OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) Engineer – Swift Networks

Job Description:
Monitoring of OFC laying & termination, verification of MB’s, correction of As-built diagrams, issuance of Bills, OFC testing with OTDR and Power/Laser Source meter and PAT issuance
Optimization of backbone performance and losses by reducing extra cable joints
Power debugging, OSNR improvement and new software/hardware upgrades in order to meet capacity and quality requirements
Transmission support provisioning to IT, MW & BSS teams for Ethernet over SDH and re-routing of BTS sites
Introduction of metro fiber rings in cities and planning expansion of existing metro networks to cover future capacity requirements
Co-ordination with contractors and vendors for conducting PAT, fiber route surveys and smooth OAM activities of the network
First point of contact for NOC for all the equipment and Transmission Network related outages

Requirements:
Minimum 4 year of documented experience of work in OFC Transmission department in mobile networks. ( Preferably majority of the experience should be of Africa Telecom Industry)
Business oriented and good interpersonal skills, preferably with experience from the consulting world
Low level understanding of OFC & DWDM Theory & testing equipment features & usage in industry
Min education level required Bachelor degree in communication science or related discipline ( second class, Upper Division )
Ability to work independently and to build up good customer relations
Generation of regular reports/ presentations for the management

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