Senior Telecommunications EngineerImmediate need for a talented Senior Telecommunications Engineer with experience in the Telecom Industry. This is a 12+Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Southlake, TX.Key Requirements and Technology Experience:Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work experience.5 years Linux experience required, certification preferred.Experience with application support of cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service platforms: OpenStack preferred.Networking experience including managing load balancers and firewalls, troubleshooting connectivity issues, packet capture and analysis, certification preferred.Experience with wireless Telecom technologies including IMS and SMS/MMS messaging systems a plusFamiliarity with monitoring tools such as: Irisview, NetScout, Wireshark, SevOne beneficialKnowledge of protocols such as: TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, NFS, Diameter, SIP, MSRP, LDAP, SMPPExperience with logging and reporting solutions such as: Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana (ELK), Grafana, or SplunkScripting skills desired such as: shell, Python, Yaml, RubyExperience with client processes for submitting configuration requests to various network teams required to complete related system builds a plusWorking knowledge of Client processes and procedures for change requests and network implementation preferred.Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrate ability to work with others to achieve project goals.Excellent written and oral communication skillsMust be able to effectively manage changing priorities.Our client is a leading Telecom Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.