Head of Network Services Vacancy at First Point Group, Tuesday 24, April 2018 – First Point Group – Our customer, is searching for qualified possibility to fill the empty position beneath:
HEAD OF NETWORK SERVICES
Competence level: 60% management / Technical 40%
Very experienced profiles required – director level, VP ( exprience from telecommunication operators)
JOB PURPOSE
Lead Core Network Design & Planning ensuring coordination, execution, control and implementation of specific core network projects for CS & PS domain including statistics, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and business objectives
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Core Network Strategy and Architecture:
Alignment and implementation of the core network strategy and architecture as well as implantation of new technologies and trends in short, medium and long term
Design and planning of Core Network Architecture to ensure scalability, Inter operate-ability and reliability – include all areas of core network i.e. CS, PS, MPLS, IN & VAS
Capacity Planning of Core Nodes (Circuit Switching, Packet Core, MPLS N/W, IN & VAS:
Monitoring capacity utilization on weekly & monthly basis and taking action for expansion
Budget Planning and Execution to meet Business needs:
Considering forecast & traffic growth as per AOP (Annual Operating Plan) guidelines, plan core nodes deployment and expansion well in advance
Solution finalization and BoQ assessment and validations
Ensuring the ordering of equipment well in advance
Interacting across internal and external functions – marketing, supply chain, finance, IT, Regulatory, partners & external customers.
Interconnect & Roaming:
Monitoring the utilization, KPIs and increasing the roaming interconnects as per business requirement
Based on the utilization threshold of circuits, initiating the process of expansion to ensure timely expansion completion as per AOP guidelines.
Optimization and Performance Improvement of Core Network:
Monitoring the performance KPIs of all core nodes on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Analyzing the reasons for degradation of a particular KPI and taking corrective action to improve the degraded KPI as required based on the analysis
Closely work with the performance team
Service migration & operational support:
Detailed analysis of Change requests – implementation, impact analysis and backup plan in case of failures
Seamless migration planning of services from live nodes to new nodes
New Products / Tools/Vendor Introduction:
Framing specifications and writing RFPs for core equipment procurements
Evaluation of RFP, conducting POC & finally giving recommendations based on technical aspects
Regulatory Compliance:
Adhering to regulatory requirements as per government guidelines of Nigeria
Submitting the reports on timely basis as per the regulatory requirements
Attending meetings with the regulatory departments as & when called for
Management & Partner Governance:
Motivate people and team for synergy and timely results
Guiding team to help them develop technical & managerial skills
Maintain database and inventory of whole core network elements effectively
MIS (Measure Informative System) report generation and circulation on weekly and monthly basis as required by the management
Tracking the performance of partners on regular basis through the checklist of deliverables, AOP guidelines, minutes of the meetings and responsiveness
Holding regular – weekly & monthly operational & governance meetings with the partners & other stack-holders.
