Senior LAN/WAN and Security Engineer at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Department: Information And Communication Technology (ICT)
Reports to: Head, ICT

Job Summary & Purpose

• The primary objective of this position is to support ICT operations across Routing & Switching, Firewalls, Data Centres, Wireless and Security disciplines, and execute projects. In addition to executing on projects and operations support, this role will provide technical mentoring and guidance to L2 / L1 support groups throughout the organization

Responsibilities

• Develop and support comprehensive network LAN, WAN, wireless and security solutions that meet requirements and integrate into the overall Obijackson Group network and security architecture.
• Evaluate current network and security systems to propose and implement network system enhancements on Network Switches, Routers, Internet Firewall Services, VPN and other Network Management devices - Defines, designs and implements network and security solutions.
• Create and maintain standard builds/templates and apply advanced network and security engineering and architecture knowledge on complex and diverse problems.
• Participate in IT network infrastructure project design, reviews and ensure network architecture goals and requirements are met and aligned with business objectives.
• Work with internal customers and service providers to design, implement and support networks.
• Well versed in cloud architectures, software defined networking, data center switching technologies, and securing virtual environments (AWS, Azure, Google desired).
• Assess vendor development/test strategies for various network domain projects.
• Perform network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems.
• Background in deploying both bare metal systems and virtual cloud services.
• Proven experience evaluating emerging technologies and incorporating them into existing or new systems.
• Support and collaborate on the development, implementation and administration of processes and procedures to ensure the reliability, recoverability, and optimum performance of network infrastructure systems and solutions.
• Develop network and security documentation, including diagrams and work instructions, test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects.
• Ability to work as an individual contributor, as a technical expert and as a participant in a team environment.
• Write functional requirements/specifications documents.
• Proven ability to accomplish assigned tasks with little supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Demonstrated confidence with the ability to present and have conversations.
• Establishes best practices through collaboration with IT Security and IT Infrastructure Operations.
• Collaborates with IT Security and Client Services toward compliance and auditing.
• Ability to maintain and foster sensitivity and respect for a culturally diverse work environment.
• Ability to manage and prioritize complex, changing workloads in a challenging technical environment.

Person Specifications

• Academic Qualification: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent industry experience
• Professional Qualification: Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE certifications. Information technology certifications such as MCP, ITIL, VCP
• Experience: 5 years of progressive experience in network architecture, design, engineering and implementation in complex large IT networks and network security.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of and experience with networking and network protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, F5 LTM, SSH, VPNs), IP routing protocols including RIP, BGP, OSPF, IP Multicast, MPLS.
• Thorough understanding of modern service providers, TCP/IP data networks using standards and technologies including but not limited to: Ethernet, OSPF, IGMP, STP, RSTP, 802.1q, 802.11n, and 802.11ac.
• Experience with Policy Based Routing, Quality of Service, netflow, Wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, virtual networks, NAT, ACL controls, Web Security/URL Filtering, IPSec, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Malware Prevention.
• IPv4 and IPv6 experience is must.
• Knowledge, skills and experience with Cisco routing, switching, and wireless hardware, software and protocols including.
• Experience with SDN, SD-WAN products and services, Working knowledge of structured cabling systems and network facilities.
• Experience in firewall design and in network security including: Device Hardening, IDS/IPS, SIEM, Firewalls, and IPSec, vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection.
• Strong WAN experience managing global network infrastructure.
• Ability to travel.

Physical Exertion on the Job:

• Key Performance Metrics:
• Performance Area:
• Network Availability
• Maintain Quality of Network
• Project Portfolio Management
• Team Development

Performance Indicators:

• 99.9% Uptime on LAN
• 99.9% Uptime on WAN
• Proactive intrusion prevention
• Identification and removal of internal threats
• Plans, designs, builds, operates and supports, within timelines and budget
• Mentorship, collaboration and knowledge sharing

Salary
Very Attractive