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Job Description
- Establish the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, and defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
- Design and implement new solutions and improve resilience of the current environment.
- Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with network architects on network optimization.
- Undertake data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments using information from multiple sources.
- Secure network systems by establishing and enforcing policies and defining and monitoring access.
- Support and administer firewall environments in line with IT security policy.
- Report network operational status by gathering and prioritizing information and managing projects.
- Upgrade data network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases
- Configure routing and switching equipment, hosted IP voice services and firewalls.
- Provide remote support to on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation.
- Provide remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation.
- Undertake capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centers.
- Liaise with project management teams, third-line engineers and service desk engineers on a regular basis.
- Speak to customers via email and phone for initial requirement capture.
Job Requirements
- - Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
- - Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), or Voice Professional (CCVP), or Wireless (CCNP Wireless), or Network Security (CCSP) is an advantage.
- Good working knowledge with Cisco and Juniper switches and firewalls.
- Familiarity with network, server, storage virtualization, i.e., MDS switching infrastructure, VSAN, VRF, VPN, and VMWare.
- Good working knowledge of IOS, NX-OS, JUNOS, EIGRP, BGP, GRE and OSPF.
- 2 years of relevant IT work experience.
- Ability to manage large scale multi-tenant environments across multiple routers, switches, and firewall platforms.
- Strong initiative and ability to identify security risks, potential network latencies, and infrastructure threats.
- Time Management skills.