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Packet Core Engineer
About this role
Proten is seeking an experienced Packet Core Engineer to manage and maintain a Huawei LTE Packet Core network in Lagos. The role focuses on ensuring network availability, performance, fault resolution, capacity planning, and upgrades to provide reliable connectivity for subscribers. The candidate will work with Huawei LTE Packet Core components and coordinate with technical teams to resolve issues and support migrations to virtualised or cloud platforms. The employer provides human capital development services across Europe and Africa. The position targets someone with substantial LTE Packet Core experience and strong troubleshooting and documentation skills.
What you would do
- Operate and maintain Huawei LTE Packet Core elements (MME, SGW, PGW, PCRF, HSS) as applicable.
- Monitor network performance, alarms, node health, resource utilisation and service availability.
- Conduct routine health checks, preventive maintenance, configuration backups and approved software upgrades.
- Troubleshoot LTE connectivity issues, authentication failures, APN problems, session drops and bearer establishment failures.
- Analyse network signalling and protocol traces to identify faults and support resolution.
- Investigate major incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Monitor performance indicators, traffic trends, capacity utilisation and service quality.
- Identify potential capacity constraints and recommend improvements or expansions.
- Coordinate with Huawei technical support and internal teams to resolve issues.
- Support integration, upgrades, testing and migration to virtualised or cloud-based platforms.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in telecommunications, including hands-on LTE Packet Core operations.
- Proven experience managing Huawei LTE Packet Core equipment in a live network.
- Strong understanding of LTE EPC architecture, subscriber authentication, APN configuration, bearer management, GTP, Diameter and QoS.
- Good knowledge of IP networking, routing, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6 and transport interfaces.
- Experience analysing protocol traces using Wireshark or similar tools.
- Familiarity with Huawei network management systems and troubleshooting tools.
- Understanding of Linux/Unix systems, network redundancy and disaster recovery.
- Experience handling network incidents, performance optimisation and technical escalations.
- Exposure to virtualised Packet Core solutions, NFV, cloud-based platforms or migration projects is an advantage.
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