Engineer: Signalling Technology Operations at MTN

Mission/ Core purpose of the Job

• The Signalling Technology Operation Engineer will form a part of a highly skilled group of technical experts who are responsible of technical management of the MTN Global connectivity infrastructure especially the signaling and roaming setup. he will organize, coordinate, and supervise signaling peering and international Roaming technical activities (configuration, testing and support) in line with the overall business objectives of the company.

Key Performance Areas:

Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)
The Engineer: Signalling Technology Operations will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

• Manage and support Signalling peering (Diameter, SS7) and security (Signaling Firewall) with MTN Opcos and SCCP carriers and Roaming Hub.
• Manage International Roaming (Technical Coordination).
• Ensure departmental and special project implementation with stakeholders in timely manner (e.g. planned expansions, upgrades, migrations, swaps, new services).
• Manage signalling and Roaming performance and Quality monitoring as per MTN Group standard (General service KPIs, Capacity monitoring KPIs, operational KPIs).
• Ensure customer satisfaction through effective support (requests, complaints, incidents, problems, change management) and resolve all escalated operational issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure service availability by keeping the roaming and signalling database updated and consistent to avoid service disturbance.
• Prevent and address any potential revenue leakage identified on Roaming & Interconnect areas.
• Business Continuity Management by implementing the Group BCM Redundancy solution for critical links and node.
• Develop Policies, Processes & Procedures: Analyze the existing procedures and propose new ones to enhance quality and productivity. Develop and maintain effective processes to ensure effective interface with Customer Care, Marketing, Sales and Finance Departments.
• Manage risk by clearing audit findings (internal, external).
• Provide inputs for departmental CAPEX/OPEX budgets elaboration and support its execution.
• Produce the periodical reports of the Department on schedule

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)
Education:

• Minimum 4 Year bachelor’s degree in equivalent specialization MSc, MBA is a plus.
• English

Experience:

• Minimum five (3) years in GSM environment

Competencies:

GSM, GPRS/UMTS/CDMA Core Network System architecture
SSS Standard Operation and Maintenance Tasks
Signalling protocols
Networking and TCP/IP protocol stack basics
Data Base administration, programming principles
Roaming management principles
Knowledge in Traffic analysis
Project management (be able to use Microsoft Project)
Manager track record of 5+ years; with at least 3 years in Telecom industry.