Job Description

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Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• To provide Transmission Service Assurance support for transport network architecture from core to access domains.

As a Specialist TX Assurance your main responsibilities will involve:

• Assisting to resolve P1 to P4 failures by engaging with high level support and ATNE to correct these failures as they appear within specified timelines in core, edge & access domain
• Engage with support teams to correct hardware failures and alarms in the transport domain to ensure and improve network quality
• Applying quality checks on new transport infrastructure against specifications and guidelines
• Assist / manage integration of new links and upgrades

Your responsibilities will include:

• To provide transmission assurance support to Operations, NMG, CBU, EBU & ATNE for TX Core, Edge and Access infrastructure
• To provide transmission assurance support to TX planning, TX Fulfilment, Ops Support and the Counties for Core, Edge and Access infrastructure
• To provide transmission assurance support to & from Field Force Outsource for Edge and Access infrastructure
• To take ownership for TX Network Performance and to restoral P1 to P4 failures by correcting alarms and hardware
• To use reports from OSS platforms to identify issues and failures that need corrective action

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• 3yr Degree/National Diploma related to engineering field of study (minimum)
• 3 - 5 years' work experience in telecoms industry specific to Transmission Assurance (Maintenance) and Transmission Systems
• Expert knowledge & experience in the Microwave, Fiber, Router, Synchronisation and Switches technologies specific to Nokia, Infinera/Tellabs/Coriant, Nera, SIAE, Hughes, Radwin, Symmetricom, Nokia and application thereof
• TDM, ATM, PDH, SDH, C/W/DWDM, IP/MPLS, MEF, TX architecture, IP & TX Protocols knowledge and application
• IP experience in Layer 1 to 4 of OSI stack and Standards in IEEE, ITU, MEF, Optical, radio frequency
• Analytical thinker & solution oriented

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fiber connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 01 August 2024The base location for this role is, Kokstad.The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.Commitment from VodacomVodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of peoples individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.

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