MTN RECRUITING (JOB TITLE TEAM LEAD INTERNET & DATA SERVICES )

JOB TITLE TEAM LEAD INTERNET & DATA SERVICES DEPARTMENT:NETWORK GROUP LOCATION: LAGOS JOB DESCRIPTION: •        OVERSEE DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF DISTRIBUTED INTERNET POP SITES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN MTN NIGERIA'S REDUNDANT INTERNET BACKBONE ARCHITECTURE •        OVERSEE SERVICE PROVISIONING FOR THE ALL MTN FIXED DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF DSL TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED •        PRODUCE, MAINTAIN AND EVOLVE STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR CONTINUOUS ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER COST EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY IN MTN'S INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION PLAN •        DEVELOP, EVOLVE AND CONTROL NWG METHODOLOGIES FOR ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC (INTERNET) IP ADDRESSING AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBERING FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MTN NIGERIA'S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DATA SERVICE OBLIGATIONS •        RECEIVE AND REVIEW INTERNAL/EXTERNAL REQUEST FOR INTERNET ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY AND MAP OUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE FOR SUCCESSFUL AND COST EFFECTIVE PROVISIONING OF REQUIRED RESOURCES E.G. DEDICATED BANDWIDTH AND TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVITY •        IMPLEMENT ACCURATE PERFORMANCE MONITORING TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GIVEN SLAS, QUALITY AND CLASS OF SERVICE TARGETS FOR ALL INTERNET SERVICE STREAMS •        ENSURE PRODUCTION OF BEST FIT ARCHITECTURE, INTEGRATION PLANNING AND ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR PROVISIONING OF MOBILE DATA SERVICES TO CORPORATE, INDIVIDUAL, FIXED AND MOBILE CUSTOMERS E.G. WI-FI, GPRS, WAP AND 3RD GENERATION MOBILE SERVICES •        ENSURE THE PRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF NETWORK SECURITY POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIRED AMENDMENTS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DIRECTED BY THE INFORMATION SECURITY STEERING COMMITTEE •        OVERSEE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF SECURE CONTENT HOSTING AND EXTRANET DATA CONNECTIVITY MECHANISMS FOR NODES AND SERVICES HOSTED REMOTELY (GPRS ROAMING) OR LOCALLY ON MTN PREMISES (3RD PARTY COMPARTMENTS) •        OVERSEE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, PROVISIONING AND SERVICE SUPPORT SYSTEMS USED IN THE PLANNING, DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT OF MTN'S IP/DATA SERVICES AND NETWORKS •        FLEXIBLE IN THE USE OF NMS MONITORING, PROVISIONING AND ANALYSIS TOOLS ENSURE COMPILATION, ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF TREND REPORTS ON INTERNET CAPACITY DEMAND, UTILIZATION AND AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS MITIGATION ACTION PLANS FOR ANY IDENTIFIED SECURITY BREACHES OR LOOPHOLES JOB CONDITIONS: NORMAL MTNN WORKING CONDITIONS WILLING TO TRAVEL AND PREPARED TO WORK LONG HOURS REPORTING TO: NATIONAL IP MANAGER REQUIRED SKILLS: •   FIVE(5) YEARS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN IT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS & SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PREFERABLY IN A MOBILE SP ENVIRONMENT •   MINIMUM CISCO QUALIFICATION OF CCNP/DP LEVEL WITH ADVANCED IP SPECIALIZATION AND NETWORK DESIGN EXPERIENCE •   SOUND UNDERSTANDING OF TELECOM STANDARDS AND WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF IP/MPLS AND BGP PEERING TECHNIQUES •   DATA AND VOICE NETWORKING PROTOCOLS SUCH AS IP, BGP, FRAME RELAY, VOIP, SIGTRAN •   ADVANCED ROUTING (BGP) AND OOS MECHANISM & DEPLOYED TECHNIQUES EMPLOYMENT STATUS : PERMANENT QUALIFICATION: B.SC. ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING THIS VACANCY EXPIRES ON 8/19/2008 FOR DETAILS OF THE VACANCIES, CLICK HERE http://www.mtnonline.com/careers/vacancies.asp