Education

• Minimum of a BSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant hands-on experience in a similar role

Technical Competence/Knowledge

• Transport Network Topology
• Transport Network Capacity Planning
• Traffic engineering
• Transport network quality and performance management
• Proven experience in the Transmission Site selection and LOS survey.
• WDM/SDH/PDH/IP Network Planning Principles
• Strong understanding of the ITU standards and recommendations
• Documentation/Records keeping skills
• GSM network operations overview
• A good knowledge of technological trends in the transport sector of the telecommunications industry.
• Good knowledge in Optical Networks Technology (WDM, SDH etc.)
• Good knowledge in Connect and or Path loss Planning tools
• Ability to work with Topographical and Digital maps
• Excellent knowledge of Radio Propagation Principles
• Demonstrate Planning Abilities relating to Capacity enhancements.
• Good interference calculations and elimination skills
• A good understanding of IP principles such as IP/MPLS
• A good knowledge of IPRAN deployment in a telecommunication environment
• A good understanding of backhaul requirements for LTE/LTE-A/5G
• A good knowledge of the various synchronization technologies such as frequency, phase and time sync
• A working knowledge of cost-effective Enterprise access connectivity technologies such as FWA/licensed and unlicensed PtMP solutions.
• Use Cases for SDN technologies in the transport domain
• Moderate to proficiency knowledge in database management
• Working knowledge of an E2E multi-vendor unified transport management tool

Competencies

Skills/Physical competencies:

• Ability to manage self and team performance, good conflict management, takes and manages accountability
• Energy & Drive – Innovative, Takes initiative, result oriented and develops self consistently, Creativity and Innovation
• Interpersonal Skills  –  Leadership, customer centricity, collaborative and  coaches & develops direct reports
• Personal Skills  – Trustworthy, integrity and ethical in dealings