Kenya
Job Description
Description
Reporting to the Manager – Access Transport Rollout the position holder will be responsible for modeling, planning, design, and optimization of reliable transmission systems /networks in support of fixed services (enterprise and consumer) and mobile services back haul requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivery of timely and quality Transmission and IP Solutions on Fiber, Microwave, Vsat, IPRAN DWDM, GPON etc. Plans within the project schedule and with the correct constraints (capacity thresholds, reliability etc.)
- Compilation of topology maps, schematics, Google route, building entry points & floor plans in GIS formats.
- Optimal Transmission design and implementation plans that saves on CAPEX and NOPEX requirements.
- Maintain Accurate Transmission and IP routing plans meeting the service descriptions such as reliability and Redundancy.
- Review of BOQs against the designs for Fiber, Microwave, IPRAN, GPON, and DWDM Projects.
- Supplier Management, Analysis of Subcontractors quotations & contracts and Process management with SLA setting with Supplier, Subcontractors, and other 3rd parties.
- Monitoring capacity threshold per route in line with set KPIs (70%) booking on Links, fiber cores and Ducts.
- Ensure reliability of planned design to achieve accurate, timely and economical plans e.g., performance of link against link design specs once built.
- Ensuring accurate, up-to date database documentation on network planning, design, implementation in addition to capacity planning, Routings, RFIs and fiber core provisioning in TIBCO, Lepton, Cell base, Map info, atoll, NQMS, OSP Insight etc.
- Schedule periodical audit function of on-ground data against database.
- Follow proper process with Regulators and Government Authorities and ensure accurate records are maintained for Spectrum usage with CA etc.
- Evaluate Reliability and cost effectiveness of trials introduced in the network and their ability to keep up with emerging technologies.
- Making Critical planning, design, and optimization decisions
- Managing Capex associated with projects and developing initiatives for Opex savings
- Evaluate Reliability and cost effectiveness of trials introduced in the network and their ability to keep up with emerging technologies.
- Running of trials/POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval
Qualifications
- Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunication Engineering, or related field.
- IP Certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP or CCIE
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience with 2 years specialized role in a busy telecommunications environment–Involved in Strategy Modeling, Planning, Design and Optimization of reliable transmission systems /networks.
- Knowledge in transport/data communication planning design and optimization tools.
- Excellent Analytical skills and attention to details.
- Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent Project management and business cases development.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Delivery of timely and quality Transmission and IP Solutions on Fiber, Microwave, Vsat, IPRAN DWDM, GPON etc. Plans within the project schedule and with the correct constraints (capacity thresholds, reliability etc.)
- Compilation of topology maps, schematics, Google route, building entry points & floor plans in GIS formats.
- Optimal Transmission design and implementation plans that saves on CAPEX and NOPEX requirements.
- Maintain Accurate Transmission and IP routing plans meeting the service descriptions such as reliability and Redundancy.
- Review of BOQs against the designs for Fiber, Microwave, IPRAN, GPON, and DWDM Projects.
- Supplier Management, Analysis of Subcontractors quotations & contracts and Process management with SLA setting with Supplier, Subcontractors, and other 3rd parties.
- Monitoring capacity threshold per route in line with set KPIs (70%) booking on Links, fiber cores and Ducts.
- Ensure reliability of planned design to achieve accurate, timely and economical plans e.g., performance of link against link design specs once built.
- Ensuring accurate, up-to date database documentation on network planning, design, implementation in addition to capacity planning, Routings, RFIs and fiber core provisioning in TIBCO, Lepton, Cell base, Map info, atoll, NQMS, OSP Insight etc.
- Schedule periodical audit function of on-ground data against database.
- Follow proper process with Regulators and Government Authorities and ensure accurate records are maintained for Spectrum usage with CA etc.
- Evaluate Reliability and cost effectiveness of trials introduced in the network and their ability to keep up with emerging technologies.
- Making Critical planning, design, and optimization decisions
- Managing Capex associated with projects and developing initiatives for Opex savings
- Evaluate Reliability and cost effectiveness of trials introduced in the network and their ability to keep up with emerging technologies.
- Running of trials/POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunication Engineering, or related field.
- IP Certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP or CCIE
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience with 2 years specialized role in a busy telecommunications environment–Involved in Strategy Modeling, Planning, Design and Optimization of reliable transmission systems /networks.
- Knowledge in transport/data communication planning design and optimization tools.
- Excellent Analytical skills and attention to details.
- Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent Project management and business cases development.
About Us
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021. We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.
About the Team
We are the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects. To achieve all this, we are ever-reliant on our competent and dependable staff who make it possible for us to achieve greater heights for our customers.
