Position Title: Network Software Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire Network Software Engineer opportunity located in Falls Church, VA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and implement network protocols for space-based cellular networks.
• Design and implement network software for signaling and O&M operations.
• Design and implementation of software testing system.

Job Qualifications:

• Experience developing software for 2G and/or LTE networks.
• Protocol stack implementation, testing, and quality assurance experience.
• Strong knowledge of one wireless networking technology (GSM, GPRS, LTE, and/or 5G standards, access and core network protocols, and end-to-end network applications).
• Strong knowledge in core network function blocks, CM, MM, Authentication, HRL, and VLR.
• Understanding of messaging applications and call processing across the telecom network nodes.
• Prior hands-on experience implementing core network protocol stacks or network applications, ability to code across the full stack, strong Linux administration, including scripting.
• Open-source tools development, implementation, and/or collaboration experience and source code control systems (Git/GitLab).
• Experience with C/C , Python, and debugging tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong modern C coding and advanced design patterns.
• Strong debugging skills (gdb, valgrind, etc.)
• Socket and multithreaded programming.
• Distributed architecture
• Experience with end-to-end system integration and deployment of wireless network systems, including GSM, 4G/LTE, or 5G.
• Experience with mobility management and handover procedures.
• Radio resource management
• GSM
• SS7, SIGTRAN, GSM, VLR, HLR, MSC, SMSC, Billing, CAMEL, GPRS
• 4G/LTE
• UMTS, RNC, Node-B
• LTE Uu interface, eNodeB, MME, HSS, Diameter, PDN-GW
• SIP
• 5G
• VoLTE, Beamforming, SMS over IMS, MIMO
• Network Security
• Network planning.
• SMS over GSM and LTE
• IPv4 and IPv6
• Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
• Amazon Cloud Architecture
• Machine Type Communication and IoT
• Roaming: 3G, LTE, and 5GNetwork provisioning and management

Job Details:

• Direct Hire
• Location: Falls Church, VA

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.