Responsible for Planning and Optimizing Microwave Transmission Systems

Key Accountabilities and Decision Ownership
• Drive MW TX Network Design related activities including link budgets analysis, initial system design and dimensioning, System dimensioning for coverage and capacity including traffic E2E backhaul analysis.
• Responsible for coverage sites backhaul planning, site identification, evaluation, NW planning, interference analysis and optimization using MW Planning tool(s).
• Responsible for Backhaul planning and TX analysis for Coverage and capacity sites
• Spearhead proposal for required backhaul capacity and existing link capacity upgrades or enhancement.
• Responsible for Network optimization to meet the acceptance target.
• Provide Transmission network strategic and architecture planning, ensuring robustness, scalability, interoperability, and appropriate technology
•Engagement with Operations and Managed Services teams to plan and coordinate common activities and develop synergies leading towards common goals
• Providing Half Year Microwave Utilization report and review to the regulator
• Co-ordinate pro-actively with Internal and external stake holders
• Spearhead the Transmission Infrastructure Strategy for microwave, lease lines, and inputs into the fibre infrastructure
• Ensure alignment with EBU and FTTX to avoid duplication of microwave and fibre infrastructure

Core Competencies, Knowledge and Experience 
• Extensive work experience in transmission designing and operation of following
Networks:
Optical, Microwave, DCN, Sync,
Quality of Service (QoS),
TX Audit and optimizing RAN backhaul
capacity
Tx Design delivery
• Good hands-on experience on Microwave NW Design Tools, Transmission Products, and Solutions which are used to backhaul the following technologies GSM, WCDMA and LTE.
• Good understanding of advanced and complex radio networks to be able to assist with advanced optimization and creative design solutions.
• Knowledge in transmission capacity management.
• Knowledge in transmission optical technologies.
• GSM/LTE/WDM/SDH/PDH/IP/SDN Network Planning Principles

Must have Technical / Professional Qualifications

• BSc Electrical / Electronic / Computer Engineering
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant hands-on experience in a similar role
• PMP certification is a plus