Ref: GP281-137

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The IP/MPLS Planning Expert will be responsible for Planning IP/MPLS Network in Asiacell for IP Backbone for 2g and 3g. Expert in Network Design and Architecture should pose good team player in house and other functional teams. Ensure adherence to the Ooredoo Group IP network architecture, security and policies.

The IP Planning is the fore front for any project and backbone to the operations and support of the network, ensure that all required documentation is maintained in a timely basis.

Job Functions:
- Planning and Designing of IP/MPLS networks (Backbone & Enterprise networking)
- Should pose as best Process Champions, and adept to process methods and tools
- Design Proposals, network re-structuring, fine tune the network to the state of art network
- Responsible for collecting information and documentation of the existing and upcoming projects
- Responsible for design, verification and installation of all IP and related projects, and support IP related technical operations of the business
- Design all VLAN, IP numbering and addressing schemes
- Perform dimensioning and capacity planning of IP network
- Development, Configuration and Implementation of IP based systems
- Coordination of IP related work and projects
- Responsible for the product of all IP based systems, which include Cisco / Huawei network devices to ensure their high availability
- Responsible to bring out new Design models and adapt to the latest trend & practices
- Ideal Solution provider for the IP MPLS and MPLS TP, emerge with CE / ME (Carrier Ethernet) technologies
- Responsible for the network optimization and emerge with new design topologies
- IP traffic management utilizing VLANs and routing protocols (IGP, EGP), also DNS, web PROXY, and NTP applications
- Perform all required software and hardware upgrades for above mentioned systems and services
- Perform network audit and support to the network security team in terms of access list and policy defining
- Ensure that the Asiacell mature markets continue to function on secure local and wide area networks with the design implementation of VPN technologies and firewall policy management
- Provide proactive support of WAN data and voice links (VSAT, leased lines) to provide 100% availability of all IP services, including VoIP, ITP (SS7 over IP) and internet
- Ensure that network metrics are closely monitored and captured so as to provide proactive network management, as well as regular feedback on network performance in the form of reports to management
- Provide IP Support to other departments and external parties as required
- Ensure the IP design is scalable, reliable, resilience, redundant and robust
- Keep accurate and timely documentation of all network events, system configuration, preventative and corrective maintenance schedules and IP administrative policies and procedures
- Perform knowledge transfer to the rest of the team

Requirements

- Highly experienced on IP and Broadband Design and planning, and have excelled in design proposals for major telecom vendor market
- Should have handled various design topologies for more vendors like Huawei / Ericsson/ NSN Core (CS & PS) networks, RAN, Transmission, Satellite, fiber networks
- Should have proven IP designer for 2g and 3g networks and LTE is added advantage
- Highly experiences on different medias like ATM, EoSDH, Channelized Ethernet, Packet Over Sonet (POS), IP Over DWDM and IP over DSL
- Should have extensive and excellent knowledge on Routing and Switching, Enterprise Networking, Service provider network
- Experiment talents in STP, IGP (OSPF, IS-IS), EGP (BGP, MBGP), LDP, RSVP and MPLS designing, planning and optimization
- Experience in BGF, MPBGP, MPLS – TP designing, planning and optimization
- Experiment talents in QOS and DSCP marking for Service provider and Telecom networks
- Highly experienced on GPRS/EDGE and 3G networks, interfaces and protocols
- Good Product knowledge in IP Devices multi vendors – Huawei, Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel Lucent and etc
- Should have good experience in Implementation and integration of IP Networks for the 2g & 3g networks
- Should have good knowledge in Operation and maintenance of the IP Networks for the 2g & 3g networks
- Has been working in the role of technical support, roll-out/upgrade projects
- Has strong IP Design & Integrations knowledge
- Excellent Project management skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and handle multiple priority assignments simultaneously
- Good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent planning, designing, implementation, troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Experience and training in Network Security

Other Skills/Abilities
- Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or similar
- Cisco Certified CCNA/CCNP/CCIE – Service Provider and CCDA/ CCDE or equivalent
- Proven 6+ experience and knowledge of IP and Broadband Design and planning for mobile communication platform

About the Company

Asiacell is a leading provider of quality mobile telecommunications and data services in Iraq with a subscriber base of 14 million customers. Asiacell was the first mobile telecommunications provider in Iraq to achieve nationwide coverage, offering its services across all of Iraq’s 19 governorates including the national capital Baghdad and all other major Iraqi cities. Asiacell’s network covers 99.06% of the Iraqi population which makes its national coverage the widest among the mobile operators in Iraq.

Asiacell is also the best internet provider with its 3.9G data services, offering the best network coverage in the entire of Iraq since January 2015.

Asiacell provides prepaid mobile communications services that forms 99% of its subscribers (as of November 2016). Prepaid lines offers include some amended package offers to suit different sectors of the market, including young people and women, and an innovative service targeting millions of visitors to Iraq every year. Asiacell also provides post-paid services to companies and individuals.

Asiacell is also the value share leader in the market, the fact that indicates the trust and confidence of higher value and corporate segment customers.

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