IP Network & Services Planning Specialist

About the role

The IP Network & Services Planning Specialist is responsible for end‑to‑end design, architecture, capacity planning and optimisation of the IP/MPLS backbone and related services. The role ensures that network designs follow industry standards, remain secure, scalable and support the growth of enterprise and mobile networks.

Key responsibilities

• Act as escalation point for complex fault resolution and problem solving.
• Define and implement solutions that align with best practice and future strategy, ensuring internal and external partners adhere to them.
• Recommend and drive continuous improvement actions in line with Telecel’s improvement techniques.
• Design and implement scalable IP/MPLS, BGP, OSPF and IS‑IS architectures for mobile core, enterprise and broadband services.
• Conduct network capacity forecasting and plan expansions across core, aggregation and edge layers.
• Plan and document IP addressing schemes, routing policies and QoS configurations.
• Ensure all designs meet network security, reliability and redundancy standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in IP network planning, design or operations within a telecom or ISP environment.
• Strong knowledge of routing and switching technologies such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS, QoS, Multicast and IPv6.
• Hands‑on experience with routers/switches from Huawei, Nokia, Cisco or Juniper.
• Understanding of IP service provisioning platforms (BRAS, CGNAT, DHCP, DNS, AAA).
• Familiarity with SDN/NFV, automation tools (Python, Ansible) and cloud networking is an advantage.

Required skills

• BGP
• OSPF
• IS‑IS
• MPLS
• QoS
• Multicast
• IPv6
• Huawei, Nokia, Cisco, Juniper equipment
• BRAS, CGNAT, DHCP, DNS, AAA platforms
• SDN and NFV concepts
• Python
• Ansible
• Cloud networking