Analyst - Transmission Access.Network at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa\'s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company\'s digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y\'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y\'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network.

Job Description

Mission

• To strategically plan MTNN’s Transmission network for future growth and develop short-, medium- and long-term Transmission solutions for Network evolution e.g. for GPRS, UMTS etc 
• To provide high-level support for the Head of the Transmission Division
• Manage capacity, Interfaces Utilization and evolution, Manage Access Transmission network automation systems like Network Management Systems – NMS, and Manage Effective use of Spectrum resources and associated regulatory compliance for access network segment within the assigned region

Description

• Analyze data, activities & stakeholder requirements to provide relevant and up to date information to support decision-making and the effective working of the whole Transmission Access Planning (TAP) functions. 
• To design and implement procedures, processes and policies within Transmission Access Planning’s (TAP) area of work to improve the working of the National Transmission Access Planning system. 
• Interface with other relevant stakeholders in other departments to meet their requirements and needs so that proper and adequate support can be provided to optimize the transmission network. 
• Provide effective support to the Regulatory management by submitting timely, the NCC Spectrum usage report bi-annually to the regulatory body in Nigeria (NCC). 
• Liaise with management and support other departments in delivering business objectives, adding valued services and reducing time to market. 
• Provide technical directions and frameworks to meet business needs. 
• Be responsible for the collation, validation / review of the data used in generating the regulators’ (NCC) microwave spectrum bi-annual report submitted, for MTNN. 
• Regularly updating, analyzing and validation of the Transmission Access Planning Data base. 
• To be involved in transmission operations & planning stakeholder meetings to ensure the implementation of the developed policies and processes throughout the project cycle. 
• Maintain effective working relationships with internal and external suppliers.
• Coordinate, coach and influence external partners and essential support departments across MTNN’s business units to deliver a seamless pre-sales and post-sales service experience

Education:

• First degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering/ Computer Engineering 
• Fluent in English

Experience:

3 - 7 years’ experience which includes:

• Experience working in a medium to large organization 
• Experience/expertise with Microwave, SPD, SDH, ATM, DWDM, WDM, IP, Fibre and other Broadband systems
• Radio Frequency Engineering Propagation Experience 
• 3 years’ experience in ICT, Telecommunications, especially in Transmission with specific experience in general electrical radio engineering, microwave radio transmission at high frequencies, Satellite and fibre optic transmission networks.
• Experience with Transmission Planning and Optimization
• Deep knowledge in IP technologies and techniques i.e. BGP, IGP, L2VPN, L3VPN, ISIS.
• Experience working in a Multi-vendor Transmission network environment i.e Ericsson, Aviat, Huawei, ZTE, Nokia.
• Advanced knowledge and application of Transmission technology evolution i.e. IPRAN, Converged Transport Network, IP/MPLS, DWDM, SDH, Carrier Ethernet.
• In depth understanding of Transmission network topology planning, route planning, network connectivity, capacity and Infrastructure planning.
• Above average competence with Visio, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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