Network Services Engineer at IpNX Nigeria Limited

Deliverables

• Expected Key Results Key Activities
• Network Service Monitoring
• Maintain a platform for network service usage; gather monitoring statistics.
• Engage in routine preventative procedures and maintain and monitoring network security i.e Firewall, switches.
• Proactively monitor and report infrastructure capacity including bandwidth, storage etc.Network

Key competencies
Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, Electrical Engineering or other technical disciplines
• Industry Certifications in AWS, CISSP, CCDP, CCNP, and CCIE
• Requires strong knowledge of Cisco routers and switches and of firewalls and web filtering solutions
• Keen interest in emerging technologies Cloud, SD-WAN
• Good verbal and written communication skills are required for interaction with business users.
• Strong problem-solving skills required for technical issue resolution.
• Organized and structured work habits
• Strong personal time management to coordinate several tasks simultaneously
• Ability to confidently communicate with personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Extensive technical knowledge deploying and managing network and infrastructure environment
• Well organized, articulate and has numerate skills
• Knowledge of network hardware configuration and management, including routers, firewalls, switches etc.
• Ability to quickly learn, understand and work with new emerging technologies, methodologies and solutions in the cloud/IT technology space
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit
• Pre-Sales & Post-Sales Management
• Demonstrable communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Environmental / Industry analysis

Documentation and Strategic planning skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Project management skills are also desirable
• 5 years plus experience with Fiber to the Home (FTTH) infrastructure, and experience in construction on the new outside and inside of the plant (OSP/ISP) fibre infrastructure.
• Experience with basic configurations of enterprise or carrier-grade networking equipment such as routers, switches, firewalls, encoders, optics, and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
• Working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental protection practices and procedures as they apply to common construction processes
• Experience working within a Service Provider the environment on the core network architecture
• Experience working within a multi-vendor network environment – Cisco etc
• Good experience in incident resolution, requests, changes and problem-solving activities delivered to agreed-on SLAs in an enterprise organisation
• Extensive experience interacting with clients in both pre-and post-sales capacities
• Experience using data to illustrate business conclusions
• Experience working in a Service Provider environment and providing technical support to end-customer solutions
• Knowledge and understanding of the Nigerian and global Information Technology Industry especiallyTelecommunications