Global Submarine Network Engineer - 24x7 Ops & Colocation

Starhub Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

StarHub Ltd. is seeking a senior network professional to plan, implement and manage international networks, restorations, and colocation services across Asia Pacific. You will coordinate circuits, liaise with overseas carriers, and ensure timely provisioning and restoration for submarine cable systems.

The role requires on-call readiness, coordination with legal and regulatory teams, and travel to overseas sites for consortia and project activities across the region.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement international networks and network requirements based on traffic forecasts to support international services.
• Plan and implement bilateral restorations with overseas correspondent on 24 x 7 standby.
• Negotiate with overseas correspondents on bilateral circuit requirement
• Coordinate the implementation of circuits and associated equipment
• Liaise with relevant parties for specific international network requirements
• Coordinate implementation of restoration plan with international transmission
• Perform effective activation, deactivation and provisioning of all StarHub's International capacity and of different cable systems.
• Advise and fulfill BDM enquiry on capacity availability and international circuit design.
• Ensure all work orders are correctly provisioned, cost-effective, and delivered in a timely manner in alignment with specifications and requirements.
• Project management of StarHub's collocation and interconnections requirements at Singtel's and other cable stations in the Asia Pacific region.
• 24 x 7 standby with on call duties for submarine cable systems (dry and wet segment) fault localizations, fault repair and liaising with relevant cable systems and overseas carriers for restoration capacity.
• On-board representatives on vessel for submarine cable projects, surveys and repairs.
• Contract (StarHub Cable Station Interconnection Agreement) negotiation / revision with new / existing colocation carriers leading to the execution of agreement.
• Working closely with Legal, Regulatory and Finance to create cable station services products and services including legal agreement, financial costing, internal workflow and processes based on legal and regulatory framework.
• Maintain overall end-to-end responsibility for providing colocation services to customers at StarHub Cable Landing Stations.
• Manage colocation customers to ensure efficient allocation of colo space and power in StarHub's cable landing station.
• Oversee colocation customers' site access and security.
• Keep up-to-date and accurate records of the customers' colocation subscribed services.
• Review, process, track, and maintain accurate records of cross-connection requests and completions; perform troubleshooting and fiber patching.
• Liaise with colo customers on adhoc/emergency interconnection, troubleshooting and urgent site access requests.
• Travel overseas to attend cable consortia meetings as required.

Job description

StarHub Ltd. is seeking a senior network professional to plan, implement and manage international networks, restorations, and colocation services across Asia Pacific. You will coordinate circuits, liaise with overseas carriers, and ensure timely provisioning and restoration for submarine cable systems.

The role requires on-call readiness, coordination with legal and regulatory teams, and travel to overseas sites for consortia and project activities across the region.