5G Core UPF Specialist: User Plane Expert

Lansing Community College; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lansing Community College is seeking a skilled 5G Core SME to join its wireless core team. You will test, deploy and debug customer 5G networks, focusing on UPF deployment, TE configurations and core interfaces. Ideal candidates will bring strong 3GPP knowledge, DPI expertise and hands-on lab testing experience.

The role emphasizes development, verification, and collaboration with vendors to ensure robust 5G core solutions for enterprise and carrier-like deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• Extensive experience with 5G core networks and related standards.
• Strong knowledge of DPI and traffic analysis.
• Experience in lab/test environments for mobile core networks.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, deploys, and supports wireless core network functions in a service-based architecture.
• Leads work streams for 5G UPF placement, N3/N4/N6 interfaces and policies.
• Engages vendors on performance, features, and upgrades of 5G Core functions.
• Plans test strategies and executes 4G/5G core tests for new network use cases.

Skills

5G Core expertise

DPI / Deep Packet Inspection

Wireshark

TCP/IP

Network testing

NSA/SA 5G

IPv4/IPv6

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Spirent

Tektronix

Cisco routers

Packet analyzers

Job description

Lansing Community College is seeking a skilled 5G Core SME to join its wireless core team. You will test, deploy and debug customer 5G networks, focusing on UPF deployment, TE configurations and core interfaces. Ideal candidates will bring strong 3GPP knowledge, DPI expertise and hands-on lab testing experience.

The role emphasizes development, verification, and collaboration with vendors to ensure robust 5G core solutions for enterprise and carrier-like deployments.