Career Opportunities At Etisalat Nigeria November, 2012
Employment Nigeria
01-Jan-1970
NIGERIA , NIGERIA ,
[THIS JOB HAS BEEN MODIFIED AFTER ITS FIRST POST!!!]CURRENT VACANCIES AT EMTS - ETISALAT
JOB TITLE: ENGINEER - FIXED TRANSMISSION
JOB LOCATION: ABUJA
JOB DESCRIPTION
Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services (EMTS), trading as Etisalat, is a Nigerian company duly incorporated under the laws of Nigeria in partnership with Mubadala Development Company and Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates. Incorporated in Nigeria as a private company, it acquired the Unified Access License from the Federal Government in January 2007.
JOB SUMMARY
Provide necessary 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, 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; 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 Service Level Agreements (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
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EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- First degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or any other relevant discipline
- Relevant professional qualifications/ certifications will provide an advantage
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- At least two (2) years - directly relevant post-NYSC work experience
- Ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:
- At least 1 year experience working on microwave radio installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance
- Excellent understanding of Alcatel, Huawei and Nokia-Siemens microwave radio products
- Excellent understanding of OFC infrastructural operations and maintenance
- Very good understanding of various SDH/ PDH radios
- Very good understanding of GSM network.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Click here to apply for job: http://careers.etisalat.com.ng/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=375354707&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=387&p_spid=2042&oapc=14&oas=kxsothGxyb8AqgdQ9cBKdQ
Closing Date: 30 /11 / 2012.
Sorry the application deadline for this job has elapsed
