NETWORK ENGINEER

Roles & Responsibilities The Manager, Telecommunications & Network organises Engineers and Technical Specialists to perform day-to-day activities in wired network management. He/She provides supervision and on-the-job training to Engineers and Technical Specialists. He/She resolves more complex and non-routine issues in network. He/She manages vendor to ensure products and services are delivered according to plan or contract. He/She supervises complex or major projects in engineering, integration, testing & maintenance of the various transmission paths. He/She supervises projects for outside plant installation of transmission equipment, reception equipment, cable & pipeline laying. He/She ensures end-to-end service delivery and quality. He/She assists the Director with vendor & contract negotiations. He/She assists the Director in budgeting and cost management functions The Manager, Telecommunications & Network organises Engineers and Technical Specialists to perform day-to-day activities in wired network management. He/She provides supervision and on-the-job training to Engineers and Technical Specialists. He/She resolves more complex and non-routine issues in network. He/She manages vendor to ensure products and services are delivered according to plan or contract. He/She supervises complex or major projects in engineering, integration, testing & maintenance of the various transmission paths. He/She supervises projects for outside plant installation of transmission equipment, reception equipment, cable & pipeline laying. He/She ensures end-to-end service delivery and quality. He/She assists the Director with vendor & contract negotiations. He/She assists the Director in budgeting and cost management functionsTasks Assess whether the existing infrastructure meets the client requirements or if additional equipment/cards need to be added. Calculate the cable loss per distance. Calculate the microwave link budget. Calculate the power required by each equipment. Connect the relevant network equipment to interface with the various transmission network links. Create the detailed network topology diagram. Determine the equipment required to interface the new network with the other networks. Determine the frequency of operation for the microwave and any possible signal loss. Determine the microwave communication path. Determine the optimal antenna height. Determine the power supply, the cards and the ports which will be required for the interface. Determine the various network dimensions based on the client requirements and criticality of the network. Estimate the intended traffic to be served by the transmission network. Evaluate the feasibility of various network topologies based on client requirements, redundancy requirements and the ease of maintenance and upgrades. Identify the cables to be used depending on distance, reliability and costs. Identify the total costs for the equipment, infrastructure and power required for the selected network topology. Test the integrated network links for network redundancy, resilience and load testing. Test the transmission network links against the network specifications. Use planning tools to simulate various network capacity requirement scenarios. Tell employers what skills you have SwitchesNetwork ManagementTechnical SpecialistsOutside PlantMicrowaveCost ManagementCCNPWirelessReliabilityTelecommunicationsRoutersIntegration TestingTransmissionFirewalls