Job vacancy for Switch Engineer in Ibadan

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.
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.
MTN is currently recruiting Switch Engineer for Ibadan in Oyo State.


RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement integration of new network elements (hardware acceptance test, physical connection)
• Track, monitor, and resolve faults using approved switch processes and procedures and the Ericsson Exchange Library
• Escalate unresolved faults to switch support
• Implement change requests/planned work, using switch procedures
• Update switch records such as billing backup, weekly dumps, test load, etc.
• Perform routine maintenance on all network nodes within the region
• Fault resolution on BTS network

REQUIREMENTS

• B.Sc Electrical/Electronics or any telecoms related degree
• Four (4)  years work experience including
• 3 years hands-on experience in core network operations and maintenance in GSM environment

Interested candidates should apply here
Closing date is 2nd December 2010