Senior Engineer: Technology Strategy at Broadband Infraco

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Chief Engineer, the incumbent will:

• Participate in technology evaluation and recommendation of new vendors, hardware, and software.
• Evaluate current network status in terms of age, capacity, maintenance and where it is in the life cycle.
• Undertake research in respect of best practice deployment of latest technologies and services.
• Research industry trends as far as demand for certain services is concerned.
• Follow developments in standards bodies like the ITU and other professional organisations.
• Apply advanced knowledge to plan the transmission network for the future, ensuring that all aspects are technically sound.
• Maintaining a holistic view of the network to ensure planning does not take place in isolation.
• Regularly perform traffic forecasting, capacity planning and equipment requirements.
• Provide input into capital expenditure and operating expenditure budget and into corporate plan.
• Prepare and present documentation for funding approval, operational and capital budget.
• Provide input to the transmission network growth plan based on customers’ traffic forecast and requirements.
• Assist in responding to tenders, mentoring, and training of new interns.

Qualifications  and Experience:

• BSc/B Eng degree in Electronics Engineering (Light Current) with Telecommunications, Radio, Microwave subjects included or equivalent.
• Registration with ECSA would be an advantage.
• Have an in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge and understanding of the SDH and DWDM and optical transmission networks planning and integration.
• Knowledge of Radio, Microwave networks, IP/MPLS networks is an advantage.
• 5 years or more experience in the telecommunications industry is required.
• Knowledge of Project Management, having good writing, presentation experience Microsoft Office 365, strong in