Datacom Engineer – Huawei Technologies Ethiopia PLC
Engineering, Telecommunications
Huawei Technologies Ethiopia PLC
Huawei is a leading global provider of commercial telecom networks that ranks No.2 among the global telecom suppliers, and currently serves 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators by the end of January 2012. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, we respond quickly to customers’ needs with a comprehensive, customized set of offerings. Huawei’s products and solutions are deployed in over 140 countries, supporting the communications needs of one-third of the world’s population and strive to meet the Company’s vision “Enrich life through Communication”
Huawei Technologies Ethiopia engaged in the entire network construction of Ethio-Telecom including. GSM, CDMA, Fixed Network, in order to provide better services to Ethiopia Telecom and contribute more to the success of GTP. Therefore we would like to invite qualified and competent applicant to work with us on the following positions:
- Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers
- Maximizing network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with network architects on network optimization;
- Undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources;
- Upgrading data network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases;
- The configuration of routing and switching equipment (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)
- Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations;
- Liaising with project management teams, third-line engineers and service desk engineers on a regular basis;
- Speaking with customers via Tools (SAV2000, email, phone…) for initial requirement capture
Education and Major
- BSc degree in telecom/ in Computer Engineering
Professional Knowledge
- CCNP or higher (CCIE and/or CISSP highly valued) or other vendor specific courses, such as Juniper Certified Internet Expert (JNCIE);
- Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g., IPSEC, HSRP, BGP, OSPF, 802.11, QoS)
- Solid understanding of the OSI or TCP/IP model
- Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools (U2000, Putty, WinSCP, Mozilla …)
- Being on the user end of IP services is useful, as it gives him an idea of the types of problems that may arise
Business Skills
- Preferred Experience in similar position with Mobile Operator or Vendor
- Good command of English spoken and written
- Able to work under stress
- Must be a Team player as well as self-motivated and be able to work with minimum supervision.
Project Experience
Previous Experience with similar position in mobile operator or similar Project 4/5 Years of experience
Language Skill: English
Other requirement
Level 1 for junior engineer (minimum 2 years experience ) and L2 for expert engineers
