Transmission and Core Network Engineer at Konga Nigeria

Konga.com is Nigeria's largest online mall. We launched in July 2012 and our mission is to become the engine of commerce and trade in Africa. We serve a retail customer base that continues to grow exponentially, offering products that span various categories including Phones, Computers, Clothing, Shoes, Home Appliances, Books, healthcare, Baby Products, personal care and much more. Our range of services are designed to ensure optimum levels of convenience and customer satisfaction with the retail process; these services include our lowest price guarantee, 7-day free return policy*, order delivery-tracking, dedicated customer service support and many other premium services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Transmission and Core Network Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Activities
Network Monitoring:

• Ensure smooth running of all network monitoring systems: both for Core network nodes and transmission network

Network Operations:

• Run on 24*7*365 network monitoring operation.
• Ensure Core network and Customer links Monitoring applications are functioning properly: Solarwinds, Nagios, Nagviz, SAM, VNQM etc.
• Engagement of various Colo/POPs sites manager in ensuring smooth running of the sites and our equipment there in.

Escalation:

• Escalating issues related to cooling, voltage instability, shelter leakages etc.
• Ensure continuous engagement of vendors and OEMs on service related issues.

Network Optimization:

• Proactively escalate issues to the network infrastructure team for capacity planning and network optimization

Access Management:

• Managing access request for the Operation team visit to POPs/Colo sites, arranging joint visits to sites

Reporting:

• Generate and compile regular report/availability for each of the Colo sites and service Providers.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• University Degree in Engineering.
• Professional Qualification (CCNA, CompTIA Network +, ITIL, etc.) an added advantage
• Knowledge of networking and network monitoring/management.
• Knowledge and experience with various web technologies
• Ability to learn new things quickly.

Work Experience:

• At least 1 year in telecommunications industry.
• Familiarity with Linux environment.
• Fair Idea of SNMP monitoring.

Functional Skills:
Monitoring & Troubleshooting and Alerting:

• Proactive monitoring of the status and performance of network infrastructure and services across the regions.
• Troubleshooting and resolving first level network outages on the network.
• Perform second level Escalation on network outages or faults to responsible parties.
• Proactive monitoring of the FTTH network (OLT outages, PON port outages, link outages, etc.) for all faults and outages.
• Proactive monitoring of hardware status of equipment (cooling, power, security, etc.) running on the network and escalating to responsible parties in the event of a fault.
• Proactive monitoring of network trends and alert for network optimization and planning.
• Proactive monitoring services (AAA servers, freeside, access control servers, etc.) supporting the network and escalating in the event of any outages. Client and Third-party Interaction:
• Processing access into third party sites on the network for visiting engineers.
• Providing remote support to field engineers during network outages.
• Engaging third-party providers (collocation, leased-lines, etc) on any faults and follow-up till outages are resolved.
• Raising tickets for faults on the network for tracking and effective escalation
• Handling ticket escalations from customers and providing necessary support and updates.

Documentation:

• Generate daily, Weekly and Monthly reports on all network outages, network performance and service availability for third party providers on the network.

Other Requirements:

• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Action orientation
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Self-Development
• Nimble Learning

Application Closing Date
10th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.