The client is looking for a Core Network Engineer (CS/IMS) to work a 6 month rolling contract based in Congo B (Brazzaville OR Pointe-Noire).

Qualifications:

• Has a bachelor's degree, majoring in Communication Engineering, Electronic Information, or related fields.
• Experience in CS/IMS Communication or core network O&M experience of 1- 3 years is preferred.
• Good communication and language skills.
• Can accept overnight network cutover, on-duty shifts, and emergency standby duties.

Responsibilities:

Routine O&M Duty

• Responsible for daily inspections, alarm monitoring, and performance metric analysis of CS/IMS including MSC, MGW, HLR, VLR, STP, and GMSC, IMS nodes.
• Verify traffic indicators, trunk status, and signalling link states, promptly handle equipment alarms, and generate inspection reports.

Handling of Emergency Faults

• Handle core network faults. Localization, troubleshooting, and generation of fault analysis reports.

Version upgrade

• Implement CS/IMS domain equipment version upgrades and patch loading.

Network Data and Service Configuration

• Familiar with CS/IMS network configuration include but not limited umber analysis data, routing data, and service data.

Network Optimization and Metric Analysis

• Conduct core-side optimization analysis to address high congestion, call failure, and roaming failure issues, and deliver optimization recommendations; collaborate with the radio access network side to locate end-to-end voice problems.

Documentation and technical support

• Maintain inventories of network elements, local data, and network topology documentation; prepare technical proposals and emergency response plans.
• Internally supports wireless and transmission specialties, while externally interfaces with operators and equipment vendors.
• Participate in technical reviews and hazard identification, and complete special rectification tasks.

Please note: Due to the urgent hiring the client is looking for consultants who are based in Africa.