ENGINEER II, SWITCH PLANNING (1 position)
MTN-Uganda is the leading telecommunications Company in Uganda, providing payphone, fixed lines, fax/data, internet and mobile services. MTN is an equal opportunity employer and is seeking to recruit a competent individual to fill the vacant Position of Engineer II, Switch Planning.
The position reports to the Principal Engineer, Switch Planning
The main purpose of the job is: -
To provide system performance monitoring for MTN’s core network nodes through:
- Setup, Collection, Analysis and Dissemination of a variety of core network statistics.
- Timely recommendation of relevant capacity upgrades so as to meet the demands of both subscriber and traffic growth.
- Setup, collect and analyze network statistics (such as processor load, call/transcoder/route/C7/HSL congestion, erlang utilization, MHT, BHCA, route availability, etc.) for core network switch equipment (such as MSC, BSC, MGw, MSC-S, CGSN, HLR, STP)
- Prepare weekly, monthly and annual Core Network Node performance reports that capture the gist of the statistics mentioned in (1), above for the internal customers of Switch Planning.
- Monitor Core Network traffic and recommend switch capacity adjustments to meet traffic requirements through (i) raising work orders to the Operations Department (ii) Network Status Reports.
- Forecast Core Network capacity requirements to meet growing network traffic demands and subscriber projections as per the MTN business plan.
- Timely development of Project specifications for all new Core Network Platforms and services for submission to the Capital Projects Department for Implementation.
- Monitor Core Network Nodes Licenses so that timely license upgrades may be carried out without exceeding capacity limitations.
- Participate in Acceptance tests for all new Core Network Platforms and Services.
- Technical Lead for Core Network Planning projects assigned.
- Plan, monitor, coordinate and accept all new Switch building developments, improvements and installations.
- Update and Keep a record of all hardware and software versions for all Core Network equipment.
- Carry out research on new switching platforms, software releases that can be used to improve services on the MTN Network.
- Recommend appropriate switch Network resilience and redundancy plans.
- Participate, in conjunction with the Capital Projects Department, in hand over of all completed Core Network developments to Network operations.
- A Bachelor’s of science Degree in Electrical/Telecommunications engineering.
- One year's experience in Core Network Planning and traffic engineering.
- One years’ experience in operation of digital telephone exchanges, signaling number 7 and GPRS/EDGE and 3G networks.
- Proficiency in use of windows, UNIX Platforms and IP Networking. Proficiency in MS office packages.
- Individual should be innovative, results-oriented and have the ability to work long hours under pressure.
- Team Player, Organized, Innovative.
- Technical Knowledge of the operation of GSM networks
- Excellent PC and computing skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Core Network Planning.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Software (MS Excel, MS Project, MS Work, MS Power Point, SharePoint etc.)
- Core Network planning & optimization.
- Ericsson specific AXE training.
- Huawei specific training.
MTN Uganda is an equal opportunity employer.
ENGINEER II, SWITCH PLANNING
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