Recent Vacancies at MainOne Cable, 11th 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: Network Performance & Assurance Engineer Location: Lagos CLS Department: Technical Reporting Line: Senior Manager, Network Operations Job Type: Permanent Responsibilities

• Performs proactive monitoring of network elements metrics and alarms to identify those components /elements that may lead to or already are causing network degradation or failure, accomplishes this through use of network management system(s) and associated monitoring tools.
• Actively monitor, track, analyze, and report deviation on core devices and backhauls to ensure proactive problem identification and service availability. This includes event monitoring and quality of service assurance.
• Prepare report for all Core network elements daily, weekly, monthly etc and review the reports to ensure the efficiency of the Core Network system.
• Perform examination of trouble tickets to identify positive and negative trends occurring in the network and develop courses of actions.
• Performs fault isolation and degradation diagnostic/assessment functions to include root cause determination and suggestion of corrective action(s).
• Organize meeting with respective department to highlight issues and follow-up the corrective action for different Core Network Elements.
• Coordinate with other departments to ensure optimum dissemination of information and network efficiency.
• Coordinate with required teams to accept new services into operations.
• Providing technical and functional support to the GNOC
• Undertake in any other adhoc activity as assigned by the GNOC Service desk Manager.

• B.Sc/HND. in Information Technology/Computer Science/Electrical & Electronics engineering.
• At least 2 years’ experience in Network monitoring including WAN/LAN technology knowledge, firewall and end-to-end performance monitoring.
• SDH, GPON, Wireless links and Metro Ethernet network performance analysis experience.
• Expertise with routing, network security, TCP/IP and associated protocols.
• Hands on experience with Network monitoring tools including Nagios, Intermapper, Netboss and related tools.
• Fundamentals of Ubiquiti radio, Ceragon radio, Dragon Wave radio troubleshooting are required
• Knowledge of U2000, CeraMap,  AirControl etc. is required
• Customer Service Management
• Good knowledge of ITIL Lifecycle
• Good knowledge of MS office application.
• Positive and proactive approach, including follow-up to ensure success and support from all impacted areas and team members
• Must be self-motivated, goal-oriented, proactive, and work well both independently and as part of a team.

• Ability and willingness to work round the clock when required, and meet tight deadlines
• Good research skills.
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong commitment to excellence
• Innovation and creativity
• Result orientated.

• Research and investigation of new DWDM, SDH, metro Ethernet and GPON network elements and features
• Provide 3rd level technical support for diagnosing and resolving repeated network equipment issues.
• Ensure all NNI with third party providers and customers are protected
• Provide technical support for the network provisioning, installation and tech sales, sales engineering.
• Provide the planning, implementation, and coordination of DWDM, SDH, Ethernet and OTN network maintenance and restoration activities
• Supervise and provide support to vendor during the POC installation and testing.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and database information for networks resources and circuits.
• Network planning and design including network protection schemes, network synchronization, and bandwidth availability and utilization.
• Circuit design as per customer specifications including circuit protection, transport network selection, and interworking across networks.
• Capacity planning and management of available and utilized bandwidth on the DWDM, SDH, Metro Ethernet GPON and OTN networks.
• Planning, selection, upgrade, and evaluation of the networking equipment used in the DWDM, SONET, and TDM networks.

• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to evaluate, and articulate the cost trade-offs associated with various network and circuit implementations.
• Knowledge and experience with network synchronization and timing distribution.
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, and Outlook.
• Ability to engage with and communicate with vendors, service providers, employees, and various business contacts in a professional and courteous manner.
• Good communication and reporting skills
• Ownership and initiatives
• Good troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
• Good knowledge and experience with DWDM, OTN, Metro Ethernet SDH and GPON technology
• Experience with researching, investigating, evaluating, and qualifying potential new equipment for network deployment.
• Knowledge of fiber optic transmission and transmission systems, and electrical cabling and transmission systems.
• Good organizational and time management skills

• The demand on the job is high with various submarine and terrestrial project such as odyssey, Exxon, Senegal, Babyfisher and camel upgrade.