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We are currently looking for a highly motivated
Senior Services Engineer to join our Services team in the UK.
Main Purpose Of The Position
- Customer engagement as technical support expert in Telecommunication Infrastructure environment
- Provide high quality technical support service towards assigned key customer. The main customer interfaces are NOC engineers, network operations department and engineering department.
- Services engineer is responsible to fulfil contracted SLA response times related technical query, trouble resolution and emergency service.
Principle Tasks
- Customer interaction, providing customer support at a technical expert level for Telco equipment in the Fixed Access domain
- Responsible for fulfilment of stringent contracted SLA response times for technical queries at differing severity levels e.g. Minor, Major and Critical
- Own technical queries (trouble tickets) through to resolution with the customer by ensuring regular and accurate system updates
- Prioritise work based on customer and business impact
- Escalate to R&D when needed via the formal process, while retaining overall responsibility for the trouble ticket and associated SLAs
- Trouble shooting and fault reproduction
- Perform software download and delivery tasks for customers
- Write customer specific documentation and procedures as required
- Setup and management of local test bed facilities
- Execution of Network Upgrade/Updates (in night shifts) in accordance with agreed plans
- Collaborate with other service teams to investigate product faults and help drive improvements with R&D
- Provide technical documentation for new releases to internal and external customers
- Understand customer targets on introduction of new releases and process for acceptance via lab and field testing
- Participate as an expert in own technology area in customer projects
- Member of 24/7 on call rota (typically 1 week per month) for Emergency/Critical faults
- Develop good working relationships and share knowledge within the wider services team
- Application of Adtran Quality System procedures and practices
Supplementary Tasks
Knowledge, Skills And Experience Required
- Background in Telecommunications / Engineering Degree
- Proven Experience as a Technical Support Engineer (specifically network infrastructure) in a Service provider environment
- Proven experience of Management Systems associated with Telco Infrastructure i.e. DSLAMs and Switches
- High level of technical competence in the Fixed Access domain i.e. xPON technologies and familiarity of customer OSS systems and associated protocols e.g. SOAP
- Experience of and willingness to work in 24*7 on call emergency rota
- Hands on experience including Configuration of Access Network Infrastructure, Customer Premises Equipment and Testing Methods/Test Equipment
- Able to work under high customer pressure
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Very good verbal and written communication skills
- Positive attitude and work ethic with a high degree of personal initiative
- Ability to train and mentor less experienced engineers or new hires
Scope of employment
- Fulltime / Permanent
- DBS check will be required (Adtran to arrange)
Primary location of job
- Office based (York or Basingstoke), hybrid working or remote working
