Senior Quality Engineer Job Airtel, Nairobi, Kenya

Job Title: Senior Quality Engineer
Date Posted: 12/08/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Management
Employer: Airtel
Industry: IT
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 17/08/2026
Summary: Senior QA position at Airtel Nairobi focusing on automated & manual software testing. Requires 5+ years experience with Selenium, API testing, and CI/CD pipelines in telecom/fintech environments. Full-time, on-site role.”

The Senior Quality Engineer role reports to the Radio, Planning and Optimization Lead. He/she will be responsible for the optimization of 2G/4G/5G mobile services towards delivery of excellent network service that will always enhance customer experience.

Responsibilities

The role holder duties will include but not limited to:

  • Share regular network insights with key focus on tool usage i.e. Geolocation and SON
  • Deliver network level quality of service (QOS) performance and regulatory targets
  • End to end performance monitoring and evaluation, drill down analysis and take appropriate KPI optimization actions to resolve emerging quality issues. 
  • Oversee and share insights on new feature trials and impact assessment before massive roll-out
  • Proactively track and manage customer complaints as captured on internal customer experience platforms
  • Track and review 2G, 4G and 5G capacity to identify existing or potential bottlenecks for appropriate actions to be taken
  • Timely and accurate KPI reporting as required 

Qualifications

Qualifications, Competencies and Behaviors required:

  • Undergraduate in Electrical, Telecommunication Engineering or related degrees with at least 3 -5 years hands–on experience on 2G, LTE/5G Optimization 
  • Working knowledge on Geolocation, SON, Netact, Google earth and Mapinfo.
  • Working knowledge or experience in Nokia and/or Ericsson equipment will be an added advantage
  • Ability to manage an outsourcing partner to effectively deliver on service level agreements
  • A team player with excellent problem-solving skills
  • Keen attention to details
  • Strong planning, analytical and execution skills 
  • Proactive with a can-do attitude.

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