Technical Specialist for Fixed Networks
Start: as soon as possible
Duration: 1 year, with the possibility of extension
Hours per week: 40
Location: Arnhem (must be present at least 3 times per week)
Rate: €130, including MSP fee
Please note: additional screening is required for this role; the candidate can only start after completing the screening process.
Employment type: secondment, secondment-to-permanent, or self-employed. For self-employed candidates: performance obligations will be established at a later date.

As a Fixed Networks Technical Specialist at , you’ll contribute to the development and management of Alliander’s telecom services. This will enable Alliander Telecom to fulfill its crucial role in the energy supply of the future. You’ll help us realize our ambitions for the energy transition. You’ll make the grid more sustainable!

The energy transition is impossible without you as a Fixed Networks Technical Specialist

As a Fixed Networks Technical Specialist, you are a highly experienced professional and hold a senior role within the team. You are responsible for the development of the fiber-optic network and the services provided over it. You serve as the link between architecture and implementation by translating designs into feasible and manageable solutions.

In addition, you will be involved in researching, testing, and implementing new services, technologies, and network components. You will do this within our own test and acceptance environment. Drawing on your seniority and expertise in the areas of hardware, software, and networks, you will collaborate with supply chain partners to solve complex problems and take the lead in implementing structural improvements.

This is how you work on the energy of today and tomorrow:

• • Collaborate with architects and product owners to bring designs and policies from paper to reality;
  • A resource for engineers to resolve issues and problems as third-line support using ITIL processes;
  • Communicate with equipment suppliers and the customer’s technical specialists to independently resolve problems and implement improvements;
  • A key player in projects and bids, serving as the technical expert.

You complete the grid at Alliander

Did you know that Alliander is made up of several companies? Together with Liander, Qirion, Qterra, Dep, Firan, and Entrnce, we develop and manage the energy grid for millions of people in the Netherlands. And with the current energy transition, that’s hard work. We do this with the help of more than 10,000 professionals. Thanks to these talented individuals, we have complete confidence in the Netherlands’ energy future. Together with you, we’re making that possible.

You can only look ahead effectively if you have enough energy. And the right work environment gives you that. The Telecom department consists of 53 smart and dedicated specialists. Our vision is that telecom plays a crucial role in the energy supply of the future and the energy transition.

You make it more energetic   

Working on an organization that is future-proof. You do that from your own strength and talent. And you do it with us. Will you contribute to this with your innovative solutions? Super! Especially if you complement this with:  

• HBO/WO level of work and thinking, acquired through education or at least ten years of relevant work experience in a telecommunications environment;
• Experience with the design, implementation, and management of large-scale SDH networks
• MEF-CECP Certification
• In-depth knowledge and experience with complex telecommunications networks and related technologies, such as (carrier) Ethernet, SDH, OTN, PDH, and DWDM
• Knowledge of the Agile methodology is a plus