MainOne’s success is built on having talented and highly proficient people within their respective fields as the driving force behind our business
A job in MainOne is different from any other you have had. With joining MainOne you’ll be challenged, inspired and proud as you become a part of something big.
At MainOne, great ideas and thoughts find a way of becoming great products, services that turn to great customer experiences. We are perfectionists, idealists and pioneers of great products and services forever thinking of better.
We have corporate offices from Nigeria to Ghana to Portugal. International and home opportunities are available.
MainOne is a family. Join in and be a part of the change and the future that will bring about new ways the continent works and connects.
Job Title: Sales Manager
Department: Sales
Location: Lagos
Responsibilities
The Sales Manager, will be responsible for managing business relationships at a senior level with customers , to identify opportunities for growth and increased revenue for Main One as well as improve the customer experience.
He will manage existing relationships with customers, understanding their business model and market to be able to assist in the development of strategies that will enable both Main One and the Customer to grow and succeed.Specifically, the Sales Manager, will:
Engage and interact with decision makers at a senior level to identify new and emerging business opportunities for Main One.
Build and maintain productive business relationships with these decision makers to understand the Customers’ strategic direction and explore opportunities for Main One to gain a larger share of the Customers’ wallets.
Lead, implement, and communicate the sales strategies and coordinate the action plans.
Manage the execution of team sales plan to achieve sales targets as defined by Main One.
Be the primary contact person for accounts, planning and managing the overall business relationships between them and Main One.
Bring to bear own knowledge and experience of selling in the telecoms sector on the team, defining and implementing developmental strategies that will support the growth of the team and generate increased revenue for the company.
Drive results through others, manage team performance, set clear expectations, and hold team accountable against business metrics.
Oversee efforts of the team on accounts by reviewing sales proposals and negotiating with clients.
Provide to the Line manager with the necessary sales reports, budgets, sales plan, and market analysis.
Co-ordinate with relevant technical teams such as Transmission and IP Engineering team to ensure timely delivery of services to the customer.
Speak positively and enthusiastically about the company and its products and services to ensure that a professional company and brand image is provided at all times to customers and colleagues.
Work with other support teams such as Technical Sales, Legal, Finance and Service Delivery to resolve any customer queries or problems in a timely and effective manner in order to achieve and maintain customer satisfaction.
Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree in a relevant discipline.
Post graduate/relevant professional qualification will be an advantage.
At least ten (10) years’ relevant sales experience with at least four (4) years in supervisory role.
Competencies:
Extensive knowledge of the sector’s sales principles and practices, and an ability to coach others on them.
Understanding of local markets, customers and competition in order to target needs and drive sales.
Ability to grow the business, with proven success of client return on investment.
Strong ability to uncover new revenue opportunities and create productive, long-term customer relationships.
Strategic self-starter with entrepreneurial drive and an ability to organize, prioritize, and clarify deliverables.
Ability to make business and people decisions, while creating positive energy in the face of challenges.
Strong problem solving skills and the ability to balance it with moving with speed to achieve results.
Technical & Professional proficiency
Excellent Communication Skills
Negotiating Skills
Analytical Thinking
Excellent Relationship Management
Proficiency in MS Office Productivity Tools
Experience in selling bandwidth capacity, Internet services products or telecommunications products
Positive ‘can do’ attitude and result-oriented.
Job Title: Facilities Operations Engineer
Department: Technical
Reporting Line:
Facilities: Operations Manager
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Responsibilities
The Facility Operations Engineer will be responsible for the functions pertaining to facility management of the Main One sites (CLS, POP, Top Notch and Beach Manhole)
Facilities maintenance: Power, Fire Protection System, Precision Cooling, Comfort Cooling, UPS, Inverters, Rectifiers, Biometrics, AC and Water treatment Plant.
Utilities, Repairs, Renovation Management for all Main One facilities as well as service coordination and service providers’ management.
Preparation and updating of dossiers and method of operation manuals for all systems within the CLS and POP
Perform 1st line troubleshooting of faults involving the generators
Ensure building and facilities are kept at high level of maintenance and that all SLA’s are adhered to
Ensure 100% availability of power and manage diesel supply and replenishment process
Manage all SLA between Main One and her Service Contractors
Relate with public power company to ensure reliability and quality of public power supply and ensure problems are fixed within the shortest possible time
Oversee building structure and all equipment and utility systems such as generator sets, air conditioners, battery, fire protection systems such as cooling and fire hydrants, Security systems such as CCTV, Lighting.
Ensuring that safety and health standards at work are adhered to
Prepare accurate weekly/monthly project, operations and Maintenance reports for management
Qualifications, Skills & Competencies:
Related Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
Minimum of 3 years’ industry experience
Good Knowledge of Power System, Precision & Comfort cooling, UPS, Inverters, Rectifiers, AC and Water Treatment
Good Knowledge of Utilities, repairs & Renovation Management
Benchmark, report writing and problem solving skills
Negotiating, evaluation, analytical and interpersonal skills
Analytical and numerical skills
Personal effective management skills
Facilities management
Project management
Contract management
Business management ethics
Relationship Management
Team work
Proficiency in the use of MS Office tools
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Contacts: You will be required to liaise and interface with other groups/departments and contractor
Demands of the job:
Ability and willingness to work long hours and meet tight deadlines
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Assertive, proactive and take initiative
Good research skills
High energy
Detail consciousness/Accuracy
High integrity and passionate about work
Good judgment
Confident
Job Title: BMS Engineer (Operations)
Department: Technical
Reporting Line: Head, Capital Projects
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Responsibilities:
The BMS Engineer (Operations) will be responsible for;
– Operations and maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems, VESDA & FM200.
– Operation and maintenance of Water Leakage Detection Systems for Data Center.
– Operation and maintenance of Access Control , CCTV Systems
– Operation and maintenance of Rodent Repellent System.
– Operation and maintenance of Branch Circuit Power Monitoring (BCPM) System.
– Operation and maintenance of HVAC Systems (CHILLERS,PAHU’s AHU’s, TFA’s etc.)
– Monitoring and reporting of All Electrical systems (Energy Meters, UPS, PDU, Feeders & Transformers) Reading and Consumption According Daily, Weekly and Monthly.
– Preparation and Submission of Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reports.
– Troubleshoot and fix day to day operational problems pertaining to Access Control, VMS (Visitor Management System), Fire Alarm systems, CCTV issues, VESDA, & BMS.
– Execution of IBMS related projects as per the design.
Contacts:
You will be required to liase and interface with other groups/departments and contractors
Qualifications, Skills & Competencies
3-5yrs minimum in a similar role
HND/BSc in engineering/related field
Cost conscious professional, successfully exhibiting excellence in significant savings through effective execution
Good communication & interpersonal skills, multitasking with an ability to interact with a wide range of people
Job Title: Business Development Manager, Data Centre & Cloud Services
Department: Commercial
Responsibilities
The Business Development Manager, DC & Cloud Services will work with the technical and commercial staff to provide high level Data Center & Cloud expertise.
He/ She will be working directly with clients, vendors and the technical team. As a DC/Cloud Specialist, the person will also share a revenue target with the Sales
team and be responsible for ensuring that the product revenue targets are met.
Other responsibilities includes:
Work with cross-functional teams to lead and manage the commercialization and timely delivery of products
Work with senior decision makers at a range of major clients, articulating the benefits of Outsourcing and/or Cloud Technology
Manage Cloud product revenue, goals and achievement – will be responsible for tracking Cloud P & L and recommend actions to improve profitability.
Understand market dynamics and competitive landscape that affect product demand and direction, using it as feedback to drive attractiveness of Cloud products
Ensures the positioning of the company’s Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure services to align with client’s business needs
Gather technical, financial, market and other relevant information to create compelling products and services for the customer base, in line with company product roadmap
Develop and drive marketing campaigns and lead generation activities to maximize revenue contribution of the Cloud business to the company
Initiate and implement sales and other training programs to increase revenue and profit
Engage internal stakeholders to communicate features and benefits of the services and products developed.
Prioritize activities according to revenue generation/corporate strategy
Undertake other projects and roles as required from time to time by senior management
Develop and support effective communication mechanism between the project teams and the rest of the organization.
Qualifications & Competencies Required:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences or Engineering
Possession of an MBA will be an added advantage
At least five (5) years experience in product management, technical product sales/services or product development
Familiar with telecoms and hosting markets
Good knowledge of virtualisation products, cloud market and the various cloud propositions
Evidence of successful product launch and full lifecycle management
Evidence of total ownership of a product: Support all supply chains in the company – sales, operations, finance and marketing, as a product owner
Demands of the job:
Ability to prepare/present business cases with financials at the product launch
Ability to track/manage product P&L once launched
Excellent customer, supplier and external relations
Excellent Presentation Skills (at C Level)
Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite
Attention to Details
Highly Organised
Excellent Communication skills
Team Oriented and Leadership skills
High Tolerance for Stress
Relationship Builder
High level of Integrity
Time and Priority Management Skills.
People Management and Negotiation skills.
Superior analytical Skills.
Demonstrates independent ownership and management of tasks.
Strong level of professionalism in dealing with highly confidential information
Job Title: Data Centre & Cloud Solutions Specialist
Department: Technical
Responsibilities
The DC & Cloud Solutions Specialist will be responsible for coordinating and performing installations, preventive and remedial maintenance of servers configured in clustered environments, located within a computing environment.
He/She will interface with hardware vendors to establish successful integration of equipment into associated systems and provide top level technical expertise and support for all services.
He/she will also work with the technical department to develop hardware configuration test plans to support implementation efforts.
Other responsibilities includes:
Responsible for monitoring and ensuring maximum uptime on existing hardware/networks.
Performing as needed, hardware/network maintenance or configuration changes as directed.
Responsible for ensuring proper deployment of new hardwares, including servers, switches and storage arrays.
Provide quick and timely updates to work tickets, and provide prompt responses to requests
Identify opportunities for improvements in efficiency and responsiveness, makes recommendations and implements efficiencies as necessary.
Ensure orderliness, maintains accurate hardware inventory records and publishes best practice procedures for operations.
Qualifications & Competencies Required:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences or Engineering
At least five (5) years’ specific experience in related field.
Certifications such as CCIE, CCNA, EMCIE, EMCTA, VCP, etc. are given a preference
Solid understanding of network deployment process.
The individual needs to understand the basics of PXE booting, TFTP, DHCP and HTTP. WDS/WAIK for windows deployment is a plus.
Solid understanding of Linux. Any Linux, but preferably RedHat variants. The person needs to know how to install Linux and manage it.
Individual MUST have advanced Linux experience, understanding Linux infrastructure technologies including WSRR, WODM, OpenAM, PostgreSQL, Mule, LDAP and WMQ.
Expert level knowledge in all Cisco switching products, as well as Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000v.
Expert level knowledge in Vmware, vCenter, SRM, ESX Virtualization, EMC VNX, Isilon SANCitrix XenApp / XenDesktop, Active Directory infrastructure technologies, Hyper-V and KVM.
Should have hands-on experience with Cisco UCS compute cluster, Cisco 1000v VSM within vSphere 5.
Strong knowledge in all other areas of: Data Center Networking Design & planning, Layer2 network design and architecture including expertise with switching and/or routing platforms from Cisco, SAN switching
Expert knowledge in VCE Vblock cloud infrastructure, IaaS (infrastructure as a service) BaaS (Backup as a service), RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) cloud implementation
Solid understanding of a chassis/hardware installation process including changing the hardware components/configuration (hard drive, Memory, CPU, PCI cards).
Should have deployed VCE VBLOCK 100,300 and 700.
Good knowledge and ability to debug hardware problems – for example, if a node does not boot, the person needs to identify whether the problem is hardware (maybe like a bad DIMM), or the software.
Individual will need some POST and OS boot experience.
Scripting in any of the following is a plus – Perl, Python, Bash, XML, XPATH
Windows management (AD, DHCP server, WDS), will be an added advantage.
Demands of the job:
Ability and willingness to work long hours and meet tight deadlines
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Assertive, proactive and take initiative
Good research skills
High energy
Detail consciousness/Accuracy
High integrity and passionate about work
Good judgment
Confident
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