Safaricom Jobs: IP NOC Engineer

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Safaricom Business Technical department within the Technical Division.
In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:
IP NOC Engineer
 Ref: TECHNICAL_IPNE_MAY 2010
Reporting to the Manager-NOC; the holder of the position will maintain and support the state of the art converged IP network to maximize availability.
Key Responsibilities
  • Perform network operation and administration activities to ensure maximum availability;
  • Accept and resolve all the network operation escalations;
  • Performing corrective network activities to restore network availability;
  • Perform network support activities to ensure timely fault repairs and network service restoration;

  • Perform network control functions to ensure maximum systems security;
  • Update and document network operations methods of procedure;
Minimum requirements
  • Computer Science, or Bsc. Electrical & electronic engineering, Telecommunication engineering;
  • CCNA,CCIP,CCNP, CCVP, MSCE or equivalent;
  • Wimax/MPLS/Fibre technologies knowledge and experience is a must.
  • At least 2 year experience in a busy Network Operations Centre within an ISP/Telecoms environment;
  • Very strong hands-on skills with extensive experience in the troubleshooting and solving complex network related issues;
  • Excellent in  technical project management;
  • Good networking, interpersonal and presentation skills;
  • Excellent analytical skills;
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below. The deadline for application is 14th May 2010.
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd, Nairobi
Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke