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Firenze, Italy (Hybrid)

Network System Engineer

Candidate shall be able to manage the whole lifecycle of a bid or a project from a technical point of view, for a Network System in Transportation Domain project.

Network System Engineer role requires a sound technical knowledge and experience in Network equipments and architectures, from the Design to the Configuration and maintenance of such infrastructures. He will operate during both Bid and Project phase. As part of the Bid / Tender stage, system engineer will analyze contractual and system requirements, derive subsystem requirements and built the system architecture based on the outcome of such analysis. As part of the Project stage, in close coordination with the Solution Engineering Manager, the Project Manager and the other team members, he will be responsible for all the activities relevant to the assigned subsystem, ensuring the predefined results on time, within the budget and with the expected level of Quality.

Main activities:

• In the context of Engineering accountability, is responsible for all technical activities: identifying and analysing the requirements (Contractual and System Requirements phase), defining the architecture, allocating the requirements to the system components, defining the interfaces between components, developing solutions (System Design and Development phases), integrating, verifying, validating and qualifying the system (System Integration and Acceptance phases)
• Is responsible for the conformity with requirements, quality, performance, Customer satisfaction budget and schedule relevant to his Engineering work package
• Proposes the technical solution and the general application, network architecture, equipment positioning and coverage to support the virtualized environment
•  Ensures requirements management and their allocation to subsystems/components
• Plans and oversees configuration management activities and solution integrity with the Configuration Manager
•  Support for deployment/installation and site acceptance activities
• Ensures coordination and communication among the various players in technical activities and a smooth transition of responsibility to "Installation and Commissioning" organization
•  Is the main technical interface for the Customer Counterpart for his subsystems
•  Coordinates with his technical Customer Counterpart according to Contractual requirement
•  Participates to Project Meetings (internal and external: with the Customer, Hitachi Rail subcontractors and other entities) when scheduled and/or requested.
•  Compiles reports concerning his role and responsibilities according to internal reporting procedure.
•  Drafts official letters and correspondence to be sent to the Customer.
•  Coordinates and controls of the different Vendors / Manufacturers, Suppliers and Subcontractors
•  Correctly applies Quality procedures and HSE procedures and instruction
•  Properly deals with other Contractors to manage external interfaces with the Interface Manager
•  Allocates and co-ordinates human and physical resources in his team (if any)
• Continually reviews the technical Scope of Work and keeps updated the scope baseline informing constantly the PM, the Contract Manager and the Solution Engineering Manager
•  Proposes variation requests to SEM for submitting to the Customer
•  Assists the PM/SEM, the Contract Manager and the Sales department in the technical negotiation of the change proposalsand external) when scheduled and/or requested.
• Supports the Contract Manager in preparing the Claim Files (towards Vendors, Subcontracts and Customer)
• Supports the technical bid contributing to the offer preparation for Radio System, Wireless Transmission System (WTS) and related applications
•  Contributes to the preparation of the list of deliverables
• Refines acceptance procedure principles and Integration, Verification, Validation, Qualification, Acceptance Plan with the help of Integration Manager and the approval of the SEM
• Coordinates with Purchasing Department for the technical content of RFQ, for Offers evaluation and Suppliers selection
• Supports the Purchasing Department in the definition of subcontracts and standard clauses to be inserted in the Sub Contract Agreement and in the Purchase Orders

 Skills and experience

Specific technical competencies are necessary to cover this critical role and will be evaluated during candidate review:

• Min. 5 years of experience in the role
• Dimensioning, Design and Integration of complex multiservice (data / video / voice) wired telecommunication networks (Gigabit Ethernet, MPLS, etc.) and IP backbones
• Mastery of main Network L2 and L3 protocols (LACP, RSTP, OSPF, VLAN, etc.), redundancy protocol, protection protocols and their implementation
• Knowledge of the devices of main players in the market
• Knowledge of Network security policy and protocols
• Experiences in IP Networks configuration and deployment
• Familiarity with current technical trends in Network Solution architectures
• Networking Certification (eg CCNA,… etc)
• Proficiency in office tools to produce project documentation in various formats (documents, drawings, etc.)
• Practical knowledge of development lifecycle and its use by systems engineers
• Good knowledge of Operating Systems, both Windows and Linux based
• Basic knowledge of Cybersecurity and Information security
• Proficiency in office tools to produce project documentation in various formats (documents, drawings, etc.)

The candidate must have developed through his professional experiences the capability of managing relationship with other departments, Customers and Suppliers.
Fluent English and Italian is mandatory.
Available to travel.

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