Candidate Experience Statement LTE RF Validation Engineer

Location
Supplier name
Candidate Name
Candidate Status (W-2 employee Yes/No)
Candidate status (H1-B sponsored by supplier, green card, citizen) - corp to corp, 1099 not allowed
Avilaibility date (earliest 6/1/17, atest 12/31/18)
Candidate base bill rate* (Nokia provided laptop) - in the market specified no additional location/relo ($/hr)
Name of the supplier's employeed who reviewed the accuracy of the data therein. If major inaccuracies present the
other candidates with the same reviewer will have to be re-validated by supplier
* bill rate is subject to TAPFIN T&Cs (base rebate, tenure discount of 10% at 6 months) but no other project specific
agreement
Requirements

Industry Experience (must have - red items - and plus - black items)
LTE Nokia Specific years of hands-on RF Optimization experience including post-porcessing of data, critical analysis
and verification of parameter changes to achieve optimal performance
LTE ALU Specific years of hands-on RF Optimization experience including post-porcessing of data, critical analysis and
verification of parameter changes to achieve optimal performance
Total RF LTE Optimization Experience (any vendors incl Nokia ALU)

Other Vendors LTE specific years of hands-on RF Optimization experience including post-porcessing of data, critical analysis and
verification of parameter changes to achieve optimal performance
Ericsson LTE years of RF experience
Nokia 2G/3G Specific years of RF experience
ALU 2G/3G Specific years of RF experience
North America Customer Support experience
TMO
AT&T
VZW
Sprint
others
Job Roles/Function (must have - red items - and plus - black items)
RF Optimization Engineer (RF II, RF III, RF IV)
RF Design Engineer (RF III)
Project/Market lead (RF III, IV)
PM
Education Qualification
Tools Experience (must have - red items - and plus - black items)

Netact Performance Management/Reporting Suite or equivalent

ALU SAM (Service Awareness Manager) or equivalent OSS
ALU NPO (Network Performance Optimizer) tool or equivalent tool
Proactive Network Monitoring tool or equivalent KPI performance monitoring tool
Falcon Smart UDT Tool or equivalent
Nokia BTS Site Manager
Nokia NetAct Configuration Management
eDAT/MTAP
Traffica
Other vendor OSS Tools
Ericsson OSS Tools
Past SW related work experience
Nokia SW FL16
Nokia SW FL16A
ALU LR15.x, LR16.1, LR16.2

Misc (must have - red items - and plus - black items)

Nokia LTE Parameter Knowledge
Nokia LTE Counters and KPI Knowledge
ALU LTE Parameter knowledge
ALU LTE Counters and KPI Knowledge
Ericsson LTE Counters and KPI Knowledge
Ericsson LTE Parameter Knowledge
Implementation of new features/parameters and tuning LTE radio network parameters
Drive Test Log Analysis to trouble shoot and improve KPI's.

Analysis of KPIs, investigation and improvement of network Quality problems

0 – None: we appreciate the honesty
1 – basic : occasional and/or tangential use of tool or parameter. Need to be able to name a few functions of the tool, a few
2 – intermediate : frequent and routine use of tool or parameter, understanding allowed and expected values/settings. Ne
3 – advanced : frequent and routine use of tool or parameter, understand their interaction (parameter) limitations of use (t
4 - expert : prolonged or intense experience through practice and education. Must be able to list the underlying root cause

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Irving, TX

Ali Usman
no
don’t have visa
9/1/2018

Unit screening criteria

Must have either one of
the two

5 of years
(min 2 OR

0 for ALU & 4 of years Ericsson 2 year Huawei

min 3 )
11 years AND min 5
min 5 years of LTE
optimization experience
with any vendor's
equipment. Out of the 5
years of experience 2
years need to be with
Nokia equipment or 3
years need to be with
ALU equipment

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Must Have either Nokia
OR ALU knowledge
Proficiency (0..4) (min 2 AND
Proficiency (0..4) min 2)
Proficiency (0..4) OR (min 2 AND
Proficiency (0..4) min 2)
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s of the tool, a few parameters in use and provide 1 example of the circumstances they are needed
alues/settings. Need to be able to name most functions of the tool, most parameters in use and provide 2 example of the circumstance
mitations of use (tool). Need to be able to demonstrate having used most functions of the tool used/effected system change through th
erlying root causes if parameters/values/results are outside of allowed / expected ranges and system changes required to normalize th
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LTE RF
Optimiaztion
Engineer IV

Irving, TX

screening criteria
Must have either one of
the two
(min 3 OR

min 3 )
AND min 7

min 7 years of LTE

optimization experience
with any vendor's
equipment. 3 of the 7
years need to be with
either Nokia or ALU
equipment

Must Have
min 7
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5 below
nin 2
nin 2
nin 2
nin 2
min 3

Must Have either Nokia

OR ALU knowledge
(min 3 AND
min 3)
OR (min 3 AND
min 3)

vide 2 example of the circumstances they were needed and the candidate used this function/parameter
/effected system change through the use of most parameters in use in the industry and provide 3 detailed examples and the circumsta
m changes required to normalize their value AND the trade/offs (if any) while doing so or explain why there are no significant tradeoffs.
xamples and the circumstances they are needed and 3 detailed examples including system impact the candidate desired while using th
are no significant tradeoffs. For tools an expert shall demonstrate mastery in using most tool functionalities. A candidate claiming to be
e candidate desired while using this tool function/parameter
alities. A candidate claiming to be an expert must be able to provide 2 examples when his mastery resolved adverse / challenging situa
solved adverse / challenging situations and why a person with lesser expertise could not have done what he did.