Telstra is on a mission to redesign the way we all connect - with leading-edge technologies and solutions that are changing the world. And this is where YOU come in, by playing your part to building in help our customers connect: faster, better, and smarter.

Why Telstra?

Telstra is a well-known Australian company that has been around for over 100 years. We are the leading telecommunications and technology company in Australia and have been operating internationally for over 70 years. We have a strong presence in over 20 countries. In India, we have offices in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, and Delhi. We are focused on using innovation, automation, and technology to solve major technological challenges in areas such as IoT, 5G, AI, and machine learning. Joining Telstra gives you the chance to make a difference in the lives of millions of people and have a rewarding career with flexibility.

Job Description Summary:

The Network Engineer is an important contributor in ensuring that the Telstra network delivers a superior network experience for our consumer and business customers. You will use telecommunications network skills and experience to contribute to specialist analysis, design, development and deployment in specific network technology domains, including how this technology inter-operates with other technologies.

The core focus of this role is fibre service analysis, including monitoring fibre service, analyzing RFMS data, and presenting findings to stakeholders. This involves testing electronic device-related signals from different vendors, and resource should be good in RFMS monitoring, fibre loss, and signal down analysis.

Responsibilities:
The knowledge, experience, skills, and personal attributes required for the job:

Essential:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a fibre analysis related position
• Experience in Fibre Performance analysis - Span loss analysis against End-of-Life metrics - Analysis of Fibre performance data, Assessment of Span loss data capabilities from Active Assets (e.g. inbuilt OTDR features in DWDM), Developing visualization tools & reports, Developing reporting alerts to highlight when Span loss link deviates from historical data points
• Deployment of fibre monitoring systems/technology - Supporting the solution development for multiple generations of fibre monitoring technology (i.e. RTU to ONMSi), Developing solutions to support expansion of fibre monitoring into new sites
• Expertise on Network Synchronisation - Technology development support, including test environment setup, Test Object List (TOL) development and implementation for timing / synchronization. Configuration and L3/Engineering level support for timing sources. Experience with TP4100 and Network Management System TimePictra would be added advantage.
• Experience with fibre performance reporting or automation tools coded in Python, QLIK, GRAFANA, etc)
• Familiarity with pluggable optics (SFPs) in a multi-vendor environment, Coding requirements for Optical Transceivers (SFPs) for OEM functional compatibility / compliance. Assessment / testing of optical transceivers deployed in Transport & IP network elements.
• Platform Management/Engineering skills

Desirable:

• Awareness of Telstra architecture and technology implementation process
• A working knowledge of Technology & Product Lifecycle from introduction to augmentation to exit stages and the associated business processes
• A working knowledge of project management/Agile methodologies