Translations Engineer

Job Title: Contract Translations Engineer Location: Charlotte North Carolina 28277 (100% Remote) Duration: 12 months, with Potential to extend Type: Contract Pay Rate: $31 per hour on W2 Work Hours: 40-hour work week. (8 am – 6 pm ET) – estimate (EST AND CST CANDIDATES or OPEN TO ASJUST TO EST TIME ZONE) Additional Notes: Required Skills & Experience Computer engineering degree with relevant experience; fundamentals of TDM trunking, IP-centric technology as well MS Office, TIRKS, and Telnet are a hard must. TDM voice switch experience is non-negotiable. 2/3 switching platform knowledge. Strong trunk and switching provisioning experience and knowledge are non-negotiable. Switches: 5ESS, DCO, DMS-10, DMS-100, C20, EWSD, GTD-5; SIP technology Self-motivated, requires minimal intervention, good communication skills Microsoft technology Required Skills & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Engineering , or equivalent telecom/military experience. Strong hands-on experience with voice translations engineering in carrier-class networks. Strong knowledge of TDM voice switching, call routing, trunking, signaling, screening, and numbering . Good understanding of SIP, SS7, ISUP/Q.764, Q.931 , and voice-network architecture. Experience with SS7 signaling , including A-Links, STPs, signaling routing, and translations. Experience supporting network migrations, switch consolidations, modernization, network rearrangements, and telecom capital projects . Ability to analyze existing network configurations and develop accurate translations/network changes . Experience creating and executing MOPs, implementation procedures, test plans, validation plans, and back-out plans . Strong troubleshooting skills across call routing, signaling, trunking, and translations . Experience working within formal change-management processes and maintenance windows . Comfortable with PuTTY, SecureCRT, MS Word, and Excel . Ability to coordinate with engineering, operations, transport, signaling, project management, and vendors . Ability to manage multiple projects and meet implementation deadlines. Desired Skills Experience with Ribbon, SBCs, media gateways, Stratus , or similar carrier-class voice platforms. Experience with circuit emulation and transporting legacy TDM services over packet networks. TDM-to-SIP voice migration experience. Carrier-class trunk groups, routing plans, numbering plans, signaling configurations, and interoffice networks . Voice-network modernization, switch decommissioning/consolidation , or legacy-platform retirement. Background as a Translations Engineer, Central Office Technician, Voice NOC Engineer , or similar. Scripting/data-processing experience with Python, Perl, VBScript , or similar. Experience with pre/post-change validation and troubleshooting customer-impacting voice issues . What You Will Be Doing Analyze legacy TDM voice configurations and determine translations required for migration to SIP/CSP infrastructure . Design and implement translations for call routing, trunking, signaling, screening, numbering, and traffic migration . Support migration of voice trunks, signaling, and ancillary TDM services . Develop MOPs, scripts, command sequences, test plans, validation procedures, and back-out plans . Perform pre-change analysis to identify routing conflicts, signaling issues, dependencies, capacity concerns, and potential service impacts . Implement approved network changes during scheduled maintenance windows. Perform post-migration testing and validation of call routing, trunks, signaling, and network functions. Troubleshoot TDM/SIP interoperability, translations, signaling, and call-processing issues . Coordinate with network engineering, operations, transport, signaling teams, project managers, and vendors , including Ribbon and Stratus. Maintain detailed project documentation, network configurations, test results, and implementation records. Identify and communicate technical risks, dependencies, and implementation concerns . Manage translations deliverables across multiple concurrent telecom projects . Serve as a subject-matter expert for legacy voice translations and SIP/CSP migration .