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Motion Recruitment lists this Translations Engineer opportunity in charlotte, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Title: Contract Translations Engineer
Location: Charlotte North Carolina 28277 (100% Remote)
Duration: 12 months, with Potential to extend
Type: Contract
Pay Rate: $31 per hour on W2
Work Hours: 40-hour work week. (8 am – 6 pm ET) – estimate (EST AND CST CANDIDATES or OPEN TO ASJUST TO EST TIME ZONE)
Additional Notes:
Required Skills & Experience
Computer engineering degree with relevant experience; fundamentals of TDM trunking, IP-centric technology as well
MS Office, TIRKS, and Telnet are a hard must.
TDM voice switch experience is non-negotiable.
2/3 switching platform knowledge.
Strong trunk and switching provisioning experience and knowledge are non-negotiable.
Switches: 5ESS, DCO, DMS-10, DMS-100, C20, EWSD, GTD-5; SIP technology
Self-motivated, requires minimal intervention, good communication skills
Microsoft technology
Required Skills & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Engineering , or equivalent telecom/military experience.
Strong hands-on experience with voice translations engineering in carrier-class networks.
Strong knowledge of TDM voice switching, call routing, trunking, signaling, screening, and numbering .
Good understanding of SIP, SS7, ISUP/Q.764, Q.931 , and voice-network architecture.
Experience with SS7 signaling , including A-Links, STPs, signaling routing, and translations.
Experience supporting network migrations, switch consolidations, modernization, network rearrangements, and telecom capital projects .
Ability to analyze existing network configurations and develop accurate translations/network changes .
Experience creating and executing MOPs, implementation procedures, test plans, validation plans, and back-out plans .
Strong troubleshooting skills across call routing, signaling, trunking, and translations .
Experience working within formal change-management processes and maintenance windows .
Comfortable with PuTTY, SecureCRT, MS Word, and Excel .
Ability to coordinate with engineering, operations, transport, signaling, project management, and vendors .
Ability to manage multiple projects and meet implementation deadlines.
Desired Skills
Experience with Ribbon, SBCs, media gateways, Stratus , or similar carrier-class voice platforms.
Experience with circuit emulation and transporting legacy TDM services over packet networks.
TDM-to-SIP voice migration experience.
Carrier-class trunk groups, routing plans, numbering plans, signaling configurations, and interoffice networks .
Voice-network modernization, switch decommissioning/consolidation , or legacy-platform retirement.
Background as a Translations Engineer, Central Office Technician, Voice NOC Engineer , or similar.
Scripting/data-processing experience with Python, Perl, VBScript , or similar.
Experience with pre/post-change validation and troubleshooting customer-impacting voice issues .
What You Will Be Doing
Analyze legacy TDM voice configurations and determine translations required for migration to SIP/CSP infrastructure .
Design and implement translations for call routing, trunking, signaling, screening, numbering, and traffic migration .
Support migration of voice trunks, signaling, and ancillary TDM services .
Develop MOPs, scripts, command sequences, test plans, validation procedures, and back-out plans .
Perform pre-change analysis to identify routing conflicts, signaling issues, dependencies, capacity concerns, and potential service impacts .
Implement approved network changes during scheduled maintenance windows.
Perform post-migration testing and validation of call routing, trunks, signaling, and network functions.
Troubleshoot TDM/SIP interoperability, translations, signaling, and call-processing issues .
Coordinate with network engineering, operations, transport, signaling teams, project managers, and vendors , including Ribbon and Stratus.
Maintain detailed project documentation, network configurations, test results, and implementation records.
Identify and communicate technical risks, dependencies, and implementation concerns .
Manage translations deliverables across multiple concurrent telecom projects .
Serve as a subject-matter expert for legacy voice translations and SIP/CSP migration .
Who can apply
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