Senior Engineer-VAS Development at Etisalat Nigeria in Lagos

Reports To: Manager-VAS Development
Job Summary:
Develop and design products and services as described in the Business
Requirements Documents (BRD)
Provide technical support to the Products & Services and other
teams to ensure delivery of an efficient software design, dimensioning
and architecture

Principal Functions:
•Participate in the development and customization of innovative
services and/ or enhancements to existing VAS
•Manage the process of installing & configuring VAS that have been
developed
•Review software design specifications and ensure that the Unified
Modelling Diagrams are correctly designed according to the
requirements of the service/application being developed
•Conduct post-implementation checks to ascertain the benefit of
new products or technology change on the service creation platform
•Ensure efficient software development of VAS for Etisalat Nigeria
•Ensure that all identified bugs are fixed according to the SLA of
specific service
I•nvestigate new technologies that could enhance the performance of
the VAS Development Middleware Layer
•Liaise with the Products & Services, IT, Enterprise Solutions, VAS
Operations and other teams as and when required
•Provide critical inputs relating to hardware dimensioning and capacity
planning during budget cycles
Improve service development and quality of deployments with a view
to increasing subscriber satisfaction
•Conduct effective technical feasibility studies and impact analyses for
new features and services within the VAS development environment
•Support the provisioning of service capacity in the VAS development
environment before introduction of new services
•Manage and support the design of service delivery platform as well as
service creation middleware strategies
•Maintain key vendor relationships
•Perform technology investigations into topics related to core service
delivery platform design and performance
•Support and advise on preparation and deployment of pre-requisites
for project deliverables
•Provide technical planning and optimization support to assist in service
and product rollout
•Provide end-to-end support in integration and input requirements for
deployment of new applications
•Support the team in defining and maintaining VAS development KPIs to
ensure an efficient platform
•Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure optimization tasks are
achieved
•Apply knowledge and skills to analyze and resolve complex VAS
development issues
•Apply global best practices to work instructions/ processes/ tools in
order to ensure high-quality and timely deliveries
•Proactively assist the VAS development team in identifying and
collecting required inputs for service and product development tasks
•Participate in the process of establishing application and systems
requirements for new projects or enhancements to existing services
•Prepare and/ or review of functional and technical specifications for
products and services
•Liaise with 3rd party vendors during project development to review
progress
•Prepare and deploy pre-requisites for project deliverables.

Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related
disciplines

Experience & Skills:
»Minimum of 4 years directly relevant post-NYSC work experience,
including extensive experience in enterprise level EE5 development (all
phases of software lifecycle), interfacing with remote devices,
operational responsibility for a product solution, and JAINSLEE Event-
based application development
»Demonstrable experience in interfacing with vendors and equipment
suppliers
»Solid understanding of project management methodology
»Strong grasp of OOP concepts
»Good knowledge of telecoms fundamentals
»Comprehensive experience in java development
»Strong grasp of enterprise-level java technologies with emphasis on
EE5 or EE6 concepts (JSP, Struts, Spring, Servlets, EJB)
»Solid experience in the development of applications implementing the
following protocols: TCP/ IP sockets, SMPP, HTTP, XML, XML/ RPC
»Strong knowledge of Solaris UNIX (operating system and scripting)
»Very good knowledge of Oracle (Administration, database & PL/ SQL
development)
»Good knowledge of protocols such as SS7, SIGTRAN, SIP, GSM
Protocols – MAP/ ISUP, etc
»Good knowledge of JBOSS and Mobicents Application server and call/
traffic flows
»Good knowledge of project management methods and software
dimensioning and performance management tools
»Demonstrable familiarity with Apache Ant or MAVEN and all phases of
the software lifecycle: requirements, design, development, testing and
deployment
»Good knowledge of version control software

Ideal candidate must be an independent problem solver with good
initiative and possess excellent project management, presentation,
documentation, interpersonal and communication skills
Click to apply on or before 11th April 2012
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