Core Network Engineer

Our Client, a multinational telecommunications technology company has an urgent and immediate need for a Core Network Engineer.

This role provides deep Packet Core operational expertise to validate analytics and RCA outcomes produced during the pilot. The SME ensures that results are operationally accurate, credible, and actionable from a Core Network Operations and NOC perspective.

This is a domain validation and governance role, not a development role. This role is supporting a time bound project (3 months) and requires you to be onsite fulltime.

Responsibilities:

- Provide subject matter expertise on Nokia Packet Core network functions.
- Validate alarm correlations and RCA signatures against real operational behavior.
- Define and assess success criteria from a Core Ops / NOC standpoint.
- Identify incorrect correlations, false positives, or missing scenarios.
- Support interpretation of analytics outputs for operations and engineering teams.
- Contribute to pilot findings, recommendations, and next step decisions.

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Required Skills

Required Technical Skills:

- Hands on operational experience with Nokia Packet Core, including:
o UPF, SMF, AMF, PCF
- Strong understanding of:
o Packet Core call flows
o Common degradation and failure scenarios
o Alarm patterns and KPIs
- Experience working in L3/L4 support, NOC, or ATAC type environments

Preferred Experience:
- Experience supporting national scale Core Network environments.
- Familiarity with adjacent Core functions (USD, UDM, PCF, Charging, IMS Voice Core).
- Experience participating in RCA, incident reviews, or post mortems.

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Location

Plano, TX

Openings

1

Anticipated Start Date

Monday, February 16, 2026

Job Type

Contract

Anticipated Duration

3 months

Date Posted

Saturday, February 7, 2026

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