Network Engineer

Role Title: 5G Private Network Designer Location: Hybrid -2 weeks in total from overall 3 months' duration Barrow-in-Furness LA14 1AF Duration: 30-Sep-25/3 months Pay Rate: £447 GBP day inside IR35 Role Description: - Provide a tangible vision of how MPNs can be implemented and utilised - Produce a proposed design of the solution across the ecosystem, including MPN/Connectivity elements - Design solution with reference functional & technical requirements - provide a cost estimate - 5G/4G Architecture: 5G SA/NSA architecture, EPC, 5GC (AMF, SMF, UPF), gNB/eNB design, Network Slicing - RAN: gNB, Radio Dots, Small Cell deployment, RAN planning & optimization - CORE & Networking : Mobile 4G and 5G CORE, IP/MPLS, OSPF, BGP, VLANs, VRFs, DNS/DHCP, NAT - Security: IPSec, TLS, IAM, 3GPP Security Standards, Firewall policies - Cloud: AWS, Docker, OpenStack, CNFs/VNFs, SDN (optional) - Edge and MEC: MEC deployment, edge orchestration, local breakout, latency optimization - Integration: Enterprise system integration (IT/OT), interworking with public networks - Tools and Standards: Familiarity with 3GPP, Wireshark etc., - Business and Regulatory: Spectrum licensing (CBRS, n77/n78), ROI analysis, vendor evaluation - Vendor Management: Bare metal server (Dell ESXi/Proxymox) Define and validate SLAs, QoS profiles, and network KPIs in private deployments.