Radio Access Network Engineer
Posting Country: Lesotho
Date Posted: 18-Apr-2023
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
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Description
Contract Type: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
The RAN Engineer shall report to the RAN Manager and shall be responsible to ensure proper running of Vodacom Lesotho Base Station Subsystem (BSS) and associated transmission, power, alarm monitoring for the north region , as well as ensure base stations compliance to group standards and policies.
Job Responsibility
- Planning and developing application for improved remote management systems
- Automation, gathering all recurring alarms and develop robots for auto clearing
- Planning power upgrades based on future and current fit for growth requirements, organizational goals, and technology strategy to meet KPI targets.
- Energy efficiency – Commissioning of SON master for improved power features auto configurations
- Dimensioning of the Vodacom energy systems based on current requirements and forecasted future trends.
- Analyse radio alarm history and develop robots to clear all recurring radio alarms
- Analyse power alarms history and develop robots to clear all recurring power alarm.
- Implementation and digitizing power projects in accordance with specified plans and within the agreed timelines
- Control faults handling in BSS and transmission network and manage escalation thereof.
- Maintain proper environment in the BTS rooms through the BSS personnel.
- Support NQ with all relevant alarms to improve the network quality
- Undertake capacity upgrades on BSS, Transmission and Power systems.
- Schedule and manage commissioning of new sites.
Requirements
- Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or relevant tertiary qualification.
- Minimum of 3 years in telecommunications is desirable
Not a perfect fit?
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Commitment from Vodacom
Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences – we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.