About

Strategically minded Engineer with over 10 years of progressive experience in designing, incident management in mission critical network. I have continuously decreased system downtime, led significant service enhancements, and offered excellent customer support techniques. Through the experience, l...

Skills

  • maintenance management
    10
  • Problem resolution/troubleshooting
    10
  • Executive team leadership
    9
  • Network design
    10
  • planning and implementation
    10
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    9
  • Microsoft Office
    9
  • English
    10
  • IsiZulu
    9
  • Sesotho
    9

Experience

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Work experience
  • Supervise Telecom-related projects from conception through timely completion.
  • Manage the acquisition of equipment and delivery to the site.
  • Monitor the development of designs, procurement and installation and KPIs related to the project
  • Manage the clients review comments and their resolution with the OEM’s Lead engineer.
  • Participate in technical meetings with OEM to discuss and resolve technical concerns.
  • Ensure the deliverables adhere to the quality requirement of the project.

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Work experience
  • Network Manangement Centre Shift Lead at   WIOCC
  • January, 2023 - November, 2023
  • Fulltime
  • Supervise technical activities by overseeing the coordination of investigation and restoration
  • efforts among relevant stakeholders, such as contractors and vendors, to meet the technological challenges.
  • Manage and deploy sub-sea service capacity on the Equiano Cable and 2Africa submarine cable systems
  • Initiate a root cause analysis report of service degradation failures and coordinate with Level 2 engineers to investigate network outage or risk.
  • Manage vendors to improve productivity, efficiency, and business growth.
  • Formulated and assessed Method of Procedure plans for scheduled preventive and corrective maintenance of transmission equipment (DWDM, OTN, and SDH) within Ciena and OME6500 Photonic Layer.
  • Develop a training plan for new employees as well as set KPIs and provide regular performance reviews.
  • Participate in strategic meetings to mitigate network outages and SLA breaches.
  • Authorised comprehensive documentation for incident reports.
  • Collaborated with the engineering team to develop predictive analytics tools to monitor quality of service to minimize downtime.

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Work experience
  • Network Architect at   WIOCC
  • January, 2022 - December, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Lead 70+ major network projects, including network design, implementation, and technical plan in optical architecture.
  • Manage high-level support and strategy for Long Haul WIOCC network.
  • Collaborated closely with field engineers and the operation team to ensure seamless alignment of solutions with design and optimal configurations.
  • Acted as a liaison with project managers to secure successful project delivery and acceptance post-installation.
  • Formulated comprehensive technical plans and documentation for organizational presentations.
  • Monitor NLD’s network functional performance and propose alternative routes.
  • Implement change management processes for existing network infrastructure where necessary.

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Work experience
  • Provided valuable support to the pre-sales team by aiding in the design and review of transmission network solutions.
  • Pitch technical solutions and interact with clients to determine their needs.
  • Facilitated R&D engagement, completed Proof of Concept (POC) initiatives, and participated in Headquarter events for pivotal development accounts.
  • Led the planning and execution of optical transport network (OTN, DWDM, SDH) initiatives.
  • Performed high-level support on SDH and DWDM (Huawei 8800, 9800) network components, encompassing multiplexers, ROADM systems, optical amplifiers, and NCE servers at Data.
  • Use technical skills to demonstrate to potential customers the usefulness of automatically switched optical networks and MPLS.
  • Configured SDH and DWDM network components, encompassing multiplexers, ROADM systems, and optical amplifiers.
  • Initiate and assist clients to migrate from SDH to DWDM.

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Education

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Work experience
  • Telecom Transport Engineer at   Huawei
  • Managed troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational activities of GSM-R BTS across South Africa, overseeing over 120+ BTS sites in three regions (Gauteng, KZN, Western Cape).
  • Proficiently handled the configuration tasks for Huawei transport equipment, including OSN 550 and 2500 models.
  • Conducted bi-yearly health checks of core GSM-R products to ensure optimal system performance.
  • Played a pivotal role in conducting site acceptance and comprehensive site surveys for the GSM-R network.

Lehlohonolo Lucas Mthethwa

Education

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