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Nortel Technical Support Engineer- Chicago, Direct, 5629

Nortel Technical Support Engineer

Provides tier 2 and 3 support for National Voice Switching Network Software, Hardware and Processes. Works with and supports Regional Office, National Network Operations, Field Organization and Customer Support Organizations and provides expert problem resolution. Responsible for reducing Mean Time To Restoral (MTTR) and Issue Handling times, ensuring high customer service expectations are being met.

Required to manage issues with Network Voice Switching equipment Vendors to ensure timely resolution of equipment, software and process failures. Responsible for software and process review while providing expert technical input for improvement.

This position works Midnight Shift (12:00am-8:00am Eastern Time) Sunday through Thursday or normal day shift, Monday - Friday

Responsibilities:

• Provides Tier 2 and 3 level support to Voice Switching Network Equipment, Software and Processes by carrying out expert level diagnostic investigation for highly-complex wireless network issues or issues with substantial service impact and collaborate with peer support teams to generate a support plan to resolve the issue in the shortest timeframe possible.
• Provides support to geographically and skill set diverse teams, including Regional Office, National Network Operations, Field Organizations and Customer Support Organizations.
• Provide design recommendations to the relevant US Cellular engineering organization to improve the customer experience or ease of operation long-term.
• Maintains low Mean Time To Restoral (MTTR) and Issue handling times delivering high levels of Customer Service Write, review and issue technical bulletins for distributions with in engineering and operations.
• Communicates technical issues and resolutions with Managers, Directors and Executives. Maintains NOC and Customer Tickets and provides timely updates and closures. Manages Vendor tickets to ensure efficient and customer focused support is maintained.
• Performs outage support and escalations for network issues Software and Process review and feedback Provide 24x7 Support though on call rotations covering nights and weekends Team with cross functional organizations to help support the core business practices, network infrastructure and systems.
• Develop tools and scripts to aid ability to provide high level of technical support Provide peer review and knowledge sharing/training across organizations and teams

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required
• Excellent understanding of Wireless technology and supporting systems
• Minimum of five years experience in voice networking and operations
• Experience with the following Technologies: CDMA, Switching, Voicemail, HLR/VLR, SS7, IP, Enhanced Voice Services, Unix Product Knowledge: Lucent, Nortel, Glenayre, Tellabs
• Excellent communication skills
• Effective organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Basic Project Management Skills
• Excellent computing and Office software skills
• 10% Travel

If qualified and interested in this position, please call 312.424.0300 and reference job#5629

Labels: Network-Engineer

Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 permalink.