Support Engineer

at Ericsson
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted June 25, 2026
Category Engineering
IT / Information Technology
Management
Telecom
Job Type Full-time
Currency UGX

Description

About Organisation:

Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empower people, business & society, we are working towards the Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit from a connection will have one. At Ericsson, we apply our innovation to market-based solutions that empower people & society to help shape a more sustainable world.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • You will work in Managed Services delivery as part of Onsite support team responsible for system stability, performance and life cycle management
  • This also includes support for patching, failover preparation and verification, troubleshooting during incidents, and preventive maintenance.
  • Be responsible for the coordination, management, and execution of proactive and reactive maintenance activities that require a higher level of support.
  • Able to investigate, debug and reproduce issues, provide fixes and workarounds, and verify changes to ensure continued operability of the software solution.
  • Implement approved workaround where possible
  • Preparation of the incident report
  • Review and secure RCA from 3PP and L3 support
  • Contribute towards meeting all the Managed Services SLAs and KPIs as applicable to the customer contracts.

Release & Deployment Management Support

  • Responsible for mentorship and Knowledge base data creation
  • Be able to support onsite outside of business hours.
  • Be able to work as per shift roaster (applicable for engineers working as part of Ericsson 24*7 delivery setup)
  • When Onsite, Act as the Customer interface for change requests, service requests, subscriber queries and any other technical issues related to business demands, system performance and stability.
  • Handle calls/bridges for ongoing Issues and update all stakeholders on progress/analysis/resolution.

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Degree in Software Engineering or similar.
  • Solid Linux/Unix handling knowledge.
  • Scripting (e.g. Shell, Python, Ansible).
  • Experience in container technologies, e.g. Docker/Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge on Grafana, Elastic search is a merit.
  • Able to make standard configurational changes and regular application upgrades using SOP/MOP.
  • Meritorious is an Oracle database experience.
  • Meritorious is to have demonstrated ability from Mobile Commerce, online banking, or the IT area of the financial sector that has worked in.
  • ITIL / eTOM process certification and knowledge will be a merit.
  • Having background of service operations (problem, event, incident mgmt.) and service transition (change and knowledge mgmt.) is a must.
  • Fluent in spoken and written English.
  • Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Excellent active listening skills.
  • Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
  • Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
  • Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.

Applying Instructions

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

 

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NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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