Current Vacancies at MainOne Cable, 30th July, 2018

MainOne's success is built on having talented and highly proficient people within their respective fields as the driving force behind our business A job in MainOne is different from any other you have had. With joining MainOne you'll be challenged, inspired and proud as you become a part of something big. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Solutions Architect Location: Lagos Department: Technical Reporting Line: Technical Sales Manager Job Type: Permanent Slot: 2 Openings Responsibilities

• Contribute proactively to new service development.
• Ensure quality, up-to-date documentation exists for all service arrangements
• Provide technical and business consultative leadership throughout the technical life cycle of technical solutions.
• Manage and develop strategic partnerships with third party suppliers and other internal stakeholders for Cloud Aggregators or Managed Service Providers.
• Coordinate with the sales team in formulating and building up proposal knowledge, including making technical demos and presentations to Main One customers.
• Demonstrate ability, determination and tenacity to move major initiatives forward and drive focus while consistently thinking of the bottom-line impact of the efforts
• Will be involved from pre-sales solution formulation through system deployment; including bid preparation and customer interface resulting in solutions architecture proposals.
• The Solutions Architect will develop and articulate solutions based on a customer's strategic business or technical requirements ascertained from working with multiple business units across the customer's organisation.
• Assist in the translation of customer needs/technical requirements to appropriate solutions by liaising with customers to understand, anticipate and meet their specific needs.
• Design service solutions for Managed Service customers in line with ITIL and/or industry best practice
• Proven business development experience and familiarity with cloud services markets
• Manage multi-faceted projects with diverse stakeholders across different continents. A track record of successful project management is important.
• Familiarity with international, regional and local provider markets.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Information Communication Technology, Engineering or Computer Science Cisco CCNA/CCDA/CCIP/CCNP/CCDP/CWNA
• PMI, Prince 2 or other industry equivalent
• Certifications in Cloud Technologies, SDN is considered a plus for this
• At least three (2) years of experience in proposal development, designing architecture, and implementing provider solutions.
• At least five (3) years industry experience.

• Creative and innovative approach.
• Experience in telecom architecture.
• Proactive with a positive 'can do' approach.
• Experience with Cisco equipment essential.
• Experience in WLAN technologies (Controllers, WAPs, and 802.11 fundamentals)
• Familiarity with 802.11g/n/ac/ax standards.
• Sound commercial business understanding and risk aware.
• Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Experience relating business requirements to system and infrastructure components and designing the bill of materials for a project.
• Team player / Ability to work independently / Ability to work with little supervision
• Sound commercial business understanding and risk aware
• In-depth Knowledge of Radio/Microwave and terrestrial transmission systems.
• Experience in designing and deploying standardised VOIP technologies; SIP and H.323.
• Experience relating business requirements to system and infrastructure components and designing the bill of materials for a project.
• Set up and maintain a best practice library of company proposals and architectural designs proposed to customers with success and conversion rate indicators.
• In-depth level knowledge of networking technologies including but not limited to: TCP/IP (e.g. interpreting a packet trace file), WAN technologies, VPN(Layer 2 & 3), QoS, firewalls, routers, switches, DNS, Metro Ethernet, SDH, EoSDH, DWDM, VOIP and Data Centre Designs.

• Problem solving.
• Written and verbal communications
• Prioritising workload of self and others
• Contract negotiation and influencing skills.
• Relationship Management and Analytical Skills.
• Background in Telecom and Managed Services Environment.
• Strong background in solution design with focus on IP/MPLS/IPLC/VOIP/Metro Ethernet/Data Centre Collocation/Cloud technologies/Managed Services.

• The Senior Manager, HR shall provide expert advice, strategic vision, leadership, and direct administration of the HR function for MainOne.  He/She shall drive the design and implementation of effective human resource policies, procedures and processes that support the realization of the corporate strategy.
• The Senior Manager, HR shall also maintain and manage appropriate professional relationships with the business units across the organisation and locations, in order to identify and meet their human resource needs.

• Design, develop, recommend, and implement strategies to support, improve and strengthen the Human Resources Unit and services.
• Drive the articulation and development of HR policies to ensure they are relevant, responsive, up-to-date and well-understood organization-wide.
• Using independent judgment consult with departments to provide effective HR support, including interpretation and communication of policies and procedures.
• Establish HR goals and activities, supervise HR staff; align the staff competencies and talents, as well as the budget and activities of the department with organizational goals.
• Lead the development and implementation of HR practices which encourage employee engagement and involvement.
• Devise plans to manage the Company’s talent pool and ensure development and reward of high potential talent.
• Advise Management on trends or sensitive employee matters that may occur; partner with Management to develop and implement timely and appropriate solutions.
• Advise on work performance matters, including problem resolution, disciplinary measures, performance appraisals and career development opportunities to assist with retention, and organizational design.
• Ensure that HR policies, practices, and procedures are properly and consistently administered and lead to fair and consistent treatment of employees.
• Liaise with Heads of Departments to determine their staffing requirements and consult on effective structures for organizational management and performance delivery.
• Manage the implementation of Main One’s performance management system to ensure it is objective, equitable, transparent and merit-driven.
• Maintain the integrity in systems by running queries and analyzing data on key HR planning and operations. Research and resolve problems, unexpected results or process flaws, perform scheduled activities, recommend solutions or alternate methods to meet requirement.
• Take initiatives to engage the staff and plan events or activities regularly to sustain and improve the engagement level of employees.
• Assist to coordinate the development and maintenance of specialized human resource information and measurement/reporting systems.
• Participate in other HR initiatives as may be required.

• A Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline with requisite HR professional qualification.
• A Master’s Degree in Human Resources or related field.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience with at least 5 years in senior HR management role.
• Ability to make timely decisions, exhibiting sound and accurate judgment
• Planning and development
• Oral and written communication
• Change and People management
• Professionalism and Interpersonal relationship
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Knowledge of relevant labour and employment laws and regulation
• Analytical, negotiation and problem solving

• Contribute proactively to new service development.
• Ensure quality, up-to-date documentation exists for all service arrangements
• Provide technical and business consultative leadership throughout the technical life cycle of technical solutions.
• Manage and develop strategic partnerships with third party suppliers and other internal stakeholders for Cloud Aggregators or Managed Service Providers.
• Coordinate with the sales team in formulating and building up proposal knowledge, including making technical demos and presentations to Main One customers.
• Demonstrate ability, determination and tenacity to move major initiatives forward and drive focus while consistently thinking of the bottom-line impact of the efforts
• Will be involved from pre-sales solution formulation through system deployment; including bid preparation and customer interface resulting in solutions architecture proposals.
• The Solutions Architect will develop and articulate solutions based on a customer's strategic business or technical requirements ascertained from working with multiple business units across the customer's organization.
• Assist in the translation of customer needs/technical requirements to appropriate solutions by liaising with customers to understand, anticipate and meet their specific needs.
• Design service solutions for Manages Service customers in line with ITIL and/or industry best practice > Proven business development experience and familiarity with cloud services markets
• Develop and propose solutions
• Assess solutions for their commercial merits and provide appropriate recommendations.

• Cisco CCNA/CCDA/CCIP/CCNP/CCDP
• Three to Five (3-5) years industry experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Information Communication Technology or Engineering

• Experience in designing and deploying standardized Voip technologies; SIP and H.323.
• Experience relating business requirements to system and infrastructure components and designing the bill of materials for a project.
• Set up and maintain a best practice library of company proposals and architectural designs proposed to customers with success and conversion rate indicators.
• In-depth level knowledge of networking technologies including but not limited to: TCP/IP (e.g. interpreting a packet trace file), WAN technologies,VPN(Layer 2 & 3) , QoS, firewalls, routers, switches, DNS, Metro Ethernet, SDH, EoSDH, DWDM, VOIP and Data Centre Designs.
• Creative and innovative approach.
• Experience in telecom architecture.
• Proactive with a positive 'can do' approach.
• Experience with Cisco equipment essential.
• Team player / Ability to work independently
• Sound commercial business understanding and risk aware
• Indepth Knowledge of Radio/Microwave and terrestrial transmission systems.

• Problem solving.
• Written and verbal communications
• Prioritising workload of self and others
• Contract negotiation and influencing skills.
• Relationship Management and Analytical Skills.
• Background in Telecom and/Cloud Environment.
• Strong background in solution design with focus on IP/MPLS/IPLC/VOIP/Metro Ethernet/Data Centre Collocation/Cloud technologies/Managed WiFi services.