Technical Officer (Switching) - Qatar Telecom

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QTEL1501 - Technical Officer (Switching)

Business Unit: Networks Field: Not Applicable Contract Type: Indefinite Closing Date: 31-Dec-2008

Overview: Qatar Telecom (Qtel) is proud to be a full-service telecom provider for the people of Qatar and increasingly, as it expands its operations into overseas markets, for its customers around the world. Our vision - "To be among the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world by 2020" - is succinct, ambitious and achievable. At Qtel, we are committed to rewarding, nurturing and retaining talent to help our employees achieve their potential. We have institutionalised global best HR practices to identify the potential of our employees and help them hone that talent by offering them a structured career path, counselling, training and development. We are looking for the best-in-class talent to drive our business and propel our growth. Join us if you are looking for a job that makes the most of your talents.

Accountabilities: Your job profile will include, but not be limited to, the following: Responsible for O&M of Siemens supplied N.E. Supervise the daily, weekly and monthly routine maintenance. Supervise and support subordinates in their work. Provide technical guidance to subordinate. Check the second level debugging message's like Plausibility check failure and Audit error. Check each day last 24 hour's abnormality in Siemens N.E as well as other associated N.E. Analyse the abnormality and apply the appropriate corrective maintenance. Randomly supervise the circuit on all trunk group And apply the appropriate corrective maintenance. Support the Call out technician after duty time in case second level maintenance. Watch the randomly traffic load of Siemens N.E. Ensure maximum reliability of the switching system. Generate monthly reports of Siemens N.E activities. Participate with the Vendor for installation, testing and commissioning of new and existing N.E. Supervise the Patch implementation and expansion of N.E. Participate any activities related to project implementation when needed. Coordinate technical problems with vendor’s local support. Co-ordination with Qtel’s departments for problem resolution, such as transmission department. Maintain the spare card availability. Ensure that ISO procedures are being followed. Technical capabilities to restore the complete system in case of major failure of Siemens N.E. Preparing the annual preventive maintenance plan & monitor its progress on monthly basis. Attending & troubleshooting major faults & ensuring such faults are being rectified in best effort manner. Ensure that all network health reports or observations generated by OMC-S or Quality team are being implemented & cleared in the best effort practice. Follow the subscriber complain received by NMC-S. Keep updated daily record of cleared & un-cleared fault dockets in co-ordination with OMC-S Supervise, check and monitor SS7 trace's. Co-ordinate for the roaming data correction in the Siemens N.E. after request by roaming section. Monitoring the SS7 trace's for International roaming. Ensuring all the activity logs and observation are saved in to the storage device.

Preferred Background: Diploma in Electronics & Communications Engineering or Equivalent Qualifications

Experience & Skills: The ideal applicant should have: 3 years of experience in the GSM NSS system. Training on Siemens NSS(Power CP,SSNC,SCP and Switch Commander) system. Experience in GSM switching Network. Good Knowledge of C7 signalling i.e.: ISUP, SCCP, MAP, DTAP, IN, TCAP, SMS and BSSAP. Knowledge about data networks, VMS, UNIX, and PC skills. Knowledge in computers related applications: MS word, MS excel, MS Power point etc.