Senior Network Engineer at Terawork

Terawork - Our client, a Tech Company, is seeking a competent and qualified professional to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

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

Application Closing Date
29th December, 2022.