Senior Network Engineer at Terawork

TERAWORK is the leading online talent marketplace in Africa that helps businesses thrive by connecting them with professional talent without geographical barriers. We have a pool of professionals with varying levels of expertise across tech, digital, business and lifestyle services.

Our client, a TECH company is seeking a competent and qualified professional to fill the position below

Job Summary

The Network Engineer is responsible for Network Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and support our growing network infrastructure. Monitoring network engineering performance and ensure system availability and reliability

Job Responsibilities

• Performing network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations

• Maintaining computer networks including mainframes, VPNs, routers and other physical hardware

• Installing and configuring network equipment

• Creating firewalls and updating virus protection software and data security systems to keep data and communications protected

• Monitoring computer systems to improve network performance for all systems

• Troubleshooting, resolving, and communicating networking issues to other employees and management.

• Monitor Network security status, monitor Application and Response System (CSMARS) and other security monitoring tool.

• Manage remote connections (VPN management).

• Monitor and enforce compliance with network security policies bank wide.

• Carry out all suggested response actions to threats upon detection of a security breach or network attack.

• Ensure proper functioning of all Security Devices (Checkpoints, ASA, PIX Firewall, IPS, Routers).

• Review logs of Security devices (Checkpoints, IPS, ACS,ASA,PIX Firewall).

• Coordinate the regular changing network devices passwords.

• Carry out network security audit, periodic vulnerability assessment and network penetration,

• Testing (ethical hacking) using tools such as Qualys guard and NMAP.

• Generate and send Network Security Reports (daily, weekly, monthly).

• Research and suggest improvement initiatives with regards to Network Security.

• Lockdown of all network devices and new equipment rsquo;s before deployment.

• Configuration of Network Security features for new branches equipment (IP Sec site-site VPN, Identity Based Network Service (IBNS), Port Security, SNMP V3 etc.)

• Configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related courses from a renowned tertiary institution

• Must be CCNP Certified

• At least 4-6 years experience as Network Engineer or Network Security Engineer.