ROLE TITLE: Senior Software Engineer
REPORTING TO: Principle Engineer

ABOUT OPENET

Openet is a leading worldwide provider of event processing and transaction management solutions that enable service providers to maximize profitability, minimize deployment and management costs and ensure regulatory and partner requirements compliance. Our products - FusionWorks Mediation, FusionWorks Charging, and FusionWorks Real-Time Rating – and the solutions they enable, set the industry standard for availability, performance and scale in processing and management of network activity events and transactions in multi-service convergent environments

ROLE SUMMARY

The role of a Senior Software Engineer in Openet requires solving a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways. The Senior Software Engineer must be able to take ownership of specific complex tasks, and take them to completion.

The some of the tasks involved are:
• Creation and review of Functional Specifications using Proposal and requirement documentation as input.
• Ability to design and implement a complex module with minimal supervision or review.
• Review Design Specifications and code of Level I and II engineers.
• Create and review Test plans and Testing of large modules and systems.
• Take a leadership role on larger development projects.
• Installation and delivery of customer deliveries on a customer site, and dealing with customer issues.
• Mentoring and review of more junior engineers

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works on multiple problems of diverse scope where refinement of design/requirements will be necessary & is expected to drive resolution of requirements. Produces functional and design specifications and test plans in the course of implementing solutions.
• Is able to take responsibility for the complete life cycle of a module from requirements to delivery
• Is able to plan, schedule and monitor own work with little review.
• Is proactive in a development team, contributes significantly to the success of the team and able to gain the co-operation of others.
• Is experienced in a variety of technologies, possibly focusing on a particular expertise.
• Continues to demonstrate an organised, systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to designing, problem solving, coding and defect fixing.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills for effective dialogue with colleagues on a project team and superiors.
• Continues to develops an appreciation of the wider field of technology outside his/her own specialisation and has developed a good broad understanding of computer system architecture, (studying, magazines, WEB..).
• Able to bring these new technologies into use in Openet Telecom

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Enquiring
• Analytical
• Creative
• Initiative
• Comprehension
• Planning

ENTRY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL

• Software development in a UNIX environment Design and development track record

- USEFUL

• Telecom networks

SKILLS ESSENTIAL

• C & C++ UNIX OOD

- USEFUL

• Java CORBA NT VC++ Telecom networking (ISDN, X.25, SS7)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience, and a minimum 4-year to 6-years industry experience

EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL

• Software Design & Development in industry Demonstrable analysis abilities Experience leading number of junior developers

• To Apply, send your CV to: jobs@openet.com