We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the VAS
Technical Department within the Technical/IT Division.
In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:
Senior Voice Services Planning Engineer
Ref: TECHNICAL/IT _SVSPE_DECEMBER_2011
Reporting to the Senior VAS Planning Manager; the holder of the position will be responsible for evaluation of new and existing hardware, planning & design for new solutions, implementation and integration of new hardware/software, project management, optimization of existing systems and internal process improvement.
Key ResponsibilitiesIn keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:
Senior Voice Services Planning Engineer
Ref: TECHNICAL/IT _SVSPE_DECEMBER_2011
Reporting to the Senior VAS Planning Manager; the holder of the position will be responsible for evaluation of new and existing hardware, planning & design for new solutions, implementation and integration of new hardware/software, project management, optimization of existing systems and internal process improvement.
- Create
key performance indicators for new products/services;
- Play
a lead role in marketing proposals, product & services vendor
evaluation process; weighted evaluation for new hardware, features and
services;
- Design
messaging network, improve & update network diagram when new elements
are added; analyze VAS systems network against KPI;
- Minimize
network and service impact for any change and schedule all the planned
work;
- Plan
for software and/or hardware upgrades to cater for network growth ;
- Create
and update handover system configuration documentation after
software/hardware upgrade;
- Configure
data for new systems with vendor engineer and create/adopt necessary work
instruction for existing systems;
- Perform
S.W.O.T Analysis of projects and play a lead role in internal training and
transference of skills and knowledge to Engineers and Technicians;
- Provide
recommendation reports to Identify opportunities for improvement and
optimization of existing services and create a tool/find out method to get
statistical data from the system;
- Liaise
with O&M to implement recommendations to improve system performance
and success rate;
- Analyze
the effect of a new/improvement change before & after project
implementation;
- Development
and management of Project Plans, activities and project staff;
- Build
internal and external relationships with key customers and suppliers to
deliver continuous quality solutions to business.
Minimum requirements
- Degree
in either Telecommunications, Electronic Engineering or IT (Computing) –
Operating systems, databases, system development, LAN design and
configuration, TCP/IP;
- 3-4
years experience in telecommunication environment with VAS (voice and
data) equipments 1 year experience as lead engineer on telecommunications
related projects;
- Experience
of GSM Intelligent Networks will be an added advantage.
- Experience
with NGN networks for voice will be an added advantage.
- Experience
with 3GPP protocols is essential.
The deadline for application is Wednesday, 21st December, 2011.
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke
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