Network architect (M/F)

Joining Davidson not only means joining a group of 3,000 consultants in 6 countries and 2 continents, but also joining a company that has been voted a Great Place To Work France and Europe by its employees for no less than 4 years , as well as one of the largest B Corps in France, named Best in the World in the "employees" category in 2022! ("B Corps" form a community of companies that have decided not to be the best in the world but the best FOR the world).

Because our development is based on strong principles:

• Deep respect for all our stakeholders: consultants, customers and suppliers. Because if work "can't buy you happiness", it can however cause unhappiness. Therefore, we are committed to listening and acting honestly.
• Equal opportunities in the processing of our applications and in the career management of our employees. We believe in a workplace where gender equality, inclusion and diversity are the norm.
• A minimal environmental impact and a maximum societal impact. That's why, beyond the work you'll be carrying out, you'll also be able to contribute to projects that Davidson supports: international solidarity work (with Planète Urgence), volunteering with charities (each Davidsonian has 3 days a year to work with them), supporting students from underprivileged backgrounds (with Article 1), investing in startups developing innovative solutions, collective and individual actions to reduce our carbon footprint, etc.
• Adhocratic management based on the implementation of the principles of "horizontal company" and "tribal management". One important detail on this last point: well-being at work is a luxury that we must be able to grant ourselves by being a "solid" company. For Davidsonians, this means combining initiative, commitment and professionalism. Because "talent without work is nothing". And it encourages us to recruit .. who are better than us...

We encourage applications from people with disabilities, and we are committed to meeting their specific needs in the best possible way.

Mission / Profile

You'll be working on projects to validate and integrate complex solutions.

In the course of your work, you will be responsible for:

• Deploying and integrating software modules and systems in Linux and/or Windows environments
• Devising strategies, ensuring that the established requirements are traceable
• Helping to create test procedures, conduct tests, write up reports, etc.
• Reproducing and investigating faults so that you can suggest or recommend solutions in consultation with the architects
• Reporting faults to developers or suppliers, and ensuring they are resolved
• Producing validation reports that will be of use to the other teams working on the solution
• Participating in the development of strategies and procedures for upgrading equipment software and hardware
• Contributing to specifications and assisting in the development of validation information for updating troubleshooting procedures

Skills (pre-existing or to be acquired)

• Virtualisation solutions: Docker, VMware, OpenStack, KVM
• Deployment tools: Ansible, Puppet, Git, Maven
• You're proficient in Linux and scripting tools (Python, Bash)
• Software message bus solutions: Kafka, MQTT

Talents/soft skills

• Team player
• Curious
• Thorough
• English language

Description of the segment's business
Telecommunications industry

Telecommunications are a key part of Davidson's history. From equipment suppliers to operators and users, since the company's inception we've been working with those who devise, roll out and run fixed and mobile communications networks all around the globe. Founded during the 3G period, Davidson saw the first rollouts of 4G/LTE, convergence via IMS, the emergence of the Internet of Things, the popularisation of fibre optics, the introduction of SDNs, etc.

Davidson is now one of the leading telecoms consulting providers in France and Europe, supported by its experts and project managers drawing on a wealth of internal resources: a training institute (5G, IoT, PMP, FTTx, virtualisation, etc.), rooms dedicated to ideation and meetups (Singular), an R&D department (leading multiple partnerships and financing arrangements, including INRIA, Telecom SudParis, ESEO/ENSTA Bretagne and Eurecom) and a unit for monitoring normalization/standardization (responsible for the publication of "5G networks", éditions Eyrolles).

This enables us to work on assessment assignments and project management in technical assistance, service centres and packages with an outcome obligation.
Examples of assignments:

1. Supporting customers with IoT & 5G trials
2. Technical due diligence
3. Auditing and organizing a deployment programme
4. Radio/core/service platform bid management
5. Protocol architecture
6. Network equipment and smartphone validation
7. Network sizing
8. Steering of HW/SW deployment projects
9. Detailed engineering and configuration
10. Radio QoS, IP QoS, QoE, application metro-logy
11. The next project we'll be working on together...