Job Opportunity: Specialist – IP Access and Data Center.Technology

Job Opportunity: Specialist – IP Access and Data Center.Technology

Specialist – IP Access and Data Center.Technology
Douala, Littoral, Cameroon
Job Identification
1355
Job Category
MTN Level 2
Locations
360 Rue Drouot, Buea, Wouri, 1, CM
Posting Date
09/12/2022, 08:40 AM
Apply Before
09/ 21/2022, 12:59 AM
Job Schedule
Full time

Job Description

Operational Delivery
• Plan, design and lead the rollout of:
• MTNC IP Access Network (Access and Distribution and Edge) to meet specified quality, business requirements within budget constraints
• An optimized MTNC Datacenter IP Network infrastructure that carry business IT applications and Core Network devices in the Technology Centers.
• MTNC Data Center to meet specified quality, business requirements within budget constraints
• MTNC ISP Network to meet specified quality, business requirements within budget constraints
• Ensure IP Network (Edge – Distribution – Access, Datacenter) performance is above specified targets
• Define the overall MTNC IP Planning strategy in line with overall MTN Group IP strategy, National IP management law and business requirements
• Provide high level support to operational team
• Define the needed access, distribution, Edge capacity and datacenter to support subscriber base
• Capacity forecast for access, distribution, Edge capacity and datacenter in line with Business requirements and forecast.
• Translate business requirements into technology requirement and project
• Provide to Project team appropriate technical support for project rollout within time and budget
• Define, plan and design Access, Core, Corporate and Data Center strategy for IPv4 to IPv6 migration.
• Participate on defining a 3 – 5 years Technology Design Authority in IP/MPLS Edge, Distribution, Access and Data Center

• Define IP/MPLS related policies and processes in line with best practices, world standards and MTN Group IP/MPLS strategy
• Define the IP Address management policies and processes in line with best practices and standards as well as Group Framework and business needs
• Define the IP Access roadmap in line with network evolution and to meet business requirement
• Drive the deployment of any identified solution to manage performance, network availability as well as IP Access dimensioning.
• Identify best IP Network equipment requirement to align with IP Network Planning strategy.
• Initiate projects and prepare necessary documents (CIR, WBS, SOW, TRS) for submission to PMO/CPG
• Provide HLD/LLD related to all IP Access and Datacenter projects or work with vendors for this.
• Support the achievement of IP Planning KPIs as well as dependencies with other units
• Involve all stakeholders during preparation and execution of projects.
• Define specifications requirements for IP/MPLS and Datacenter planning tools
• Define specifications for IP/MPLS and Datacenter monitoring tools
• Plan and manage the implementation of IP/MPLS and Datacenter Network optimization projects.
• Be the main point for any IP/MPLS Access Network and datacenter requirement from other stakeholders (Internal, MTN Group, Partners, etc)
• Interact with suppliers for getting optimal IP/MPLS related solutions and design in line with business requirements, policies and MTN group strategy
• Report on IP/MPLS Edge, Distribution, Access and Data Center performance KPIs
• Define solution and actions to improve overall MTNC IP/MPLS Network and Data Center performance
• Provide Support and directions as per management job assignment.
• Provide adequate IP knowledge transfer to others (Technical and non-Technical).
Education:
• Minimum of first degree in Computer Sciences, Telecoms or Information Technology
• Fluent in English and French

Experience
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in IP Access and Datacenter Network Design or Operation within a telecom environment;
•Minimum of 3 years’ experience in IP Network Security (Planning, Design or Operation) in a telco environment.
•Good experience on Data Center architectures for hosted services and collocations.
•Experience in supervising others is an advantage Experience working in a medium organization

Training
•IP Network Planning
•Architecture engineering (TOGAF)
•IP Routing and Switching
•Datacenter Network design
•Digital services and ICT solutions
•3G/LTE Overview and upcoming 5G
•ITIL v3 Foundation
•Finance for non-finance
•Manager In transversal
•Customer Centricity
•HCIP Carrier Certification and/or CCNP and / or at least JNCIP or an Equivalent Certification certification is preferred. HCDP (career) or higher will be an advantage
  Skills/ competencies:   
•Analytical Thinker
•Problem Solver
•Operational Value Creator
•Culture and Change Champion
•Supportive People Manager
•Relationship Manager
•Results Achiever
•Operationally Astute

Behavioral qualities:       
•Directs people
•Detail -oriented
•Manages time

Knowledge
•- IP MPLS design, mainly traffic engineering, L2VPN(L2TPv3,VPLS,VPWS), MPLS-TE, MPLS-FRR, InterAS VPN Option A,B and C
• MPLS-enabled applications, Multicasting
• Network IP peering protocols (eBGP, iBGP) and best practices
• Wired technology (FE, GE, 10GE+, 40GE, 100GE, Optic Fiber, SFP, etc) and wireless technology (WiFi, WiMAXs, WTTX, 2G, 3G, LTE, etc) architecture
• Routing protocols (BGP , ISIS, OSPF, IGRP, RIP, etc) specifications and best practices
• LAN Switching: Etherchannel, STP, RSTP, PVST, MSTP, VLAN, inter-VLAN, VTP, VSS,..
• SR-MPLS/ SR-TE, BGP LS, PCEP, NETONF, RESTFUL, YANG Model
• IP QoS (DSCP, ToS, AutoQoS, cRTP, WFQ, LLQ Strict Priority ,..)
• IP SLA
• Traffic engineering planning tools
• IP packet analyzer (Wireshark, ethereal, etc.)
• Data Center architectures and services
• IP Network security best practices (Segmentation, Authentication, Encryption)
• IP Network Security (IPSEC VPN, IP inspection, URPF, NAT, ACL, AAA)
• Network Monitoring tools (NCE, Solar Winds, PRTG, Nagios, Cacti, …)
• Multicast (IGMP, PIM, MSDP, Multicast VPN)
• IP planning and subnetting (IPv4, IPv6)
• IPv6 enable protocols (DNS64, NAT64, DHCP6 , etc.)
• Network performance methodology and tools
• IP Network vendor equipment’s operation (Juniper, Cisco, Huawei, Extreme Networks, Alcatel, etc). Huawei and Juniper experience is an advantage
• MPBN network architecture
• Microsoft environment and architecture (AD, Exchange, CRM, etc.)
• Unix environment and architecture
• GSM Network architecture (2G, 3G, 4G,5G)
• Transmission network (SDH, PDH, DWDM, GPON)

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