Team Lead, Network and Collaboration Engineer at IT Horizons Limited

IT Horizons Ltd is a company with diverse talents and skills on existing, recent and upcoming technologies worldwide. We are a team of young, vibrant, ambitious but experienced professionals who deal with everything relating to technologies especially information communication technologies (ICT). In addition, we have the ability to update with latest trends

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Network and Collaboration Engineer

Location: Lagos

Resposibilities

• Proactively scopes the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and the firm.
• Oversee and execute planned network maintenance activity while minimizing impact to services.
• Provide technical leadership on operational and project related work. Design and implement plans to introduce new technology into the voice, video and enterprise networks while minimizing network outages and insuring a seamless end-user experience.
• Conduct thorough analysis of service results and respond to any escalated service delivery issues in a timely manner.
• Design solutions and create implementation and support models for technology encompassing a specific specialization or platform.
• Configure, install, support, and troubleshoot voice, video and enterprise network equipment.
• Work effectively with other IS teams and outsourcing provider(s) to ensure technology solutions are effectively managed and performed.
• Review reports to ensure all services are completely and successfully delivered. Proactively intervene to correct problems when they are encountered. Use metrics to improve processes.
• Assist in the development of voice and video network operations processes, procedures, and documentation.
• Interface with the business users to elicit and define network communications requirements.
• Perform other duties as requested.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.
• Establishing the customer environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting and enforcing system standards
• Design and implementation of new solutions and improving resilience of the current environment.
• Analyzing existing VoIP networks and computer systems.
• Developing architecture plans for voice and data services.
• Installing network hardware modules including IP and PBX communication servers.
• Designing and implementing Cisco Unity systems.
• Troubleshooting VoIP network issues.
• Analyzing and upgrading network security systems and protocols.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or other related courses or numerate disciplines.
• MSc will be an added Advantage
• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), CCNP - Collaboration (Cisco Certified Network Professional - Collaboration), Security (Cisco Certified Network Professional - Security), ITIL, MSCA, MSCE.
• CCNP level certification. Substantiated experience may substitute.
• Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) and SIP Trucking
• Cisco UC Manager Automation
• Cisco Voice IOS Gateways with H.323, MGCP
• Cisco Jabber, WebEx, Zoom, etc.
• Cisco Contact Center (UCCX/PCCE)
• Analytical and problem- solving ability.
• Cisco Unity Voicemail
• Cisco Telepresence Management Suite (TMS), Telepresence Server
• Cisco IP Phones
• In-depth understanding of networking protocols (e.g., IPSEC, HSRP, BGP, OSPF, 802.11, QoS)
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools
• Minimum of 4 years of experience

Application Closing Date
30th March, 2025.