Test Engineer

Test Engineer 2

Our client, a leading multinational telecommunications company, has an excellent opportunity for a Test Engineer 2 to work on a 12-month contract opportunity. Work will be on-site in San Ramon, CA. The Test Engineer 2 will test 911 call handling systems in accordance with relevant standards and interoperability of Next Generation 911 systems and associated components. Testing is critical to assuring effective emergency-response communications, ensure policies, procedures, and best practices for telephony systems are being met throughout the implementation of the 9-1-1 system.

Rate: $40 - $547/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of wireline, wireless, VOIP and other communications technology
• Test and certify 911 call handling applications (software, hardware) and GIS systems on Emergency Services IP Network (ESINet), a 911 call routing application.
• Testing New and Proof of concept e911 products or Networking functionality
• Testing and approving MOPs for field site technicians
• Develop and execute test plans, document defects and report test results.
• Work directly with call handling and ESINet suppliers to investigate, provide root cause analyses and resolve issues. Track open defects to resolution.
• Server Room Maintenance: To include vendor CPE & company network equipment. Ability to locate termination endpoint and installation of cabling of new servers' routers and associated network equipment.
• Staging of New 911 CPE equipment

Experience Requirements

• Knowledge of wireline, wireless, VOIP and other communications technology
• Windows desktop and server: Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 or higher
• Network protocols: SIP/RTP, TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP
• System integration and testing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of computers and electronic data processing; working knowledge of modern office practices and procedures
• Flexibility to work in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities with attention to detail.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Technical knowledge of 911 Emergency Call Handling systems, (Cloud & Legacy) related equipment, network and telephony architecture strongly preferred: Intrado Viper, Motorola Vesta, Carbyne APEX
• Cloud applications and knowledge or experience with firewalls (FortiGate), DNS, PKI, 4G/5G WAN (via CradlePoint), ESXi, Azure WAN, AWS Cloud WAN, and Terraform are beneficial.
• Hand-on experience in server room (racking, cabling)
• Test planning, test case development, execution, and reporting
• Telephony experience: T1s, PRI circuits, TDM
• Protocol analysis and troubleshooting, using Wireshark, Agilent, IRIS and/or other networking tools
• Performance, load, stability testing
• Experience with VMware
• NG911 and Emergency Services IP Network (ESINet)