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    Company Name: Pate Technologies Inc. 
    Company Website: http://pate.com 

    Job Title: various
    Job Description: Telecommunications Positions
Nortel

Pate
      Technologies, Inc. is currently looking for telecommunications
      consultants with one or all of the following wireless technologies: 
      UMTS, GSM, CDMA, and DMS-MTX.
Preferred candidates will have worked
      with Nortel technologies in a Cell Site, Access or a Switches arena,
      and have performed installation and maintenance of these
      systems.

The Telecommunications Consultants opportunities vary by
      location.  Locations include California, Texas, Michigan, North
      Carolina and Washington.  Ideal candidates are willing to travel and
      have their own laptop computer and cell phone. 

Please note that
      new positions arrive every week.  Positions that are currently open
      (arrived on 3/29/04) include: 

1)      CDMA NBSS Subject Matter Expert
      IV (Ohio and Detroit, Michigan)
This position will be allocated
      (assigned) for experienced Lead Technicians / Engineer who will be
      assigned to lead and train customer technicians on the Nortel CDMA
      product, this is an advanced position.  

This individual will be
      requested to provide operational assistance and training for Nortel
      CDMA NBSS technician's to include operation, troubleshooting, routine
      maintenance and structured knowledge transfers.  This is a position
      that will lead technical troubleshooting in all areas of the product,
      and provide a supervision role to ensure customer expectations are
      met.  This individual should be well versed in the many aspects of
      central office management including transmission facilities and tools
      to facilitate troubleshooting.

-       Minimum 5 years experience on a
      Nortel CDMA system, 2 years experience with Nortel CDMA NBSS.
      
-       Strong CDMA NBSS product knowledge with experience in routine
      maintenance and troubleshooting in the several of the following areas:
      Legacy BSC, CBRS, BTS Metrocell, FRM/MFRM/MFRM2, SBS ESEL
      troubleshooting, 1XRTT and EVDO.  
-      Well versed in the software
      loading for all sub-systems for upgrade and patching processes.   
- 
          Above average skills in management of the BSSM (C-EMS is a plus)
      including lip file registration, routine BSSM maintenance, Unix system
      administration, CFDS administration including site file generation and
      data fill.  
-      Knowledge in passport based product area plus.
      The successful candidate could be asked to assist in customer
      on-the-job training, and feel comfortable in that environment.
-       The
      successful candidate could be asked to assist in customer on-the-job
      training, and feel comfortable in that environment.
-       Able to
      differentiate between the scope of work and optional opportunities
      that can be fed back to Nortel management for future work.
-   
        Effective verbal communication skills that will facilitate a training
      environment, with the capability of formally evaluating customer
      skills.
-       Excellent Customer Service Skills 
-       Self-starting
      individual with the initiative that can identify target areas with
      problem solving skills that enable you to drive programs to resolution
      
-       Strong work ethic and engagement practices. 
-       Proven
      problem solving skills directed at both product technical and customer
      discretionary problems. 

2)      8030339 - Three Positions (Texas):
1
      Nortel CDMA Technology 
1 Nortel GSM Technology 
1 Nortel UMTS
      technology (newest) 

This position will be used for experienced
      lead technicians that will be assigned to lead and train customer
      technicians on the Nortel CDMA product, this is an advanced position. 
      

This individual will be requested to provide operational
      assistance and training for Nortel CDMA NBSS technician's to include
      operation, troubleshooting, routine maintenance and structured
      knowledge transfers.  This is a position that will lead technical
      troubleshooting in all areas of the product, and provide a supervision
      role to ensure customer expectations are met.  This individual should
      be well versed in the many aspects of central office management
      including transmission facilities and tools to facilitate
      troubleshooting.

-       Minimum 5 years experience on a Nortel CDMA
      system, 2 years experience with Nortel CDMA NBSS. 
-       Strong CDMA
      NBSS product knowledge with experience in routine maintenance and
      troubleshooting in the several of the following areas: Legacy BSC,
      CBRS, BTS Metrocell, FRM/MFRM/MFRM2, SBS ESEL troubleshooting, 1XRTT
      and EVDO.  
-       Well versed in the software loading for all
      sub-systems for upgrade and patching processes.   
-       Above
      average skills in management of the BSSM (C-EMS is a plus) including
      lip file registration, routine BSSM maintenance, Unix system
      administration, CFDS administration including site file generation and
      data fill.  
-       Knowledge in passport based product area plus. The
      successful candidate could be asked to assist in customer on-the-job
      training, and feel comfortable in that environment.
-       The
      successful candidate could be asked to assist in customer on-the-job
      training, and feel comfortable in that environment.
-       Able to
      differentiate between the scope of work and optional opportunities
      that can be fed back to Nortel management for future work.
-    
        Effective verbal communication skills that will facilitate a training
      environment, with the capability of formally evaluating customer
      skills.
-       Excellent Customer Service Skills 
-       Self-starting
      individual with the initiative that can identify target areas with
      problem solving skills that enable you to drive programs to resolve.
      
-       Strong work ethic and engagement practices. 
-       Proven
      problem solving skills directed at both product technical and customer
      discretionary problems.

3)      8030260 (North Carolina)
Prior Nortel
      experience is required & exp. in telecom environment a big plus.
      

-       Design Development within Succession (preferably OAM or Element
      Managers) Languages: Java, Java Web Start, Corba 
-       Protocols: SNMP,
      HTTPS, SFTP, SCP, SSH 
-       Operating Systems: Solaris 
-       Tools:
      Clearcase 
-       Security: SNMP V3 Encryption, USM, MD5 
-       Databases:
      Oracle 

4)      8030332 (Texas)
This position will be used for
      experienced lead switch technicians that will be assigned to lead and
      train customer technicians, this is an advanced position.  

This
      individual will be requested to provide operational assistance and
      training for GSM MSC switch technician's to include operation,
      troubleshooting, routine maintenance and structured knowledge
      transfers.  This is a position that will lead technical
      troubleshooting in all areas of the product, and provide a supervision
      role to ensure customer expectations are met.  This individual should
      be well versed in the many aspects of central office management
      including transmission facilities and tools to facilitate
      troubleshooting.

Skills should include: 
-       Minimum 5 years
      experience on a Nortel DMS-100 switching system, 2 years experience
      with Nortel GSM MSC switching system.
-      Well versed in the many
      aspects of central office management including transmission facilities
      and tools to facilitate troubleshooting. 
-      Strong GSM MSC
      knowledge base and troubleshooting experience in core areas including
      XA-Core, SDM, ENET, LIM, FLIS, FRUI, SPM.  
-      Experienced in
      standard Nortel software upgrade practices including PM preparation
      and ONP, software patching, SDM patching and upgrades.  
-      Use
      strong telephony and database knowledge to troubleshooting and direct
      resolution on routing and trunking issues, and other OM
      irregularities. 
-      Use switch tools to identify problematic
      areas and lead resolution of these areas from logs, OM's, external
      performance indicators, DMSMON etc.
-       Experienced in routing and
      translations troubleshooting using universal translations. 
-       No
      reliability on Nortel Support Teams for non-software related
      troubleshooting experience. 
-       The successful candidate could be
      asked to assist in customer on-the-job training, and feel comfortable
      in that environment.
-       Able to differentiate between the scope of
      work and optional opportunities that can be fed back to Nortel
      management for future work.
-       Effective verbal communication
      skills that will facilitate a training environment, with the
      capability of formally evaluating customer skills.
-    
        Self-starting individual with the initiative that can identify target
      areas with problem solving skills that enable you to drive programs to
      resolve. 
-      Strong work ethic and engagement practices. 
-    
        Proven problem solving skills directed at both product technical and
      customer discretionary problems. 

5)      8030328 (Texas)
DMA NBSS
      Subject Matter Expert IV 

This position will be used for
      experienced lead technicians that will be assigned to lead and train
      customer technicians on the Nortel CDMA product, this is an advanced
      position.  

This individual will be requested to provide
      operational assistance and training for Nortel CDMA NBSS technician's
      to include operation, troubleshooting, routine maintenance and
      structured knowledge transfers.  This is a position that will lead
      technical troubleshooting in all areas of the product, and provide a
      supervision role to ensure customer expectations are met.  This
      individual should be well versed in the many aspects of central office
      management including transmission facilities and tools to facilitate
      troubleshooting.

-       Minimum 5 years experience on a Nortel CDMA
      system, 2 years experience with Nortel CDMA NBSS. 
-      Strong CDMA
      NBSS product knowledge with experience in routine maintenance and
      troubleshooting in the several of the following areas: Legacy BSC,
      CBRS, BTS Metrocell, FRM/MFRM/MFRM2, SBS ESEL troubleshooting, 1XRTT
      and EVDO.  
-      Well versed in the software loading for all
      sub-systems for upgrade and patching processes.   
-      Above
      average skills in management of the BSSM (C-EMS is a plus) including
      lip file registration, routine BSSM maintenance, Unix system
      administration, CFDS administration including site file generation and
      data fill.  
-      Knowledge in passport based product area plus.
      The successful candidate could be asked to assist in customer
      on-the-job training, and feel comfortable in that environment.
-   
        The successful candidate could be asked to assist in customer
      on-the-job training, and feel comfortable in that environment.
-    
        Able to differentiate between the scope of work and optional
      opportunities that can be fed back to Nortel management for future
      work.
-       Effective verbal communication skills that will
      facilitate a training environment, with the capability of formally
      evaluating customer skills.
-       Excellent Customer Service Skills
      
-       Self-starting individual with the initiative that can
      identify target areas with problem solving skills that enable you to
      drive programs to resolve. 
-       Strong work ethic and engagement
      practices. 
-       Proven problem solving skills directed at both
      product technical and customer discretionary problems. 

6)      Test
      Engineer (Texas)
Primary Responsibilities of Position(s): 
Software
      Verification (Test) Engineers are expected to speed on the Nortel's
      implementation of GPRS and UMTS networks and ramp up quickly to start
      running test cases for data packet networks. Engineers are expected to
      execute test cases with both internally and externally developed
      tools. They are asked to have sufficient knowledge to provide clear
      and concise problem definitions for error reporting that includes
      collecting logs on a variety of different systems. 

The system
      under test for this role will be multiple components of the GPRS/UMTS
      Packet Data Core network. This requires knowledge of IP, GAP and GSM
      specifications and a variety of test tools. In order to be effective,
      understanding of GPRS and UMTS core networks is required.

Required
      Competencies: Education: Degree: Bachelors Major: Computer Science
      (CS) or Electrical Engineering (EE) 

Experience Required: 
-       1-3
      years in Software Test/Verification 

Skills Required: 
-       Must have
      strong technical skills with system testing background 
-       Proven
      experience and success in automating test processes, test efficiency
      and reducing test cycle times 
-       Strong Problem Solving Skills -
      Defines Problem, Analysis Results, Determines Possible Solutions and
      Finds Resolution 
-       Outstanding communication and leaderships skills
      Able to work in high paced, ever changing environment 
-       Knowledge of
      GAP specifications focused on Core Network for GPRS and UMTS
      
-       Experience on a wide variety of industry tools -- Tektronix,
      Adtech, Telekelec/Catapult MGTS 
-       Experience in IP networks
      
-       Exposure to SIGTRAN Exposure to SS7 networks C/C++ Nortel Passport
      15000 and 7000 Nortel Shasta 





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