Microwave Network Engineer – E-band & NMS Specialist

Tangent International; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 502,000 - 837,000; Full time

Job summary

Tangent International is urgently seeking a Microwave Technical Engineer to work a 6 month rolling contract based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The role requires hands‑on microwave deployment, commissioning, integration, and performance verification across E‑band systems.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years in telecom transmission, strong Link Budget and RSL knowledge, and familiarity with vendor platforms (ZTE, Ericsson MINI-LINK, Huawei RTN, Ceragon).

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in telecommunications transmission with microwave deployment, commissioning, integration and BO/NOC maintenance.
• Hands‑on experience in microwave link commissioning and troubleshooting, including antenna alignment and capacity testing.
• Strong knowledge of microwave technologies (link budget, RSL, ACM, XPIC, modulation/capacity).
• Experience with E‑band (80 GHz) solutions is highly preferred.
• Understanding of Ethernet/IP transmission over Microwave, VLAN, QoS, LAG, Ethernet OAM, and basic IP troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with NMS/EMS platforms and performance analysis; basic Linux and network diagnostic skills.
• Ability to prepare technical reports, troubleshooting records and RCA reports in English.
• Willing to participate in 24/7 on‑call support and provide field support as required.
• Experience with major microwave vendor platforms (ZTE, Ericsson MINI-LINK, Huawei RTN, Ceragon) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide site integration, commissioning, acceptance and field troubleshooting support.
• Carry out fault localization, outage recovery and RCA for microwave networks.
• Conduct link planning, antenna alignment and rain‑fade analysis for E‑band deployments.
• Operate and monitor Microwave NMS/EMS platforms and analyze performance trends.
• Collaborate with field teams, NOC/BO teams and customer technical teams; document results in English.

Skills

Microwave transmissions

Link Budget

RSL

ACM

XPIC

Modulation/capacity

Frequency planning

Interference analysis

Rain‑fade analysis

Ethernet/IP over Microwave

SyncE/IEEE 1588v2

Microwave link commissioning

NMS/EMS platforms

Linux

Vendor platforms (ZTE, Ericsson MINI-L

Tools

ZTE

Ericsson MINI-LINK

Huawei RTN

Ceragon

NMS/EMS platforms

Job description

Tangent International is urgently seeking a Microwave Technical Engineer to work a 6 month rolling contract based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The role requires hands‑on microwave deployment, commissioning, integration, and performance verification across E‑band systems.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years in telecom transmission, strong Link Budget and RSL knowledge, and familiarity with vendor platforms (ZTE, Ericsson MINI-LINK, Huawei RTN, Ceragon).