Team Lead IN/Prepaid Planning Engineer at MTN Nigeria

Job Description
• Coordinate the IN/prepaid Engineers to ensure effective technical feasibility studies and impact analysis for new features and services within the IN environment.
• Supervise network architecture and topology planning strategies and provide service capability for IN/Prepaid deployments.
• Supervise and justify the timely provisioning of Network capacity for all the IN, Charging System (CS) 3.0 Nodes, features, and protocols.
• Supervise the IN/Prepaid network architecture/topology planning to sustain the growth of the IN in terms of traffic, subscribers and value added service capacity.
• Perform technical investigations into issues related to IN design and performance, such as new types of hardware, new design methodologies, and charging impact of new technologies (GPRS, EDGE, WIMAX, SIGTRAN).
• Identify new software requirements and participate in developing specifications for all custom software tools.
• Evaluate the functionality and relevance of new IN/Prepaid feature deliveries and correction packages.
• Supervise and maintain processes for IN/Prepaid Tele-Traffic analysis for efficient network modeling and hardware dimensioning.
• Coordinate and provide end-to-end integration plan and input requirements for deployment of new Prepaid/IN Nodes.
• Supervise the update, review of Network architecture/topology and IN documents.
• Ensure Processor-Load is not above recommended level, and develop a de-load strategy in situation of high Processor-Load on all IN/Prepaid nodes.
• Maintain relationship with key vendors.
• Maintain all Network KPIs and ensure they are within acceptable limits.
• Track and monitor the generation of Network KPIs and operating system support (OSS) reflects the actual Live IN/Prepaid Nodes on the Network.
• Liaise with Pre Paid Support and Data Configuration Group (DCG)  and ensure timely implementation of service request change (SRC) to support optimization  within the IN/Prepaid layer.

Job Condition
• Normal MTNN working conditions
• May be required to work extended hours/weekends
• Working in an open plan office

Experience
• At Least 4 years experience in GSM environment, with emphasis on IN operations and planning
• Experience in interfacing with vendors and equipment suppliers
• Experience in multi-vendor network operations
• Experience in interpreting and aligning different vendors’ network/product roadmap towards delivering MTNN’s business goals
• Project Management Methodology experience

Training:
• CS 3.0 System Administration
• UNIX Sun Solaris System Admin
• Oracle and Sybase Relational Database
• AXE Intelligent network overview
• GSM Network Planning-Core Network
• GSM Mobile Soft Switch (MSS)
• GSM Network Planning- Node HW Dimensioning
• New technologies seminar / training
• Project Management Methodology
• Network Management Tools

Minimum qualification: BSc