What will you be doing?

• Responsible for ensuring optimal dimensioning of the Access TX network capacity requirements, within given budget limitations.
• Driving TX Network performance improvements to meet service SLAs.
• Working with the Strategy team on best solutions to deliver what their plans.
• Working with TX Delivery teams to identify and drive capacity upgrades. 
• Working with third party suppliers to ensure our performance monitoring platforms are maintained and running efficiently.
• Ensure Capacity Planning processes are efficient as possible and utilise best practices from across the Vodafone UK as defined by the Strategy teams.
• Leading improvement initiatives and special focus projects for problem areas within capacity planning and network transformation.
• Provide support to Optimisation and Design teams in order to test impact on TX network changes and troubleshoot underperforming customer services.
• Proactively support trials and performance monitoring tools to provide world class network performance to Vodafone customers.
• A strong understanding of IP/MPLS transmission networks (minimum of CCNA level knowledge or equivalent).
• An understanding of microwave principles: topologies, modulations and basic configuration. 
• An understanding of RAN/Core Radio technologies.
• Experienced in network performance platforms with knowledge of active testing protocols such as TWAMP and Service Assurance Testing (Y.1564 and RFC6349) as well as passive testing including packet capture analysis.
• A strong understanding of VMware based platforms management, linux environments and programming languages (python, SQL) in order to support and maintain our Accedian and VIAVI performance monitoring platforms.
• Communicating relevant messages across Technology, Business units and globally.
• Communicating updates to the different departments on key strategy and performance metrics.

Who are we looking for?

• Be educated to an Engineering/Science degree level or equivalent.
• Access transmission planning / performance experience at a management level.
• Strong communication and presentation skills including the ability to present complex technical information in plain language to Senior Management.
• Stakeholder management.
• Supplier management.
• Coaching and developing others.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Ability to deliver to challenging targets and deadlines. 
• Extensive Experience of IP/MPLS networks (minimum of CCNA level knowledge or equivalent).
• Extensive experience of network optimisation techniques and processes.
• Experience of using network statistics, networks traces and drive trialling logs to analyse and improve network performance.
• Knowledge Linux (RHE) and VMWare environments.
• People Management.
• Experience of creating business cases.
• Process Definition and Improvement.
• Knowledge/experience of project management.
• Strong programming knowledge including SQL & Python.