Posted on: 17 June 2023
ID 863193

Core Transmission Engineer CT / KZN/JHB

Core Transmission Engineer CT / KZN/JHB ICT/ Information Technology

Cape Town - Western Cape ~ Johannesburg - Gauteng ~ Durban - KwaZulu Natal

Job Purpose:

Working as part of the Active Network team to plan, build, and operate a reliable optical network.

The Transmission Engineer will focus on the Aggregation and Core layers of the Network, provide OTN/DWDM expert-level expertise and support the entire infrastructure in meeting the Business's bandwidth requirements to ensure consumers have the best and fastest experiences.

Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with Active Network teams to define network requirements and specifications for OTN/DWDM.
  • Plan, design, recommend technologies and implement optical network solutions to meet capacity, reliability, and performance goals.
  • Produce detailed documentation, including network design, configuration, Method of procedures.
  • Forecast capacity and align with National and Regional requirements/strategies regarding growth and expansion.
  • Provide transport solutions across self-provisioned optical infrastructure or backhaul from 3rd party Service Providers to support all capacity requirements of the business.
  • Conduct high-level & Low-Level National OTN/DWDM planning.
  • Monitor and review the performance of the transmission network (alarms, errors, availability, congestion).
  • Ensure grade of service and provide support in troubleshooting for degradation of Transport Key Performance Indicators.
  • Management and timely resolution incidents and outages.
  • Develop methods of procedure and oversee implementation.
  • Design, develop automated test cases for features of network management and automation product for access network.
  • Understand feature impacts, identify test cases, and prepare plan to execute them.
  • Analyse, reproduce, debug issues reported by internal and/or external customers promptly.
  • Manage vendor performances based on contractual obligations and quality objectives.
  • Manage escalation of faults with vendors and communication with stakeholders during incidents
Required Skills & Experience:
  • 5+ years OTN/DWDM experience.
  • Working knowledge of optical fibre technical specifications, testing, and link engineering fundamentals.
  • Working knowledge of DWDM network architectures (i.e. FOADM/ROADM/PON/fixed and flex grid) and signal flow.
  • Familiarity with the following optical transport platforms:
  • Huawei.
  • Ciena.
  • Nokia.
  • Understanding of DCN design, IP subnetting, and routing protocols.
  • Experience with Data Centre and Carrier Hotel and telecoms facility environments.
Troubleshooting and diagnosing user application performance issues:
  • Speed & traffic throughput.
  • Latency, jitter & user experience.
  • Additional Skills & Experience
  • Fibre optic backhaul and transmission:
  • Passive DWDM & CWDM.
  • Optical link planning.
  • Last mile fibre technology:
  • Ethernet point-to-point
  • GPON and related passive technologies.
  • PRTG & SNMP monitoring tools.
  • Huawei NCE
  • Ciena MCP and Site Manager
Required Qualification, Skills And Experience

Minimum Qualification Indicator:
  • At least 2 years of tertiary education in an engineering or computer science field.
  • Network professional certifications.
  • Minimum Experience Indicator:
  • Five (5) years of experience in the network and telecommunications industry, in a Carrier / Mobile / Enterprise environment.
  • Should be able to communicate & collaborate across the Enterprise (Cross functional seamless execution) and developing strong relationships with Internal and External customers.
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