Network Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

Scope of Responsibility

The Network Engineer (CCNP) will be responsible for the planning, project management and deployment, administration and operations support for network to ensure that systems, services and applications are performing optimally to meet customer, user, and company expectations.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in supporting, maintaining and implementing Network and / or Data Centre Facilities Management (Cisco / Alcatel / Juniper Inter-Networking Solutions) technical administration and support.
• Excellent understanding of common network technologies, including TCP / IP, IPsec, VRRP, HSRP, SNMP, NAT, Multicast, Sub-netting, Ethernet, Access-lists.
• In-Depth Working Knowledge and understanding of the following routing protocols : BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, MPLS.
• Familiar with the setup and configuration of network security devices such as firewalls, wan optimisers, virtual private networks and authentication servers etc.
• Proven working knowledge, implementation and administration experience of high availability Network Security devices (E.g. Checkpoint, Cisco Firepower, SRX, Palo)
• Proven knowledge of DNS, time synchronisation, Proxy, F5 Load Balancers, Infoblox
• Proven knowledge in switch and router configuration, including storage switch configurations
• Monitor & measure the performance & availability of network devices proactively; implement corrective actions identified to improve performance & service level availability and capacity planning.
• Experience on the various Network Management platforms (E.g. MRTG, Cisco ISE, Algosec etc.)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing vendors in terms of procurement, writing and managing RFQ / RFP, project management, problem resolutions.
• Managed network projects successfully with proven track records.
• Working knowledge of DRP (disaster recovery plan) and BCP (business continuity plan)

Preferred Skills

Education

Necessity

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OSPF

MPLS

EIGRP

CCNP

High Availability

Administration

Routing Protocols

Ethernet

Authentication

ITIL

Cabling

Disaster Recovery

Network Security

DNS

Checkpoint

BGP