Specialist: Radio Planning and Optimization at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role purpose:

To analyze network performance, do site planning and optimization.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conduct all site planning and optimization.
• Ensure optimal performance on network quality by monitoring the network statistics through the relevant tools and implementing and determining corrective action.
• Proactively analyze and recommend capacity dimensioning requirements on all network elements.
• Proactively analyze and verify in-depth network problems by performing relevant traces.
• Investigate and rectify all network failures received from regular drive testing routes by outsourcing companies (e.g. ATIO & P3).
• Conduct cluster optimization of the existing network.

Ideally you should possess the following:

• Matric/Grade 12 is essential.
• 3 years National Diploma or Degree in Electrical (light current) or Electronic Engineering or a SAQA accredited equivalent.
• Telecommunications (GSM & UTRAN) courses are essential.    
• 3+ years of relevant GSM experience (inclusive of 2 years of UMTS experience) is essential.
• Computer applications (e.g. MS Office & MAPINFO).    
• The analysis tool (e.g. Netstats, Actix).    
• GSM Knowledge    UMTS (W-CDMA) knowledge.   
• NSS Radio Commander.    
• Network components.    
• Statistical tools.    
• Current Vendor UTRAN equipment.

Closing date for Applications: 08 December 2022.