Trandmission Specialist Assuran at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose

To provide Transmission Service Assurance support for transport network architecture from core to access domains.

Your responsibilities will include

• Assisting to resolve P1 to P4 failures by engaging with high level support and ATNE to correct these failures as they appear within specified timelines in core, edge & access domain
• Engage with support teams to correct hardware failures and alarms in the transport domain to ensure  and improve network quality
• Applying quality checks on new transport infrastructure against specifications and guidelines
• Assist / manage integration of new links and upgrades
• To provide transmission assurance support to Operations, NMG, CBU, EBU & ATNE for TX Core, Edge and Access infrastructure
• To provide transmission assurance support to TX planning, TX Fulfilment, Ops Support and the Counties for Core, Edge and Access infrastructure
• To provide transmission assurance support to & from Field Force Outsource for Edge and Access infrastructure
• To take ownership for TX Network Performance  and to restoral P1 to P4 failures by correcting alarms and hardware
• To use reports from OSS platforms to identify issues and failures that need corrective action

The ideal candidate for this role will have

Technical / Professional Qualifications:

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

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• 3 - 5 years’ work experience in telecoms industry specific to Transmission Assurance (Maintenance)  and Transmission Systems
• Expert knowledge & experience in the Microwave, Fiber, Router, Synchronisation and Switches technologies specific to Nokia, Infinera/Tellabs/Coriant, Nera, SIAE, Hughes, Radwin, Symmetricom, Nokia and application thereof
• DM, ATM, PDH, SDH, C/W/DWDM, IP/MPLS, MEF, TX architecture, IP & TX Protocols knowledge and application
• IP experience in Layer 1 to 4 of OSI stack and Standards in IEEE, ITU, MEF, Optical,  radio frequency
• Analytical thinker & solution oriented