Engineer - Transmission Core Planning at MTN Nigeria

Mission

To plan, optimize and manage MTNN’s core transmission capacity and services (especially in the Metro & Switch) to ensure achievement of MTNN’s network rollout objectives as per the annual and strategic business plan.

Description

• Plan and design core transmission network capacity for mobile traffic and Enterprise services  
• Plan and design network protection on critical transmission links
• Ensure adequacy of redundancy of critical transmission network elements 
• Monitor capacity utilization and proactively release expansion plans for links approaching set threshold
• Provide detailed network diagram depicting the status of the core transmission network 
• Plan packet synchronization, DCN and QoS mapping for MTN Converged Transport Network
• Support in the expansion of network capacity ensuring it takes place on schedule and as planned
• Ensure optimal capacity utilization and transmission asset optimization 

Education:

• A first Degree/HND in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline 
• Fluent in English

Experience:

• 3 - 7 years of experience especially in Telecoms industry, including:
• Excellent knowledge of network transmission capacity planning, optimization and expansion for mobile and enterprise services backhaul using various multivendor network management systems such as Huawei/NCE-IP & Transport, Nokia/NFM-Packet & Transport, ZTE/Net-Nueman). 
• Experience in routing/switching technologies and services planning based on the following protocols: IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, SR, Layer2/Layer3 VPNs etc.
• Good knowledge of Transport technologies (MPLS, Carrier Ethernet, OTN, and DWDM), link protection schemes (LAG, MSTP, APS, SNCP, ERP) and network synchronization planning.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office tools (word, excel, project and power-point) for data analysis, reporting and presentation purposes.