VAS Planning Senior Engineer Job at MTN Nigeria

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Job Title: VAS Planning Senior Engineer

Job ID: 1951

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Department: Information Systems

Organisation: MTN Nigeria Communications Limited

Job Description:    

•   Supervise the definition of an optimal network topology for the VAS platforms (e.g. SMSC, VMS, , RBT, EIR, USSD, etc) for deployment of  Value Added service to give MTNN competitive advantage

•   Supervise and execute prompt provisioning of network capacity for all the VAS network elements, features, protocols

•   Lead the design and dimensioning of the VAS network as well as new products and services to support the marketing product

•   Supervise the planning , design and  implementation of future Prepaid products

•   Supervise the planning and design of the network architecture to optimally serve the growth of the VAS network in terms of traffic, subscribers and value added service capacity

•   Coordinate and conduct analysis of network model outputs and traffic patterns to evaluate model and proffer solution if necessary within the VAS & Data environment

•   Supervise the design and plan the evolution of Value Added Services, such as, but not limited to, messaging (Voicemail & SMS), value propositions, other Third Party applications and services

•   Conduct technical feasibility studies for new products and services and produce feasibility report

•   Ensure production of all necessary documentation inc Functional and Technical Specification documents for new products and services

•   Participate in cross functional meetings with key stakeholders involved in the development and deployment of new Value Added Services in order to define best solutions for new products and services

•   Meet with vendors on new market releases and technology upgrade path to ensure quick deployment of new and innovative products/services

•   Ensure maintenance of defined network measurement and optimization parameters for the VAS platforms

•   Ensure maintenance of define network modeling and traffic analysis tools for proper traffic trending and analysis within the VAS environment

Job Conditions: General MTNN working conditions

Reporting To: VAS Planning Manager

Required Skills:   

•   A Bachelors Degree in Electrical/Electronics or Computer Engineering

•   4+ years of experience in cellular industry, with focus on VAS

•   Experience with GSM, TDMA, CDMA, 2.5/3G networks.

•   Technical experience in planning, design and working with SMSC, VMS, RBT and other VAS platforms

•   Vast experience in new products and services development and a good understanding of Product Development Life Cycle

•   Vast Knowledge of signaling systems C7, ISUP, MAP, SMPP, WAP, XML, HTTP etc

•   Experience with Statistics models and trending using Analytic/Modeling tools

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