Consultant - Network Operations & Support

SDH Planning Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced SDH Planning Engineer to support the planning, design, capacity management, migration, and decommissioning of SDH transmission networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and design SDH/SONET transmission networks, including capacity upgrades, new links, circuit provisioning, and network expansions.
• Develop HLD/LLD, network diagrams, MOPs, and implementation plans for network changes and migrations.
• Perform capacity planning and network optimisation based on traffic and utilisation requirements.
• Plan and execute circuit migrations, traffic re-homing, node upgrades, and SDH-to-packet migrations with minimal customer impact.
• Conduct detailed audits of legacy SDH network nodes and circuits prior to decommissioning, validating traffic, dependencies, and connectivity to ensure no active services are impacted.
• Coordinate with NOC, operations, engineering, project teams, field teams, and vendors for implementation and migration activities.
• Support troubleshooting and resolution of complex transmission planning and implementation issues.
• Maintain accurate network topology, circuit records, and planning documentation.
• Ensure designs and changes comply with network standards, engineering guidelines, and operational processes.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in SDH/SONET network planning and engineering.
• Good knowledge of STM-1/4/16/64, SDH protection, multiplexing, cross-connects, and transmission principles.
• Experience with network capacity planning, circuit provisioning, migrations, and decommissioning.
• Experience with SDH vendors such as Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, or Cisco.
• Understanding of Ethernet over SDH, DWDM/OTN, and packet transport technologies is desirable.
• 5+ years of relevant telecommunications transmission experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, documentation, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills.

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