RAN Virtualization OAMP Engineer

RAN Virtualization OAMP Engineer

Location: Plano TX (100% Onsite)

Duration: Long-term Contract

No C2C, only W2 candidates

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Tier 3 technical support for commercial EMS/NMS applications and virtualized RAN networks.
• Troubleshoot complex OAMP/FCAPS issues and perform root cause analysis (RCA) in collaboration with R&D and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Author and execute software upgrade MOPs for commercial EMS/NMS and network element deployments.
• Support integration, deployment, and performance optimization of virtualized RAN (vCU/vDU) environments.
• Assist in defining product requirements, feature validation, and system design for new 4G/5G network management capabilities.
• Support customer technical discussions, new technology introductions, and pre-sales engineering activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and support organizations to ensure successful product rollouts and customer satisfaction.
• Troubleshoot cloud-native infrastructure, high availability environments, and network management platforms.

Required Skills:

• 5 years of experience with OAMP/FCAPS, EMS/NMS, OSS, and wireless network management.
• Hands-on experience supporting Tier 3 production environments and delivering customer-facing root cause analysis (RCA).
• Experience authoring and implementing EMS/NMS software upgrade MOPs in commercial wireless networks.
• Experience with Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and virtualized RAN environments (vCU/vDU).
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix, shell scripting, Perl, or TCL.
• Experience troubleshooting using command-line tools and scripting.
• Knowledge of SNMP, TNM protocols, NetConf, REST APIs, TR-069, and YANG models.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software architecture and high availability systems.

Preferred Background:

• Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Knowledge of O-RAN SMO, Non-RT RIC, ONAP, ETSI MANO, OASIS TOSCA, and automation/orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and storage technologies (SAN, NAS, iSCSI, SR-IOV, VirtIO, VLANs, Security Groups).
• Familiarity with 3GPP Core and RAN architectures and protocols.
• Java, JavaScript, SOAP, XML, HTML, Web Services, or J2EE development experience is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

What you didn’t know about us:

• Competitive salary
• Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Short/Long Term Disability and Critical Care/Illness Protection
• Life Insurance and Retirement Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• With this position, you will get the opportunity to work with our game changing clients and further advance your already valuable experience in the telecom industry!

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