Senior Engineer, VAS at 9mobile

9mobile is a Nigerian private limited liability company. EMTS acquired a Unified Access Service License from the Nigerian Communications Commission in 2007. The License enables EMTS provide Fixed Telephony (wired or wireless), Digital Mobile Services, International Gateway Services and National/Regional Long Distance Services in addition to spectrum assignments in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Senior Engineer, VAS

Location: Abuja

Job Summary

Operate and maintain VAS platforms/ systems to ensure constant (24 hours) availability and stability.
Technical support operations and projects for the deployment and delivery of VAS products and services

Principal Functions

Put in place strategies to ensure 99.99% network and service availability of VAS nodes
Work closely with vendors in the testing, implementation and maintenance of services as required by the business (Commercial and Marketing requirements)
Perform comprehensive analysis of faults/failures on VAS nodes to determine the root cause and conduct corrective action for permanent resolution in a timely manner
Analyse daily generated alarms and error logs, report, trends and implement proactive measure
Work closely with other stakeholders (products development, customer care and Network Planning) to deliver quality value-added services.
Develop and apply high level of skills, knowledge and standards to stay current with business and industry trends.
Apply proactive approach towards performance management, and suggest corrective measures to arrest any shortfalls
Perform acceptance tests on newly implemented VAS platforms to validate features, capacity and functions
Have a full understanding of VAS protocols including SMPP, USSDI&II, SIP, XML, Diameter, HTTP(S), SS7, SIGTRAN, Web services, IP and others (SNMP, ICMP, etc)
Perform other assigned duties as delegated by management

Educational Requirements

First degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science
Three (3) to Five (5) years post NYSC work experience

Experience, Skills & Competencies:

Expert knowledge of Network Availability and Capacity Management
Good understanding of technology evolution (Cloud Computing, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), IoT, M2M, AI etc.)
Good understanding of Online and Offline billing
Good understanding of Software life cycle
Basic knowledge of IP Technologies
Expert knowledge of Database Management System (RDBMS and NoSQL)
Good knowledge of data visualization
Expert knowledge of Linux/UNIX operating system
Good knowledge of VAS service flow
Basic Programming knowledge (PHP, PL/SQL, Python, Shell Scripting etc.)

Skills: