RAN Network Quality Specialist - Vodacom

At Vodacom, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive, and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drives us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference. 
 

Role Purpose

Responsible to monitor and correct network quality impacting problems, liaise with other departments where required, to get resolutions to subscriber impacting faults, and generally improve network performance and subscriber experience
 

Your responsibilities will include

• Network Performance  analysis and corrections, assisting counties to drive resolutions  - Ensure that network quality is  regularly monitored on all technologies monitored and any performance impacts are rectified as soon as possible
• RAN Network Configuration planning, Implementation, and monitoring – Job Order Creation, liaising with all relevant stakeholders to ensure upgrades and integrations occur seamlessly with post-performance KPI checks. 

• NED Analysis and investigation - Constant monitoring of NED i.e. Daily, Weekly, and Monthly as well as consolidating feedback from the counties and supplying it to the NMG PM team
• New Network Element Integration - Ensure new network entities are specifically tracked wrt performance to have minimal impact on the region, this also overlaps with the NED monitoring

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• 3yr Degree/National Diploma (minimum)
• 5-8 years work experience in the telecoms industry
• Network Planning & Optimisation
• RAN Knowledge
• Project Management skills
• TX knowledge
• Huawei Equipment Knowledge preferable

The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organizational culture that recognizes, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion. 
 

Commitment from Vodacom

Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating, and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed, and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that respects, values, celebrates, and makes the most of people’s individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom, you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits program that you would expect from any global company.