RAN Planning & Optimization Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Scan the market landscape and gather market intelligence information to facilitate planning of a superior network.
• Analyze network statistics, marketing and market intelligence information, and prepare network plans for coverage and capacity to position Airtel to provide superior network experience.
• Continuously evaluate current network plans and replan and redesign the network to meet evolving customer network experience requirements.
• Carry out technical Site Surveys.
• Prepare detailed site radio BoQ.
• Verify quotations from vendors and prepare budget requests for new sites and upgrades.
• Verify Cell design data for site integration.
• Review Network performance reports and ensure that the MS partner maintains the KPIs above Airtel targets.
• Ensure that essential services of voice and SMS are of very high quality for good customer experience.
• Review Network performance reports and follow up the MS partner maintains the KPIs above Airtel targets; and ensure that HD voice experience is maintained across the network.
• Review Network performance reports and follow up the MS partner maintains very good data experience for all the data services provided through the mobile network.
• Review solutions from MC/MS partners.
• Occasionally join network drive tests.
• Review DT reports and output network optimization actions.
• Support Quality team with optimization solution to resolve customer complaints.
• Regularly review network traffic and issue capacity upgrade plans to MS to optimally deploy network resources in grow/degrow process.
• Obtain and review quarterly NCP reports from RAN vendors and plan for nodes (BSC & RNC) expansion where required.
• Project management.
• Data management.
  
   

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in either Telecommunications engineering or Electronics Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Network planning and Optimization.
• Strong understanding of GIS tools, Microsoft office excel, PowerPoint and access.
• Strong practical skill of traffic engineering.
• Ability to use network planning tools eg Planet and geolocation tools. 
• Ability to perform and verify frequency plans.
•  Ability to use OSS software and fetch, analyse and create statistics reports.
• Excellent knowledge of Huawei and ZTE RAN equipment- BSC, RNC, BTS, NodeB, eNodeB, gNodeB.
• Good Understanding of the Air Interface (Um & Uu etc).

Skills critical to the role: 
●    Deep understanding and practical skills of GSM, UMTS, LTE and 5G technologies
●    High level analytical skills of various forms of data using excel and planning tools
●    Expert use of Network planning tools to produce plans 
●    Team Player
●    Self-driven
●    Results oriented
●    Ability to influence and get things done quickly
●    Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
●    Creativity and Proactivity
●    Customer centricity
●    Effective Communication and Negotiation Skills
●    Ability to prepare effective reports and to make presentations

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