Manager - Infrastruture Design at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa\'s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company\'s digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y\'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y\'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network.

Mission:

Design and plan technology infrastructure for the whole of MTN in Intel Compute, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, and Hyperscaler migration.

Description:

• Compile, approve, and manage the assigned budget for the project, ensuring projects are completed on time within budget and to specifications.
• Work with stakeholders and the project team to develop cost effective and value-adding solutions for each project.
• Participate in the assessment of resource requirements for EMS and assist in preparing the budget for IS Infrastructure operations and services.
• Lead and oversee all aspects of infrastructure design, including the preparation of project plans and identifying, allocating, and managing resources, to ensure project outcomes are achieved.
• Manage the project design teams, including internal and external project staff, to deliver all key milestones and outcomes.
• Collaboratively manage highly complex stakeholder and contractual relationships through effective communication, negotiation, and issue management to ensure stakeholders are engaged throughout the design phase of the project to ensure that the deliverables of the project can be achieved.
• Ensuring that public and private infrastructure is designed to be fit for purpose and will meet future demand and expansion.
• Review the design proposals of developers and provide recommendations to ensure that they meet standards for infrastructure and requirements.
• Manage the change process and communicate the progress of the projects to relevant project stakeholders.
• Work with OEMs, partners, planning teams, and other key stakeholders to ensure highly available infrastructure.
• Coach and train the team to ensure understanding of the objectives and goals of the department, awareness of set targets and requirements, and regular review of their training needs.

Education:

• A first degree in computer science, engineering, or an IT-related field
• Fluent in English
• Virtualization and Kubernetes
• Cloud Operations

Experience:

6–13 years’ experience, which includes:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising/managing others
• 5 years’ experience working in a medium- to large organization.
• 3 years’ experience in designing and planning IT infrastructure for medium and large enterprises.
• 2 years’ experience in Landing Zone architecture and setup
• Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes management
• Knowledge of cybersecurity in the context of the cloud.
• 2 years’ experience in platform migrations from onprem to the public cloud and between Hyperscale’s

Method of Application