CCIE Data Center Professional at a FinTech Company - HRLeverage

Summary

• A FinTech company in Lagos is currently hiring for a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert.The incumbent must have worked in financial institution before and must be a Data Center (CCIE Data Center) professional exposure. This role is responsible for planning, design, implementation and management of the complex modern IT data center infrastructure.
• This opening is for a Senior CCIE or CCIE level Network Engineer to work on-site within an ICT Firm in Lagos, Nigeria. He will act as a technical lead for a team of 3 experienced Network Engineers with skills in route/switch and security. This is a high visibility role and the engineer selected will lead the redesign of a large scale network / data center infrastructure and be the right hand network engineer to the CIO.

Job Details

• The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Data Center will be involved in taking care of the routing protocols and features by   identifying and resolving any issues related to Layer 3 Overlay Protocols.
• Management of the multicast protocols and monitoring services.
• The designs of the features of the data center networking system.
• Maintains the execution of QoS, traffic flow, and IGMP snooping.
• Handling of the configuration of server load-balancing algorithm and various SLB deployment modes
• Valuate and monitor the system events.
• Gather statistical information and handle external management protocols professionally .
• Implements the backups and restores procedures in a Cisco UCS environment.
• responsible for managing Data Center Virtualization with Cisco Nexus 1000V. The professional also maintains the execution of QoS, traffic flow, and IGMP snooping.
• Oversee the configuration of port profiles and VLANs. They should take care of the Cisco Nexus 1000V security features. The professional will have an in-depth knowledge of DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP inspection, IP source guard, and Port security.
• Set up IP source guard, Cisco TrustSec, and RBAC groups.
• Administer first-hop routing protocols, port channels, vPC, and vPC+.
• The professional will execute the implementation of NPV and NPIV features.
• Responsibilities of the Senior Network Engineer - CCIE
• Responsible for network high-level and detailed design, implementation, operations, troubleshooting and issue resolution.
• Assess, design, implement, troubleshoot, and document Cisco networks and related systems
• Develop both high-level and detailed implementation and test plans for Cisco technologies related to enterprise networks
• Develop documentation as it relates to project requirements, and assist with or develop customer facing presentations of technology solutions.
• Write assessment and design reports, and present them to our customers.
• Provide knowledge transfer and informal training to clients.

Qualification And Person Specification

• The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent and preferably possess extensive skills in one or more of the following areas: Cisco Data center technologies, Network security (Firewall, VPN, etc.), Cisco ISE, Cisco WLAN. This individual will design, implement, and (high level) support Cisco-based networks.
• Must have CCIE certification
• Candidates with prior work experience in financial institution is preferred.
• Requirements of the Senior Network Engineer - CCIE
• Active CCIE in Routing and Switching is *strongly* preferred, but SME level knowledge is essential with or without the CCIE
• Skills in one or more of the following areas a plus: Cisco Data center technologies, Network security (Firewall, VPN, etc.), Cisco ISE, Cisco WLAN
• Certifications in multiple technology areas are a significant plus
• Strong consultative skill set to include communications with varying levels of customer personnel as well as the ability to identify and help close new opportunities within existing clients.
• Must be able to work with practice lead to coordinate scheduling to meet customer needs, sometimes juggling multiple projects at one time.

Competency /Skills:

• Have a good understanding of Firmware management and also look into the server recovery tasks.
• Ability to take care of the proper configuration of IP storage-based solutions.
• Great eye for data