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• Responsible for the development and
  testing of solutions/products using any of the common programming
  languages according to the agreed specifications of the requesting
  department
• Ensure optimization of existing VAS
  applications to ensure VAS systems performance meets customers’
  expectations and maintains company KPIs including proactive monitoring of
  the internally developed applications.
• Tasked with the development of technical
  documents to be used for new products/solutions including technical
  specifications and operations and maintenance manuals
• Serve as the technical lead in VAS
  projects related to internally-developed applications and managed by the
  capital projects team and participate ably when required as a resource in
  cross functional projects
• Derivation of trends in performance from
  statistics as well as from customer complaints so as to provide long term
  solutions to problems identified
• Derivation of trends in performance from statistics
  as well as from customer complaints so as to provide long term solutions
  to problems identified
• Research on new VAS Apps solutions to
  ensure MTN uses the most advanced technologies and techniques.
• The incumbent will design,
  implement/supervise implementation and test internally developed
  solutions/products to ensure the services are within company quality
  requirements before launch.
• Tasked with the development of scripts to
  ensure efficient collection of statistics and generation of required reports
  and ensure the execution of relevant O&M tasks on relevant systems to
  maintain system performance
• Ensure L2 and L3 support for resolution of
  incidents related to the internally developed applications to ensure MTN
  NWG Remedy SLAs
• Perform any other duties as may be
  assigned from time to time

• The ideal candidate for the MTN Engineer
  III-VAS Applications job opportunity should hold a Bachelor of Science
  degree in Electronics/ Electrical or Telecommunications Engineering
• Training in Software development &
  support, UNIX/Linux Server administration, Database administration
• At least two years’ experience developing
  and maintaining applications
• One year in telecommunications planning,
  operations or applications development
• Previous experience in developing and
  maintaining applications
• Knowledge of UNIX shell scripting,
  Application development and life cycle management,
• Server administration
• Excellent communication and interpersonal
  skills
• Excellent report writing skills
• Good Analytical and Organizational skills
• Flexible, resilient and self-Directed
  person.
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work long hours
• Works well under pressure and tight
  deadlines

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