Transmission Core Planning Engineer at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Transmission Core Planning Engineer

Location: Lagos
Division: Network Group

Core Purpose of the Job

• To plan and optimise the transmission network of MTN (especially the Core transmission-Metro, backbone & switch) within the specified region.

Job Summary

• Plan and design core transmission network capacity for mobile traffic backhaul
• Plan and design network protection and redundancy
• Monitor capacity utilization and provide adequate solution in place of congestion
• Provide detailed network diagram depicting the current status of the core transmission network
• Plan IP synchronization for the MTN CTN Network
• Build and maintain a good relationship between all networks related sections, customers and product suppliers.
• Support in the expansion of network ensuring it takes place on schedule and as planned.

Education

• First degree in Engineering, Computer Science, and/or Any other relevant Courses

Experience:

• At least 3 years work experience, especially in Telecoms industry, including:
• Electrical radio engineering, network topology design and fibre optic transmission networks
• Experience in Transmission nodes, capacity dimensioning and service planning/integration.
• Experience in connectivity, route planning, node and route protection (ERP, APS,LAG,MSP, SNCP etc)
• Experience in the various transmission technologies such as SDH, OTN,DWDM, IP/MPLS , Carrier Ethernet and so on
• Experience in the use of IP and MPLS in network planning/integration

Training:

• IP Savvy ( CCNA minimum)
• Specific Equipment Training (Nokia Service Router Series, Huawei OSN series, NE40E series, CX router series etc)
• Optical Network Planning

Job Conditions

• Normal MTNN office environment.
• May be required to work extended hours
• Open plan office

Application Closing Date
20th June, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Multiple applications are not allowed.