Safaricom senior 3G Engineer Job in Kenya

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Director IT / Technical department within Technical & IT Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Senior 3G / LTE Strategy Engineer
Ref: TECHNICAL_3GLTE_JULY_2011

Reporting to the Senior Manager 3G/LTE Strategy, the holder of the position will study technology trends and engage technical regional teams as internal customers, and technology vendors as suppliers, to provide fit for purpose technology recommendations, parameters & feature reviews through proposed trials, initially on test-bed basis, and finally on live network, with demonstrated benefits – whether quality, capacity, cost savings or improved efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

 

• To study and recommend the technology frontiers glide path for Safaricom based on roadmap by vendors and liaison within the Vodafone Group
• To conduct trials of data enhancement technology i.e. HSDPA 28, MIMO, DC-HSDPA;
• Identify network features that will improve network performance and/or resolve challenges experienced by Operational teams;
• Revise /Activate existing/new network parameters that would enhance network utilization, capacity and/or quality;
• Liaise with vendors and Regions to trial new improved hardware modules that have additional benefits over existing hardware and derive migration roadmap of the same across the network;
• Trial and assess Global Software Upgrade of 3G RAN/LTE in both Vendor clusters; from one generation software version to the other, across different regions
• Recommend and demonstrate practical ways and means of improving network quality, thus contributing to CDI
• To ensure all projects handled follow laid down processes and procedures, and that risks associated are highlighted and mitigated

Minimum requirements

• University degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics/Telecommunication;
• 5 years work experience in 2G/3G Planning and/or Implementation/Operations
• Project Management an added advantage
• Knowledge of internal processes and procedures.
• Proactive, analytical, confident, energetic and able to work under pressure with a positive attitude and use good organization skills.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address below by Monday, 11th July 2011.

The Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition,
Safaricom Limited
Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke

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