Job Title: Senior Engineer, IP Core Transmission
Company: Etisalat Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 3 years
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Field: Engineering / Technical ICT / Computer
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Etisalat's vision is a world where people's reach is not limited by matter or distance; a world where people will effortlessly stay in touch with family and friends; a world where businesses of all sizes can reach new markets without the limitations of distance and travel.
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Job Summary: – Plan and design node, sites & links within the national IP/MPLS Edge & Core Networks and ensure ongoing development aligns with the organization's business plan.
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Principal Functions: – Produce network convergence hierarchy, topology, architecture and infrastructure redundancy plan for VPN service integration, regional service provider edge aggregation and IP Core Transport via the multi-service backbone. – Interface with Transmission specialists and Topology for planning of optic (DWDM) backbone connectivity, capacity planning and allocation for efficient transport of all internal and external data traffic. – Plan, design and optimize routing & transport technologies for provider EDGE aggregation and core transport network integration and verify requests, justify needs and classify all requested networks and services for MPLS VPN integration. – Plan, deploy and evolve Quality of Service techniques at the network Edge and in the MPLS core network. – Plan all backbone integration events, issue work orders and control project processes for capacity expansion, node integration and/or new service introduction. – Conduct weekly & monthly network performance monitoring, trend analyses, capacity planning and expansion in line with network growth trends and increase in traffic. – Develop and evolve IP addressing, naming and numbering formats of all network nodes and elements in the IP/MPLS backbone. – Produce and evolve designs for integration and extension of IP/MPLS edge functionality to the campus LAN Core at all IP Backbone locations. – Plan schedule and conduct site visits and surveys for accurate and effective network design, dimensioning and integration planning. – Assist in network capacity planning, network disaster recovery planning, Network synchronization planning, contact management, project management, SLA (Service-level agreements specifications) – Provide transport dimensioning input towards core strategies. – Provide input towards architectural and topology plans of the entire core network. – Help monitor technology evolution and match vendor strategy. – Evaluate cost benefit of media technologies. – Perform other duties as instructed by the Manager, IP Planning & Enterprise Solution.
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Educational Requirements: – First Degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
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Experience, Skills & Competencies: – Three (3) to five (5) year relevant work experience – Cisco Certification in Routing & Switching required (CCNP) – Telecommunications & Mobile Network Standards & Specifications – IP Network design & Planning – Problem Solving – Communication – Passion for Excellence – Integrity – Empowering people – Growing people – Team work – Customer Focus.
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