Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited), a leading mobile telecommunication services provider in Nigeria and a member of Airtel Africa Group, is committed to providing innovative, exciting, affordable and quality mobile services to Nigerians, giving them the freedom to communicate, rise above their daily challenges and drive economic and social development. The company made history on August 5, 2001 by becoming the first telecoms operator to launch commercial GSM services in Nigeria and has scored a series of many "firsts" in the highly competitive Nigerian telecommunications market including the first to introduce toll-free 24-hour customer care; first to launch service in all the six geo-political zones in the country; first to introduce affordable recharge denominations; first to introduce monthly free SMS and first to introduce monthly airtime bonus.
A truly innovative company, Airtel has showed resilience, charting new paths in meeting the demands and needs of its esteemed stakeholders and enhancing distribution as well as providing affordable services to empower more Nigerians.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Senior Manager - Network Assurance
Location: Lagos
Job Purpose
Need to maximize the benefits in an MS setup and provide an active real-time oversight to the heart-beat of the Network Operation Centre in the MS Operation environment led to the setting-up of Network Assurance Centre (NAC).
The Network Assurance will be responsible for analysis of NOC KPIs and drive improvement in the Partner NOC for optimal benefit and provide service assurance.
Key Accountabilities
BSS/Transmission/Core:
Assurance of NOC Alarm handling for active elements by shadowing and monitoring partner
Assurance of Trouble Tickets (TT) for active elements. Monitor and escalate trouble tickets as per escalation matrix
Assurance of parameter data/change requests for active
Track and record service assurance impacting outages
Trigger Service Assurance sign-off
Follow through to ensure completion of Service Assurance sign-off
Interface with different Network domains to ensure tracking of Service Assurance impacting outages
Assurance Reports for both (Active & Passive) elements within BSS/Transmission/Core
Ensure timely reporting from partner NOC as per contractual and agreed timeline
Follow through for on-demand assurance reports
Generation of reports to measure, analyze and improve NOC management process
Management of Change end-to-end
Effective management of change requests for active elements by monitoring and ensuring closure of approved change requests as planned.
3rd Party Follow up
Follow-up and ensure Trouble Tickets pending with 3rd Party support partners like ISPs or others
Coordination between TowerCo and Manage Service Partner NOC
Coordinate incidents requiring alignment between TowerCo and Manage Service Partner NOC
Governance:
Drive daily outage sign-off between active and passive partners
Partner NOC KPI monitoring and sign-off
Develop updated Quality Assurance methodologies using in-house or external resources
Work with Network Performance Analysis team to help validates the effect of the Change Request by comparing before and after CR implementation
Audits all network elements (NEs) current DBs (i.e. MSC/MSS, MGWs, Transport /BSS/BTS/Cells, etc.) to ensure possible missing or unnecessary pieces in the DBs (if any) to be added or removed from the NEs DBs respectively
Conducts regular and ad-hoc QoS test calls (local/international) to evaluate call setup times, correct charging & voice qualities to ensure error free product services
Desired Skills and Experience
Educational Qualifications and Functional / Technical Skills:
Bachelor of Engineering or B. Tech degree (Electrical/Electronic, Telecommunication or related fields )
Expert on Mobile Network Operations Assurance (BSS/Transmission/Core)
Vendor Management
Project Management
Network Audit and functionality testing
Business analysis
Analytical, Statistical and Presentation skills
Sound MS Excel skill
Knowledge of Performance managements systems/tools/support systems
Relevant Experience:
Minimum 10 years’ experience in a GSM/Mobile company
Minimum 6 years Network Operations Assurance in Telecom
Minimum 3 Vendor Management experience
Minimum 4 years BSS/Transmission experience
Minimum 5 years Network Assurance experience
Other requirements:
Attention to details
Good negotiator
Integrity
Innovative
Analytic
Multi-tasking
Professionalism
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
Posted on Fri 28th Aug, 2015 14:39:11 GMT by Njoku, chibuike justice
Sequel to your advert, i hereby apply with the good intension of contribuing my quota to moving this company to a greater height. Hoping that my request will be given a favourable reply. Your, Faithfully,
Njoku, chibuike. J
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Posted on Fri 28th Aug, 2015 14:39:46 GMT by Njoku, chibuike justice
Sequel to your advert, i hereby apply with the good intension of contribuing my quota to moving this company to a greater height. Hoping that my request will be given a favourable reply. Your, Faithfully,
Njoku, chibuike. J