Vacancies: NOC Engineer, IP Engineer
A Pioneering African Telecommunications Company, requires the services of experienced professionals to fill vacancies in our expanding operations. Experience of Data, IP and Broadband solutions is essential in addition to a background of working with Mobile Operators, Telcos and ISPs. Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for any of the positions below.
Position: NOC Engineer
REF: NOCG1
Qualification
- University graduate in Engineering. Electronics, Telecommunication or Computer Science from a reputed Engineering Institute.
- Ideal candidate will possess Certifications equivalent to Cisco Certified Internetwork equivalent to Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP).
- Good communicator with a natural aptitude for dealing with people.
- Good network diagnostic skills and ability to assess and prioritize faults.
- Excellent understanding of SDH, PDH and IP/MPLS systems as well as Ethernet and IP networks including troubleshooting techniques.
- Excellent understanding of network monitoring concepts and management tools.
Experience
- 7-10 years of post graduation work experience
- Minimum of 5 years experience working in a mission-critical 7x24X365 NOC telco environment
- Experience of network monitoring tools and protocols (PRTG, NAGIOS, ORION).
- Experience troubleshooting skills and firm understanding of static, OSPF and BGP routing.
- Experience with Alcatel – Lucent (1353NM, 1354RM) and Huawei (U200) Network Management Systems would be an advantage
Responsibilities
- Resolution of all levels of NOC trouble ticket calls across the GLO1 international cable network and the Nigerian domestic Ethernet and IP network.
- Customer notification of network maintenance and service affecting events.
- Creation & documentation of formal troubleshooting and service activation processes.
- Generate reports of network events, customer outages, and response times for management performance reviews.
- Document and diagnose underlying network architecture issues for submission to Engineering for problem resolution process.
- Provide feedback to engineering on improvements necessary for NMS, OSS to better support service delivery.
Position: IP Engineer
REF: IPG1
Qualification
- University graduate in engineering, Electronics, Telecommunication or Computer Science from a reputed Engineering Institute.
- Network certification such as CCNA and CCIE
- Knowledge of OSI model with emphasis on Layers 2 and 3
- Knowledge of service provider IP architectures.
- Knowledge of networking technologies – TCP/IP, BGP. ONS, VPNs, Firewalls. proxy etc.
- Knowledge of network capture and analysis tools, with the ability to analyze protocol and application behaviors.
- Knowledge of IP address management including process to obtain addresses and provide reporting to AFRINIC.
- Knowledge of Visio with ability to create complex network diagrams.
Experience
- 7-10 /ears post graduate work experience
- Minimum of 5 years experience working in an IP network engineering environment
- Experience integrating network hardware including routers, switches, firewalls, security appliances and terminal servers.
- Experience with Alcatel Lucent 7750 and 7710 Routers, Huawei NE40 XB would be an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Planning and optimization of existing IP network setup.
- Monitoring, tuning, dimensioning and forecasting expansions of IP network or its components (including international/national peering platforms and caching/filtering/load-balancing platforms based on traffic growth trends. Troubleshooting IP network related issues and deploying corrective measures. Creating and maintaining of technical documentation and diagrams for IP network.
- Planning, deployment and optimization of IP based services within existing IPMPLS network as well as Suture IP based services.
- Deploying network control solutions, planning hardware and software upgrades in cooperation with vendor Engineers in identifying and resolving complex hardware and software problems, and performing migrations of equipment/interfaces.
- Plan system monitoring mechanisms that rapidly detect and block any security intrusion and service assaults.
Method of Application
Qualified candidates should e-mail their resume, possibly with a scanned passport photograph, on or before 23rd August, 2012
To:
broadbandnetworkjobs@yahoo.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
