Principal Engineer Job Safaricom

Principal Engineer Job. Electrical Engineering Jobs In Kenya

Detailed Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager- Transmission & IP Engineering, the position holder will responsible for the management of Telco DC Team involved in Modeling, Planning, design, optimization and project management of reliable Telco-Data centre Networks in support of timely requirements.

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Key Responsibilities

• Management of Modeling and planning of Telco-Data centre Networks and respective capacity planning and analysis.
• Equipment planning and subsequent Transmission hub and BSS space management.
• Ensure Network build with 70% occupancy and 30% growth factor.
• Project management of Telco Telco-Data centre Networks projects from inception of plans to Projects handover to NM and management of Telco Telco-Data centre Networks /equipment suppliers.
• Ensuring equipment space and power availability for planned systems.
• Ensure PO process is followed through, goods landed in time and RFI/S issued to right departments.
• Running of transmission, Telco Telco-Data centre Networks /transport trials, equipment/system parameter checks and evaluation and subsequent recommendations for approval and adoption of new equipment, systems and technologies into the network.
• Ensuring Due diligence in products introduction to network.
• Liaison with Implementation department during site surveys and visits to ensure timely monthly rollout in accordance to timeframes set in Roll out process.
• Approval of Telco-Data centre Networks designs and plans for required bandwidth.
• Approval of leased bandwidth capacities or Tx facilities from third parties.
• Ensure proper test gears to subject new equipment to full suite of compliance tests.
• Ensure monitoring of all network elements is achieved.
• Ensure Telco-Data centre Networks team is adequately trained to perform expected duties.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering / Computer science
• 5 years experience with 3 years specialized role in a busy telecommunications environment –Involved in installations /commissioning and planning of major telecom projects especially in the Data centre Networks
• In-depth understanding of Telco and IT DCNs infrastructure deployment life cycle
• Router, Switches and firewall configuration
• VPN, Remote Access and Terminal Server configuration.
• Network design and implementation experience, including working knowledge of IP addressing.
• TCP/IP Protocols, LAN and WAN configurations
• Certifications in Networking ( CCNP or equivalent and higher)

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