Core Switching Operations Senior Engineer
Job Description
<br><br> As a bold global technology leader, our products and services touch the lives of millions, as well as lending a huge helping hand to some of the country’s most crucial organisations. From contactless payments to connecting emergency services, our technology delivers some truly exciting initiatives, not to mention the incredible connections we make on a global level every single day. We rely on the brightest sparks to help us deliver new innovations. So if you believe, like we do, that technology can help us imagine, create and realise a more connected future – then we need you to help us achieve that goal! We’re focused on building the best network, providing a knockout digital experience and giving back the very best to our customers. Not bad for a company you thought was just a mobile network provider, right? We’re here to prove we’re no one trick pony and our technology reach goes way further than you imagined. Read on to find out just how far.<br><br>Role purpose:<br><br> <ul><li>Operation & Maintenance of domain’s nodes, including Incident and Problem Management</li> <li>Integration of new nodes/software releases</li> <li>Automation and development of tools to support daily tasks</li> <li>Manage the relation and escalation with the Vendors and Managed Services Teams</li> <li>Impact and risk assessment for new projects and changes in existing environment</li> <li>Provide support and/or manage the Core Telco infrastructure</li> <li>Perform/supervise the acceptance of new nodes, services into live network making sure the required documents and processes are validated</li> </ul> <br><br>Key accountabilities and decision ownership:<br><br> <ul><li>L1 NOC management and guidance</li> <li>L2 Managed Services management and ensure their contractual KPIs and SLAs are followed</li> <li>Prepare, ensure approval, and execution of the changes under CS Core domain and Telco infra</li> <li>Manage the CS Core KPIs and ensure any degradation reported is being address accordingly (as incident, problem or improvement cycle)</li> <li>Preventive maintenance planning and follow up</li> <li>Integration of new nodes, services</li> <li>Attend night activities when the situation requires</li> <li>Perform incident and problem management for CS Core domain and follow up on partners, vendors to ensure Vodafone SLAs are met</li> <li>Provide Root Cause Analysis (RCA) through Major Incident Reviews (MIR) with the Vendors and update KEDB documentations</li> <li>Capacity assessment and raise any concerns to design or concerned entity</li> <li>Execute and validate SW and HW bug fixes, release upgrades and expansions.</li> <li>Participate in an on-call Rota and flexible working hours</li></ul>
