Specialist Transmission - Polokwane at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide transmission implementation support to the County
• To plan the Transmission network
• To co-ordinate & execute projects
• Implementation of new TX equipment to improve quality and support rollout
• Implementation of network expansion plans required for growth such as BEP1 project
• Liaison with Project Management, Property, Maintenance , Installation, FFO and Ops Support departments and external contractors.
• Managed Network Performance
• Provided Support and ensure quality standards on acceptance (ATP)
• Maintained Master plan
• Forecasted Network Growth and Network Traffic Planning for Access, Edge and Core TX areas

The Ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical/professional qualifications:    

• 3yr Degree/National Diploma related to engineering field of study (minimum)

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• 5 years’ work experience in telecoms industry specific to Transmission implementation planning and Transmission Systems
• Good knowledge & experience in the Microwave, Fiber, Router, Synchronisation and Switches technologies specific to Tellabs/Coriant, Nera, SIAE, Hughes, Radwin, Symmetricom, Nokia, Alcatel Lucent and application
• Good knowledge and experience in performance management and planning tools in Transmission for  Vodacom Business and Consumer Business, GSM, UMTS and LTE technologies and systems
• TDM, ATM, PDH, SDH, C/W/DWDM, IP/MPLS, MEF, TX architecture, IP & TX Protocols knowledge and application
• Project Management  skills 
• IP Expert in Layer 1 to 4 of OSI stack and Standards in IEEE, ITU, MEF, Optical radio frequency
• Analytical thinker & solution oriented Resilient planning & implementation