Network Service Engineer at ipNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services.

Our ability to identify, satisfy and exceed today’s market needs is a testament to over a decade of experience, our commitment, drive and passion realized through highly skilled and well seasoned professionals. As a pioneer and a leading Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) operatorin Nigeria, we currently provide a number of solutions to various industries and market segments using industry-leading technology (such as our very own Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) cable technology) as our core access network infrastructure and fixed wireless radio services (via licensed frequency). We also proffer complementary IT solutions, with a view of covering key commercial and suburban regions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Network Service Engineer
 
Location: Lagos
Sector: ISP/Telecom

Description 

• The Network Services Engineer will be responsible for proactively performing network fulfilment activities across all network products.
• Assists in troubleshooting customer-impacting issues affected by the fulfilment process, diagnose problems and troubleshoots within Data Centre/LAN/WAN/Wireless, or Firewall/Load
• Balancing/Threat Protection.
• Providing design and implementation according to best practices and standards and assisting in deploying and supporting Network services and Security for clients.
• Network Service Monitoring
• Maintain a platform for network service usage; gather monitoring statistics.
• Engage in routine preventative procedures and maintenance and monitoring of network security i.e Firewall, switches.
• Proactively monitor and report infrastructure capacity including bandwidth, storage Network

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, Electrical Engineering or other technical disciplines
• Industry Certifications in AWS, CISSP, CCDP, CCNP, and CCIE
• Requires strong knowledge of Cisco routers and switches and of firewalls and web filtering solutions
• Keen interest in emerging technologies Cloud, SD-WAN
• Organized and structured work habits
• Knowledge of network hardware configuration and management, including routers, firewalls, switches, etc.
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit
• Pre-Sales & Post-Sales Management
• Project management skills are also desirable
• 5 years plus experience with Fiber to the Home (FTTH) infrastructure, and experience in construction on the new outside and inside of the plant (OSP/ISP) fiber infrastructure.
• Experience with basic configurations of enterprise or carrier-grade networking equipment such as routers, switches, firewalls, encoders, optics, and Dense Wavelength
• Working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental protection practices and procedures as they apply to common construction processes
• Experience working within a multi-vendor network environment – Cisco etc
• Experience working in a Service Provider environment and providing technical support to end-customer solutions
• Knowledge and understanding of the Nigerian and global Information Technology Industry especiallyTelecommunications.

Application Closing Date
10th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.