- Company: Proten International
- Location: Lagos
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: N500,000 monthly
- Deadline: 17th November, 2026
About the role
Proten International is looking for an experienced Packet Core Engineer to join their team in Lagos. This full-time position focuses on managing and maintaining a Huawei LTE Packet Core network. You will play a key role in ensuring reliable connectivity for subscribers by supporting network availability, service performance, and capacity planning. The role also involves handling fault resolution and network upgrades.
Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain Huawei LTE Packet Core elements such as MME, SGW, PGW, PCRF, and HSS.
- Monitor network performance, alarms, node health, and resource utilisation.
- Conduct routine health checks, preventive maintenance, and configuration backups.
- Troubleshoot LTE connectivity issues, including authentication failures and session drops.
- Analyse network signalling and protocol traces to identify and resolve faults.
- Investigate major incidents and conduct root cause analysis.
- Monitor performance indicators, traffic trends, and service quality.
- Identify capacity constraints and recommend improvements.
- Coordinate with Huawei technical support and internal engineering teams.
- Support network integration, upgrades, and migration to virtualised platforms.
- Maintain accurate network documentation and incident logs.
- Follow network security, access control, and change management procedures.
- Support redundancy testing and disaster recovery activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a 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 environment.
- 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, or cloud-based platforms is an advantage.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to recruitment@protenintl.com. Please use ‘Packet Core Engineer’ as the subject of your email. Note that only qualified candidates will be contacted. The application deadline is 17th November, 2026.
Apply by email: recruitment@protenintl.com
