Principal IP Planning Engineer at Safaricom Kenya

Brief Description 

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Transmission and IP Engineering, the position holder shall be tasked with Planning, design and optimization of reliable IP transport systems/networks in support of all Safaricom’s core services including mobile and fixed services.

IP Planning Engineer Job Detailed Description 

• Network planning, design, reviewing, optimization and evaluating the network performance
• Timely delivery of key projects to ensure network quality standards are met at all times
• Monitor overall infrastructure resources utilization such as bandwidth within KPI targets as per KPI doc. Capacity for traffic growth to be provided in accordance with overall projected growth
• Align network plans with business requirements to ensure all services are transported efficiently
• Coordinating change management activities to minimize impact on service availability
• All the capacity and quality KPI’s to be met in accordance with Tx target
• Ensure tools availability and accuracy to provide FCAPS and modelling capabilities
• New enhanced features to be implemented as per the roadmap to continuously improve network capacity and quality.
• Preparation of tender / Capex documents
• Impact Assessment Report of proposed new network systems, services showing anticipated improvement of identified KPI – network situation before/after change released during evaluation process.
• Creation of integration and functional acceptance tests documentation for every new systems/products/services before 

Requirements for IP Planning Engineer Job

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineering or related fields
• At least 8 years experience in network planning/design and operations in a large service provider environment
• Relevant IP professional qualifications – CCIE Preferred
• Involved in Strategy Modeling, Planning, Design and Optimization of reliable transmission systems /networks
• In-depth understanding of IP network protocols – BGP, MPLS, OSPF, ISIS
• Excellent communication and motivational skills in line with the management of a multi skilled team
• Knowledge in transport/data communication planning design and optimization tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Project management and business cases development
• Accurate documentation and reporting skills