MTN Nigeria, GSM Telecom provider is inviting applications for the position of an IP Planning Engineer.

Job Description:

Plan and design nodes, sites and links within the national IP/MPLS Edge and Core Networks and ensure ongoing development to cater for new developments in the organization’s business plan
Produce network convergence hierarchy, topology, architecture and infrastructure redundancy plan for VPN service integration, regional Service provider edge aggregation and IP Core Transport via the multi service backbone
Interface with Transmission Specialists and Topology for planning of optic(DWDM) backbone connectivity, capacity planning and allocation for efficient transport of all internal and external customer data traffic
Plan, design and optimize routing and transport technologies for Provider Edge aggregation and Core transport network integration and verify requests, justify needs and classify all requested networks and services for MPLS VPN integration
Plan, deploy and evolve Quality and Class of Service techniques at the network Edge and in the MPLS core network
Plan all IP backbone integration events, issued work orders and control project processes for capacity expansion, node integration and/or new service introduction
Conduct weekly and monthly network performance monitoring, trends and increases in traffic
Develop and evolve IP addressing, naming and numbering formats for all network nodes and elements in the IP/MPLS backbone
Produce and evolve designs for integration and extension of IP/MPLS edge functionality to the Campus LAN Core at all IP Backbone locations
Plan, schedule and conduct site visits and surveys for accurate and effective network design, dimensioning and integration planning.