Engineer, Fixed Transmission Job at Etisalat Nigeria

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Job Title: Engineer, Fixed Transmission

Location: Lagos Nigeria

Organisation: Etisalat Nigeria

Job Summary:

•   Provide support towards proper integration of new backbone, access and leased transmission links including copper, microwave and OFC media

•   Operate and maintain MUXes and ADMs in a multi-vendor environment including Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia-Siemens, Nera (SDH, DWDM, OTN, OADM and IP)

Principal Functions:

•   Provide high level technical support for Regional Field Support Engineers in the resolution of transmission faults and minimize network downtime

•   Proffer solutions to repetitive transmission network faults affecting network quality and availability

•   Liaise with the Regional Field Support Engineers towards the resolution of prolonged and repetitive transmission faults

•   Ensure that all preventive, corrective and configuration Work Orders/ Change Requests are duly implemented and according to the Work Order/ Change Request process

•   Ensure timely escalation of all inter-MSC, MSC-BSC, BSC-BSC and interconnect transmission links faults; follow up with vendors and third party service providers to ensure that faults are resolved within defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

•   Manage and escalate all unresolved/ major faults to appropriate quarters for necessary attention

•   Ensure transmission operations work undertaken by vendors/ service providers meets with Etisalat Nigeria specifications

•   Manage the performance and availability of backbone and access transmission services and systems as deployed ? radio/ microwave/ OFC as well as interconnect links

•   Manage bandwidth on the microwave/ fibre backbone and other transmission media for optimal performance

•   Administer accurate data within the transmission database, e.g accurate tracking of RFQs and orders placed with vendors/ service providers

•   Co-ordinate the acceptance testing of all delivered links

•   Maintain comprehensive records of all transmission links

•   Prepare and compile reports on leased, backbone and access transmission links in light of existing SLAs

•   Monitor and ensure adherence to SLAs by vendors (interconnect partners, transmission link providers, etc)

•   Conduct routine performance checks on the transmission links via the NMS systems in order to ensure desired Quality of Service (QoS) and customer experience

•   Ensure that approved transmission optimization tasks are executed according to schedule and with minimal distortion to service

•   Consistently refine operating processes, systems and platforms to facilitate continuous improvement and ensure network operations meet delivery requirements

•   Perform any other duties assigned by the Manager-Transmission

Educational Requirements:       

•   First degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or any other relevant discipline

•   Relevant professional qualifications/ certifications will provide an advantage

Experience,Skills & Competencies:   

At least two (2) years? directly relevant post-NYSC work experience working on microwave radio installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance

Ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:

•   Excellent understanding of Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and Nokia-Siemens microwave radio products

•   Excellent understanding of OFC infrastructure operations and maintenance

•   Very good understanding of various SDH/ PDH radios

•   Very good understanding of GSM network

•   Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

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