Senior Engineer, VAS at 9mobile

9mobile is a Nigerian private limited liability company. EMTS acquired a Unified Access Service License from the Nigerian Communications Commission in 2007. The License enables EMTS provide Fixed Telephony (wired or wireless), Digital Mobile Services, International Gateway Services and National/Regional Long Distance Services in addition to spectrum assignments in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Senior Engineer, VAS

Location: Abuja
   
Job Summary

• Operate and maintain VAS platforms/ systems to ensure constant (24 hours) availability and stability.
• Technical support operations and projects for the deployment and delivery of VAS products and services

Principal Functions

• Put in place strategies to ensure 99.99% network and service availability of VAS nodes
• Work closely with vendors in the testing, implementation and maintenance of services as required by the business (Commercial and Marketing requirements)
• Perform comprehensive analysis of faults/failures on VAS nodes to determine the root cause and conduct corrective action for permanent resolution in a timely manner
• Analyse daily generated alarms and error logs, report, trends and implement proactive measure
• Work closely with other stakeholders (products development, customer care and Network Planning) to deliver quality value-added services.
• Develop and apply high level of skills, knowledge and standards to stay current with business and industry trends.
• Apply proactive approach towards performance management, and suggest corrective measures to arrest any shortfalls
• Perform acceptance tests on newly implemented VAS platforms to validate features, capacity and functions
• Have a full understanding of VAS protocols including SMPP, USSDI&II, SIP, XML, Diameter, HTTP(S), SS7, SIGTRAN, Web services, IP and others (SNMP, ICMP, etc)
• Perform other assigned duties as delegated by management

Educational Requirements

• First degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science
• Three (3) to Five (5) years post NYSC work experience

Experience, Skills & Competencies:

• Expert knowledge of Network Availability and Capacity Management
• Good understanding of technology evolution (Cloud Computing, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), IoT, M2M, AI etc.)
• Good understanding of Online and Offline billing
• Good understanding of Software life cycle
• Basic knowledge of IP Technologies
• Expert knowledge of Database Management System (RDBMS and NoSQL)
• Good knowledge of data visualization
• Expert knowledge of Linux/UNIX operating system
• Good knowledge of VAS service flow
• Basic Programming knowledge (PHP, PL/SQL, Python, Shell Scripting etc.)

Skills:

• Great team work and collaborative spirit
• A self-starter with high attention to detail
• Ability to engage and drive others to deliver targets
• Proven ability to make an impact both internally and externally
• Delegation/ Supervisory
• Problem Solving and analytical mind

Behavior:

• Passion for Excellence
• Integrity
• Empowering people
• Growing people
• Team work
• Customer Focus

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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