XTN-CF04438 | EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Functional overview

The Network Engineer’s role is to ensure the stability and integrity of in-house voice, data, video, and wireless network services. This is achieved by planning, designing, and developing local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) across the organization. In addition, the Network Engineer will participate with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links. This individual will also analyse and resolve network hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion and provide end user training where required.
Minimum competencies
1 Knowledge and Experience

- 4 years’ experience managing and configuring enterprise-wide LANs, WANs, WLANs, VPNs, etc.
• Exceptional technical knowledge of network and PC operating systems.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting hardware such as servers, routers, bridges, switches, hubs, modems, network interface cards, and so on.
• Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards, including IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, GRE, OSPF, BGP,EIGRP, etc.
• Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts, data processing concepts, micro segmentation and telecommunications principles.
• Experience installing network cabling and patching telephony systems and VoIP services
• Knowledge of MPLS, SDN & SDWAN are required.

2 Technology:

- Strong system administration (Routers, Switch, AP, SDWAN, etc.) at the command-line level.
• Enterprise data centre infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, security, DR)
• Strong knowledge of Cloud networking
• Knowledge about Cloud Network security architecture
• Experiences in consolidation of datacentres and hybrid environments.
• Knowledge on several brands of networking (Cisco, Extreme Networks, Dell, Aruba, Arista, HP, Silver Peak, Meraki, etc.)

3 Personal Attributes

- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure high-paced environment and make sound decisions.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Good understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and ability to present ideas in a user-friendly language.
• Ability to write & present technical & design documents.
• Able to conduct research into issues and products as required, and document outcomes.

• Highly self-motivated and directed.

- Strong customer service orientation.

• English spoken and written.
Minimum qualifications

- Four-year university degree in the field of network or telecomunication science and/or 4 years equivalent work experience.
• Certifications in Cloud networking highly regarded.

• Certifications in Cisco, CCNA, CCNP

- Itil v3 foundation.

• Agile Scrum

Originally posted on Himalayas