Safaricom Limited Subscriber Data Management Planning Engineer Job Opening in Kenya June 2014
We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Product & Service Development Department within the Technology Division.
Engineer – Subscriber Data Management Planning
Ref: TECHNOLOGY_ESDMP_JUN_2014
In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:
Reporting to the Principal Engineer – Subscriber Data Management Planning, the planning engineer will work in the area of SIM management, new generation mobile authentication services and Over-The-Air (OTA) platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create KPI for new products/services, marketing proposals, product & services vendor evaluation process – weighted evaluation for new hardware, features and services;
- Analyze network for Common Subscriber DataBase (CSDB) on a weekly basis against the set KPIs;
- Design network for CSDB for new elements are added;
- Minimize network and service impact for any changes;
- Schedule all the planned works;
- Create and update handover system configuration documentation after software/hardware upgrade;
- Configure data for new systems with vendor engineer;
- Create/adopt necessary work instruction for existing systems;
- Perform S.W.O.T Analysis of Projects;
- Provide recommendation reports to Identify opportunities for improvement and optimization of existing services;
- Create a tool/find out method to get statistical data from the system;
- Analyze the effect of a new/improvement change before & after implementation;
- Setup internal training;
- Transfer knowledge to CSDB technicians;
- Build internal and external relationships with key customers and suppliers to deliver continuous quality solutions to business.
- University degree or equivalent in one of the following: Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development, LAN design and configuration, TCP/IP or equivalent from recognized institution;
- 3 years working as an engineer in a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator);
- Experience of legacy GSM HLR will be an added advantage;
- Experience of new generation HLR will be an added advantage;
- Experience of NSN NT-HLR and/or One-NDS solutions will be an added advantage;
The Head of Talent and Resourcing,
Safaricom Limited
Nairobi