Manager- IRU Ops

Manager IRU at Vodafone Idea

Function: - Technology, Fiber Operations

Sub Function/ Vertical/ Department: - Fiber O&M

Band: - M1

Experience: - 6-8 yrs.

Eligibility: - BE/B.Tech

Job Purpose

Responsible for Circle IRU Governance fiber network operations management through other operators.

To develop, implement and govern long term operating models for smooth functioning of IRU operations OFC Network in line with Vodafone Idea India’s mission of being No.1 player in Indian mobile Voice & Data services.

To ensure that the operating team of Vodafone Idea transmission network of India meet the Transmission network KPIs and SLA improvement for mobility/enterprises services.

Key Accountabilities / Key Result Areas

Own/IRU fiber performance management and governance as per agreed SLA.

Fiber cuts/1000km, MTTR, Fiber losses, Fiber Integrity & Permanent Restoration KPI maintenance with Fiber O&M from IRU partners.

Team Building, competency development and communications across teams.

Achieve operational excellence by driving process standardization & process automation for entire transmission network requirement with IRU partners.

HSW Compliances.

Own/IRU Database Management.

Responsible for all budget related and network related data base monthly backup in sync with

Planning/Project/Finance and commercial team.

IRU & Own VIL M&G Fiber Network Various Vendors PO/Billing/GRN/Invoice processing/Payment follow-up with internal Departments and Management.

HOTO of IRU Routes.

Commercial and legal understanding for closure of contract and agreements with IRU partners to get better KPIs and cost factor advantage

Support for Fiber O&M.

Responsible for given/taken faults tickets and validation with IRU partner

Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience, Technical / Professional Qualifications

6-8 years of Telecom experience and Proficiency in understanding overall transport NW architecture and key cost drivers.

Understanding of IP/MPLS & Optics NW architecture to build scalable fiber NW

Sound understanding of Opex and budgetary skills to derive best out of NW at lowest possible cost.

Should employ a specific time management strategy to ensure closure of fiber projects on fixed time periods.

Commercial and legal understanding for closure of contract and agreements with IRU partners to get better KPIs and cost factor advantage.

Strong Stakeholder management, Negotiation skills and Strategic mind set to make win-win alliance with TSP partners and IRU partners

Key Performance Indicators

To maintain SLA / KPI of 6.5 cuts/1000km for VIL IRU fiber across PAN India.

To achieve over MTTR of 4 hours for fiber cut restoration from IRU operators.

Losses for optical fiber should be in range of 0.3db/km to 0.4 db/km.

Fiber Integrity test to manage / control the unused assets in the network from IRU partners.

To optimize the Fiber integrity from IRU partners so as to smartly use the media and surrender the optimized media. ZERO Percent deviation in IRU PO/Billing

Risks, Challenges, Job Context

Fiber network is backbone / life line / nervous system of any Telecom Organization as all the traffic is carried by these fiber network.

There is high amount of risk involved in this operation as the entire fiber asset is spread across the length & breadth of India in an open environment.

The entire operations is uncontrolled with exposure to environmental challenges like Natural calamity & man made disturbances.

Since India is still developing country there are lot Infrastructural development happening like road expansion, Metro work, Railway work, Water Pipeline work, Drainage Work, Smart City Projects etc.

These Infra works are the major challenge / threat to our fiber asset as all these work happen on roads across which fiber is laid.