VAS Planning Engineer at MTN Nigeria - 2 Positions

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 position below:

Job Title: VAS Planning Engineer

Location: Lagos
Slot: 2

Job Description

• Coordinating the efforts, inputs and outputs from many internal company departments, to ensure that the design and plan are carried out appropriately.
• Interface with Marketing, business development groups for new services and product development planning
• Coordination of VAS and Digital Product planning, development, implementation and optimization
• The role requires basic knowledge of the intelligent network and core network platforms
• Primary interface with vendors on technical design issues
• Project management and tracking to ensure that products are launched within specified timelines
• Define the 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
• Execute prompt provisioning of network capacity for all the VAS network elements, features, protocols
• Responsible for designing and dimensioning of the VAS network as well as new products and services to support the marketing product
• Plan and design the implementation of future Prepaid products
• Plan and design the network architecture to optimally serve the growth of the VAS network in terms of traffic, subscribers and value added service capacity
• Conduct analysis of network model outputs and traffic patterns to evaluate model and proffer solution if necessary within the VAS environment
• 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
• Drive high level discussions on the role of digital within the total ecosystem.
• Serve as a resource for creative teams in the development of insight driven digital strategies from opportunity identification through to experience definition.
• Support digital "evangelization" initiatives within the organisation
• Develop frameworks and methodologies for approaching digital assignments within the organisation.
• Conduct technical feasibility studies for new products and services and produce feasibility report
• Produce 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

Job Condition

• Normal MTNN working conditions.
• May be required to work extended hours.

Experience & Training
Experience:

• Minimum of 3+ years working experience in cellular industry comprising of:
• Experience with GSM, EDGE,WCDMA, HSDPA, HSPA, LTE Networks, Offload Technologies etc
• Technical experience in planning, design and working with GGSN, SGSN, W@P Gw, PCRF, Evolved Packet Core MMSC and other DATA platforms
• Familiar with telecommunication technology architecture
• Familiar with SOAP, VPN, SMSC, MMSC, SMPP, Short codes.
• Experience in products and services development and a good understanding of Mobile data services & roadmaps
• Knowledge of signaling systems C7, CIP/IP, MAP, SMPP, WAP, XML, HTTP(s), Diameter, GTP, etc.
• Experience with Statistics models and trending using Analytic/Modeling tools
• Basic knowledge of Online & Offline Charging Networks and VAS Platforms
• Knowledge of digital services with focus on Social, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud

Training:

• VAS nodes dimensioning
• GSM System Overview
• GPRS network Overview
• Mobile intelligent network (MIN) overview
• Charging systems overview
• GSM statistics handling
• TOGAF
• Signaling and communication network
• Network monitoring application training
• Project management
• MS office applications

Minimum Qualification

• B.Sc

Application Closing Date
19th May, 2015.

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