Head of Network Services at First Point Group

First Point Group - Our client, is looking for qualified candidates to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Head of Network Services

Location: Nigeria
Competence level: 60% management / Technical 40%
Very experienced profiles required - director level, VP ( exprience from telecommunication operators)

Job Purpose

• Lead Core Network Design & Planning ensuring coordination, execution, control and implementation of specific core network projects for CS & PS domain including statistics, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and business objectives

Key Accountabilities
Core Network Strategy and Architecture:

• Alignment and implementation of the core network strategy and architecture as well as implantation of new technologies and trends in short, medium and long term
• Design and planning of Core Network Architecture to ensure scalability, Inter operate-ability and reliability – include all areas of core network i.e. CS, PS, MPLS, IN & VAS

Capacity Planning of Core Nodes (Circuit Switching, Packet Core, MPLS N/W, IN & VAS:

• Monitoring capacity utilization on weekly & monthly basis and taking action for expansion

Budget Planning and Execution to meet Business needs:

• Considering forecast & traffic growth as per AOP (Annual Operating Plan) guidelines, plan core nodes deployment and expansion well in advance
• Solution finalization and BoQ assessment and validations
• Ensuring the ordering of equipment well in advance
• Interacting across internal and external functions – marketing, supply chain, finance, IT, Regulatory, partners & external customers.

Interconnect & Roaming:

• Monitoring the utilization, KPIs and increasing the roaming interconnects as per business requirement
• Based on the utilization threshold of circuits, initiating the process of expansion to ensure timely expansion completion as per AOP guidelines.

Optimization and Performance Improvement of Core Network:

• Monitoring the performance KPIs of all core nodes on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Analyzing the reasons for degradation of a particular KPI and taking corrective action to improve the degraded KPI as required based on the analysis
• Closely work with the performance team

Service migration & operational support:

• Detailed analysis of Change requests - implementation, impact analysis and backup plan in case of failures
• Seamless migration planning of services from live nodes to new nodes

New Products / Tools/Vendor Introduction:

• Framing specifications and writing RFPs for core equipment procurements
• Evaluation of RFP, conducting POC & finally giving recommendations based on technical aspects

Regulatory Compliance:

• Adhering to regulatory requirements as per government guidelines of Nigeria
• Submitting the reports on timely basis as per the regulatory requirements
• Attending meetings with the regulatory departments as & when called for

Management & Partner Governance:

• Motivate people and team for synergy and timely results
• Guiding team to help them develop technical & managerial skills
• Maintain database and inventory of whole core network elements effectively
• MIS (Measure Informative System) report generation and circulation on weekly and monthly basis as required by the management
• Tracking the performance of partners on regular basis through the checklist of deliverables, AOP guidelines, minutes of the meetings and responsiveness
• Holding regular - weekly & monthly operational & governance meetings with the partners & other stack-holders.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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