Engineer: Transmission Planning - MTN


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Job Summary:

Plan the RAN accesses and backhaul transmission network to provide for all the connectivity requirements to all sites locations/nodes/Enterprise clients to meet service requirements and ensure optimum performance of the transmission network at all times.

Job Context

  • Dynamic and highly competitive technology & ICT industry
  • Evolving technology era
  • Multi-regulated environment
  • Environmental, social and governance prioritized
  • Regionalisation structure implication
  • Multinational environment – Technology Group best practices
  • Continuous Infrastructural expansion
  • Performance-driven and agile environment
  • Diverse cultural environment
  • Partnerships


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Job Role

Site surveys

  • Undertake field visits to select suitable transmission sites
  • Ensure selected sites have sufficient power and cooling to accommodate the transmission nodes.

Path profiling

  • Perform antenna height calculation
  • Perform Fresnel clearance analysis

Transmission Link Engineering

  • Perform link parameter calculations/predictions.
  • Perform interference analysis to ensure high spectrum efficiency.
  • Perform link and power budget

Network Design

  • Plan and design the passive optical network
  • Plan and design the active optical network, including DWDM.
  • Plan distribution of lambda to ensure availability on all routes all the time.

Network Optimization

  • Proactively resolving network performance and link availability issues
  • Create adequate redundancy to improve on network uptime.
  • Troubleshoot network congestion and eliminate them

Fixed Broadband

  • Design and optimize OLT backhaul
  • Upgrade the uplink capacity of OLTs to guarantee optimum experience on GPON

Documentation and Compliance

  • Maintain the network database and equipment logs
  • Ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Ensure Transmission planning activities meet industry standards.


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Education

  • Minimum of a BSc. Electronic/Telecommunications Engineering

Experience

  • A minimum of 3 years’ working experience in a telecoms environment.
  • Experience in Transmission Planning

Knowledge

  • Transmission Network Topology & Traffic engineering
  • Transmission Link Capacity Planning & Transmission network quality management
  • Proven experience in the Transmission Site selection and LOS survey.
  • 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
  • Basic to medium knowledge of the use of analytics tools like PowerBI, Tableau, etc.


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Must live the MTN Values of

  • Lead with Care, Collaborate with Agility, Serve with Respect, Can Do with Integrity, Act with Inclusion, COS

Must exhibit the MTN Vital Behaviours of

  • Complete Candor, Complete Accountability, Active Collaboration & Get it done.

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