Infrastructure & Network Engineer at Innovectives LLC

Innovectives, an integrated fintech company, is a Payment Facilitator, licensed Agent Banking Services Provider, inter-bank Payment Aggregator as a well as a certified mobile Point of Sale solution provider.

Innovectives facilitates digital, mobile and e-payment payment services such as Customer-to-Customer [C2C] Business-to- Business [B2B], Business-to-customer [B2C], Customer-to-Business [C2B], Business-to-Government [B2G], Government-to-Citizen [G2C] transactions across Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Infrastructure & Network Engineer

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Maintain, administer and improve performance of computer networks and related computing environments including systems software, applications software, hardware, virtual system and configurations.
• Install, configure and support network equipment including firewalls, routers, WAF, proxy servers, switches, WAN accelerators, DNS and DHCP to maximise network efficiency and security
• Perform disaster recovery operations and data backups as required.
• Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, SIEM, FIM, anti-virus solutions, and intrusion detection systems.
• Protect data, software, and hardware by coordinating, planning and implementing network security measures.
• Maintain, configure, and monitor email applications and other business applications assigned.
• Confer with network users about solving existing system problems.
• Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of applications, networks and computer systems.
• Oversee the administration of user accounts, permissions, and access rights to AD, softwares, devices and network.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve/replace faulty hardware, software, and other network components as required.
• Maintain existing software and hardware and upgrading any that have become obsolete.
• Conduct research and make recommendations on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
• Design and implement short-term and long-term strategic plans to make certain network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain procedures, and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
• Establish service level agreements with end users.
• Negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory, life cycle management and related documentation.
• Provide network, hardware and system software performance statistics and reports;
• Support IT system and infrastructure in customer and regulatory audits.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related equivalent experience.
• MCSE, CCNA, and/or similar certifications are highly preferred.
• Knowledge of IT Infrastructure, including Security, Virtualization and 3 Par Storage technologies.
• Experience managing enterprise wide Linux and Microsoft server environments both on cloud and on-premise.
• Prior experience with container orchestration platforms (Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, EKS)
• Solid background in network administration and architecture
• In-depth understanding of communication and routing protocols
• Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring and analysis tools

Application Closing Date
7th August, 2020.