Telecom Network Designer

Job Title - Telecom Network Designer

Job Description:

• Receive customer and internal orders from the Planning team, analyse requirements, scope, and feasibility before commencing design
• Produce end-to-end network designs that deliver buildable, cost-effective, and standards-compliant solutions
• Prepare and issue comprehensive design packs (HLD, LLD, schematics, bill of materials, and configuration templates) to Provisioning, CAD, and Field teams within agreed SLAs
• Validate network inventory, capacity, and route availability; raise augmentation requests where required
• Make informed design trade-off decisions on cost, resilience, lead time, and infrastructure reuse, documenting rationale clearly
• Ensure all designs meet engineering standards, customer SLA obligations, and diversity/resilience requirements
• Conduct peer reviews of designs and present own designs in design review forums for approval
• Serve as the technical point of contact for orders throughout their lifecycle, responding to queries from Provisioning, Build, CAD, and Project Management teams
• Investigate and resolve design-related issues during build or activation; issue design amendments as needed
• Maintain accurate as-designed and as-built records in inventory and design systems
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying recurring issues, proposing standard design patterns, and updating templates and guidelines
• Mentor junior designers and share knowledge on new technologies, vendor platforms, and best practices
• Comply with workplace Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies and procedures at all times
• Actively contribute to process improvement initiatives and suggest enhancements to workflows and best practices
• Undertake any other duties and activities as requested by the line manager or as required by business needs

Essentials :

• Education: Bachelors degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, Computer Science, or related engineering field
• Experience: 5–8+ years of hands-on experience in network design within a telecom or service provider environment
• Technical Skills:

a. Hands-on design experience with major vendor platforms (Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, or Huawei)

b. Strong expertise in Cisco Routing & Switching (IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR, Catalyst, Nexus, ASR/NCS)

c. Solid knowledge of IP/MPLS technologies including OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, LDP, RSVP-TE, L2VPN/L3VPN, and QoS

d. Transmission design experience across DWDM, OTN, and/or SDH (wavelength planning, link budgets, protection)

e. Fibre network design including fibre selection, ODF/FDH allocation, and optical loss budgeting

f. Diverse network design with true A/B path diversity across cables, joints, and conduits

g. Radio network design knowledge (microwave links, 4G/5G transport, fronthaul & backhaul)

h. Experience with voice transport design (TDM, SIP, VoIP, IMS/VoLTE)

i. Working knowledge of engineering systems (Netcracker, MapBlaster, VMR, Design Investigator, Spatial Web)

• Soft Skills:

a. Strong analytical and decision-making skills

b. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

c. Ability to mentor and share knowledge effectively

• Other Requirements:

Experience working in onshore-offshore delivery models