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We can connect you at on land, at sea and in the air. We also deliver broadcast television channels and packages, transmitting vital news reports around the world.\nWith Eutelsat You’ll Get To:\nPioneer the future of Space Technology\nBring connectivity to remote frontiers\nCollaborate with customer-centric experts\nEmbrace cultural diversity in our global team\nIn a dynamic industry where passion drives our teams to make a difference to become the most trusted partner for global satellite connectivity, you will elevate your skills in a stretching, rewarding, and meaningful environment. At Eutelsat, we’re united by inclusion and diversity, striving for gender balance and social responsibility, on Earth and in Space.\nWhy Eutelsat ?\nCommitment to Diversity & Inclusion: With colleagues from over 75 countries, we embrace our global DNA and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We are proud that one-third of our executive team and 60% of our board are represented by women.\nWays of Working That Drive Us: As \"One Team,\" we work collaboratively towards shared goals, with customer-centricity, respect, and inclusivity as our guiding principles.\nSustainability at Our Core: At Eutelsat, sustainability is more than just a word; it’s woven into our strategy. We’re dedicated to balancing social, environmental, and economic growth - both on Earth and in space.\nWork-Life Balance: We offer flexible schedules and hybrid work options to help you balance your personal and professional life. At Eutelsat, we are committed to supporting your well-being and ensuring you have the flexibility you need to succeed both at work and at home.\nReady to grow with us? Apply today and help us build a more inclusive, sustainable future in the world of satellite technology\nRole Overview\nEutelsat is seeking an experienced End-to-End Network Architect to lead the definition and coordination of the network architecture for next-generation satellite communication systems integrating terrestrial and non-terrestrial 5G networks.\nThe role focuses on developing and maintaining the end-to-end network architecture across the space, ground, transport, 5G and service domains. Its scope includes network topology, functional allocation, control-plane and user-plane connectivity, routing and forwarding, packet transport, protocol stacks, QoS, resilience and service continuity.\nYou will work across system architecture, satellite payload, ground segment, NG-RAN, 5G Core, security, operations and verification teams. You will also provide technical direction to suppliers and partners, ensuring that detailed designs remain consistent with the agreed end-to-end architecture.\nThis is a senior architecture role within the System Architecture team, working collaboratively with other architects to coordinate cross-domain activities and resolve complex issues spanning multiple system components and engineering disciplines.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine and maintain the end-to-end network architecture and 5G System architecture across the satellite, ground, transport, and service domains.\nDefine the functional allocation and interactions between the UE, gNB, 5G Core, transport network, satellite payload, and ground segment.\nDevelop architecture solutions for terrestrial and non-terrestrial 5G deployments.\nEstablish network architecture principles, functional allocations, interface definitions, and design constraints.\nEvaluate and select appropriate networking technologies and mechanisms, including:\nEvaluate and select suitable technologies and protocols, including:\nIPv4 and IPv6;\nEthernet and VLAN-based transport;\nMPLS, MPLS-TP, and Segment Routing;\nIS-IS, BGP, and related routing protocols;\nQoS, traffic engineering, redundancy, convergence and resilience mechanisms.\nDefine the network protocol stacks and associated requirements for the relevant system components and interfaces.\nAnalyse network performance, scalability, routing convergence, availability, resilience, and service continuity.\nDefine end-to-end performance KPIs, measurement points and performance budgets, and ensure their allocation across the relevant system domains.\nPerform and document architecture trade-offs covering routing, mobility, traffic distribution, functional placement, redundancy, and failure recovery.\nCoordinate technical activities across internal teams, suppliers, and external partners.\nReview supplier designs and assess their alignment with the end-to-end architecture and applicable system requirements.\nContribute to system requirements, architecture specifications, interface documents, and design justification files.\nSupport verification activities, network simulations, demonstrations, integration, and system level testing.\nIdentify technical risks, architectural gaps, and cross-domain dependencies, and drive them to resolution.\nRequired Experience\n5-10 years of relevant professional experience in 5G system architecture, network architecture, telecommunications systems engineering, or a related field.\nA master’s degree or PhD in telecommunications, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.\nStrong understanding of the 5G System architecture, including NG-RAN, the 5G Core, transport networks and end-to-end control-plane and user-plane connectivity.\nExperience with key 5G functions and components, including the gNB, AMF, SMF, UPF, and UDM.\nStrong experience analysing protocol stacks and interface behaviour across key 5G interfaces, including Uu, F1, E1, Xn, N1, N2, N3, N4, N6 and service-based interfaces, using protocols such as RRC, NAS, NGAP, F1AP, E1AP, XnAP, SCTP, GTP-U, PFCP and HTTP/2.\nKnowledge of key 5G procedures, including registration, PDU Session establishment, mobility, handover, and session continuity.\nStrong experience in IP networking, routing protocols, and packet-transport technologies.\nExperience designing complex end-to-end networks spanning multiple technical and operational domains.\nExperience defining system requirements, protocol stacks, architecture specifications, and interface definitions.\nAbility to perform, document, and communicate end-to-end architecture analyses and technical trade-offs.\nGood understanding of network resilience, routing convergence, QoS, traffic engineering, and network security.\nExperience coordinating technical work across multidisciplinary teams and suppliers.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills in English.\nDesirable Experience\nExperience with satellite communication systems, non-terrestrial networks or LEO, MEO or GEO satellite constellations.\nUnderstanding of 3GPP NTN architecture, satellite mobility and service-continuity scenarios.\nExperience with transparent or regenerative satellite architectures, onboard processing, inter-satellite links or feeder-link networks.\nKnowledge of LTE/EPC architecture and interworking or migration between 4G and 5G systems.\nExperience with technologies such as MPLS-TP, SR-MPLS, TI-LFA, BFD, EVPN or software-defined networking.\nExperience using network modelling, simulation, traffic analysis or automation tools.\nFamiliarity with systems-engineering methodologies and tools such as Capella, Jama, Jira or Confluence.\nCandidate Profile\nYou combine strong technical depth with an end-to-end architectural perspective. You are comfortable working at both system and protocol level and can translate service and operational needs into a coherent and implementable network architecture.\nYou can challenge proposed solutions constructively, distinguish architectural constraints from implementation preferences, and explain complex technical decisions to both specialist and non-specialist stakeholders.\nYou are able to lead technical discussions across organisational and domain boundaries, reconcile conflicting requirements and drive alignment across internal teams, customers, partners and suppliers.\nEutelsat treats the protection of personal data submitted to it seriously. 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