Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer’s needs.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Technical Support Engineer
Location: Port-Harcourt, Rivers
Department: Technical
Reporting Line: Transmission Manager
Slot: 2
Qualifications, Skills & Competencies
- A Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent in Electrical/Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
- Basic knowledge of the Nigerian telecommunication market and/or experience working in a telecommunications environment.
- Good understanding of telecommunications/engineering principles, transmission, and access networks, IP networks, metro Ethernet etc.
- In-depth knowledge of IP and IP related Technology and protocols such as BGP, MPLS, and DNS etc.
- Ability to interpret topography, network design maps and AutoCAD Designs/and or Visio app.
- Structured cabling experience is a must.
- Ability to use E-Analyzer, SDH Analyzer and other signal testing tools/instrument and diverse bandwidth test apps.
- Knowledge of a vendor network management system.
- At least 3 years post NYSC work experience in the configuration, operations and maintenance of optical fiber SDH and wireless network equipment.
- A working knowledge of microwave transmission and must have undergone a basic training in optical and wireless networks with focus on SDH/PDH/IP transmission standards/protocols.
- Basic knowledge of the Nigerian telecommunication market and/or experience working in a telecommunications environment.
Demand on the Job:
- Ability and willingness to work long hours and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to work under minimal supervision.
- May be required to travel out of station.
- Maybe required to work weekends.
Responsibilities
- The Technical Support Engineer will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company terrestrial network comprising of network elements such as OSN series, Dragon Wave HC & HC+ and ECI equipment within and outside Port-Harcourt metropolis.
- Deploy and document changes in accordance with problem and change management process
- Participate in managing projects introduced by engineering team assuring full implementation and documentation standards are adhered to complete the projects objectives within timelines.
- Able to interpret, review and implement PDH and SDH networks designs from the core network planning team.
- Perform most effective approach to restore, recover, or alter configurations, logical or physical, to maintain service integrity
- Ensure that Company’s global and metro fiber network documentation is always accurate and up to date.
- Coordinate with the sales team in formulating and building up proposal knowledge, including making technical demos and presentations to Company customers
- Convey customer feedback including feature requests and product issues to Product Management and Development teams.
- Coordinate with the sales team in formulating and building up proposal knowledge, including making technical demos and presentations to Company customers.
- Work as a remote hand assist for the IP team during new circuit activation and troubleshooting IP related faults for Company existing customers within the region.
- From a technical sales standpoint, the resource will work closely with the commercial sales team to foster sales within Port-Harcourt and it’s environ through well-articulated network solutions that stemmed from purposeful customers’ follow ups and the understanding of customers specific needs.
- In addition, the Technical Support Engineer will be responsible for the following:
- Troubleshooting and resolution of 1st and 2nd level network related problems.
- Respond to and resolve SDH & MW networks issues within the time frame of severity level agreements
- Review and execute RPRs (re-provision requests) on Dragon Wave HC+, OSN series (especially OSN3500, OSN500 & OSN8800) and ECI box (BG-20 & BG-30) platforms with minimal supervision
- Support all aspects of the network management process assuring requests, implementation, and problems are delivered as required with no impact to the global communications.
Salary
Very Attractive.
Very Attractive.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV’s to: recruitment@alfred-victoria.com
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV’s to: recruitment@alfred-victoria.com
Application Deadline 13th June, 2018.
Note: Any application received after the closing date above will be automatically rejected.
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