Career Opportunities at MTN

• At least 5 years engineering experience (design/planning focused) on IP/MPLS networks and services for Mobile Network Operators
• 3 year relevant Diploma/Degree
• A good understanding of mobile technologies and architectures 2G, 3G, and 4G
• 5G knowledge advantageous
• Experience on Cisco CRS, ASR9K, ASR1K, 7600, 6500, 4500
• A good understanding of IP/MPLS services with traffic engineering and quality of service
• A good understanding of BGP-LS, SR and EVPN
• CCNP-SP or equivalent pre-requisite
• CCIE advantageous

Planning and Design

• Planning and dimensioning of Mobile IP core networks
• Budget planning
• Developing design guidelines
• Translation of high level plan to low level design
• Drive execution of plans
• Forecast capacity and traffic and align with requirements from other business units
• Understanding of fixed and mobile networks
• Plan transport capacity backbone infrastructure
• Evaluate new IP/MPLS network equipment and specifications
• Topology/service planning
• Preparation and execution of RFP
• In depth knowledge of standards and specifications
• In-depth knowledge of network KPIs

Network Optimisation & Performance

• Ensure quality objectives are met and maintained
• Report on performance problems and performance improvements
• Investigate performance issues and identify changes required
• Review design and drive optimisation changes
• Provide high level support on the planned network/technologies

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• At least 5 years engineering experience (design/planning focused) on Enterprise LAN and Wireless LAN networks
• 3 Year relevant Diploma/Degree
• A good understanding of enterprise security will be advantageous
• Experience with Cisco ISE, SDA and DNAC
• Experience on Cisco CRS, ASR9K, ASR1K, 7600, 6500, 4500
• Experience on Cisco Catalyst 9K
• A good understanding of IP routing and switching
• A good understanding of RF – specifically for Wi-Fi standards
• Knowledge of and experience on RF planning tools
• Experience in RF design
• CCNP, CCNP-Wireless or equivalent pre-requisite
• CCIE advantageous

Planning and Design

• Planning and dimensioning of MTN’s enterprise LAN
• Budget planning
• Developing design guidelines
• Translation of high level plan to low level design
• Drive execution of plans
• Forecast capacity and traffic and align with requirements from other business units
• Understanding of fixed and mobile networks
• Plan transport capacity backbone infrastructure
• Evaluate new LAN/Wireless LAN network equipment and specifications
• Topology/service planning
• Preparation and execution of RFP
• In depth knowledge of standards and specifications
• In-depth knowledge of network KPIs

Network Optimisation & Performance

• Ensure quality objectives are met and maintained
• Report on performance problems and performance improvements
• Investigate performance issues and identify changes required
• Review design and drive optimisation changes
• Provide high level support on the planned network/technologies

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• At least 5 years engineering experience (design/planning focused) on ISP (Internet Service Provider) IP/MPLS networks and services
• 3 year relevant Diploma/Degree
• More than 3 years engineering experience on DNS (authoritative, caching) and DNS optimisation and related network architectures (i.e. BGP anycast etc).
• Experience on Cisco CRS, ASR9K, ASR1K, 7600, 6500, 4500
• CCNP or equivalent pre-requisite
• CCIE advantageous

Planning and Design

• Planning of ISP networks
• Planning and dimensioning of DNS infrastructure
• Budget planning
• Developing design guidelines
• Translation of high level plan to low level design
• Drive execution of plans
• Forecast capacity and traffic and align with requirements from other business units
• Understanding of fixed and mobile networks
• Plan transport capacity backbone infrastructure
• Evaluate new IP/MPLS network equipment and specifications
• Topology/service planning
• Preparation and execution of RFP
• In depth knowledge of standards and specifications
• In-depth knowledge of network KPIs

Network Optimisation & Performance

• Ensure quality objectives are met and maintained
• Report on performance problems and performance improvements
• Investigate performance issues and identify changes required
• Review design and drive optimisation changes
• Provide high level support on the planned network/technologies

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• At least 5 years engineering experience (design/planning focused) on Data Centre networks with good knowledge of Data Centre switching, infrastructure and applications
• 3 year relevant Diploma/Degree
• Experience on Cisco Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 2K
• Experience on Cisco ACI
• A very good understanding of Nexus-OS
• Experience connecting geo-redundant Data Centres – using technologies like OTV, VxLAN, EVPN, ACI multisite
• Experience building networks to support cloud-based applications
• CCNP-DC prerequisite
• CCIE advantageous
• VMWare skills and knowledge advantageous

Planning and Design

• Planning and dimensioning of Data Centre networks
• Budget planning
• Developing design guidelines
• Translation of high level plan to low level design
• Drive execution of plans
• Forecast capacity and traffic and align with requirements from other business units
• Evaluate new Data Centre network equipment and specifications
• Topology/service planning
• Preparation and execution of RFP
• In depth knowledge of standards and specifications
• In-depth knowledge of network KPIs

Network Optimisation & Performance

• Ensure quality objectives are met and maintained
• Report on performance problems and performance improvements
• Investigate performance issues and identify changes required
• Review design and drive optimisation changes
• Provide high level support on the planned network/technologies

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This role exists to effectively implement all customer solutions and provide high level technical support to MTN Business Clients, post implementation.

• 3 year Degree / Diploma in Technology Systems (Telecommunication Management / Information Technology) or related
• CCIP/CCNP working towards CCIE certification
• Minimum 5 years ISP experience in similar role
• Minimum 5 years CISCO or JUNIPER experience
• Minimum 3 years customer facing experience
• VOIP experience 
• Security experience 
• Juniper experience

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• 3 year Degree or Diploma in Information Systems or Engineering (Bsc IT, Bcom IT,)
• 3 years’ experience in the IT/Telecoms industry and specifically the application of Information Technology within the telco space of which at least 1 year should be applicable experience at an internationally recognized operator. The Engineer must be widely read and know about many facets of Telecoms including open-source projects and I.T. technologies in general
• A background in System Architecture & Design which includes the creation of highly detailed functional requirements which describe deep functional logic of a systems
• A background in database administration
• A background in Unix/Linux OS systems administration
• A background in Hardware and Storage administration
• The core purpose/mission of this job is to create workable system wide network solution architectures and designs for the mobile services meeting business and technical requirements.
• This is particular to all Charging (Real-time, Retail and Wholesale), VAS, CRM, Self Service, Portal, Call Centre and Business information systems solutions
• One must work on the development of products and perform capacity planning of services in line with business requirements and budgetary priorities within Service Delivery Area
• One defines, plans, architects and implements requirements with vendors and MTN Operations for various systems