ICT and Infrastructure Engineer at Alaro City Development FZC

Alaro City Development FZC is an integrated, mixed-use city planned for over 2,000 hectares in the North West Quadrant of the Lekki Free Zone. Alaro City’s vision goes beyond alleviating what is a self-evident problem - that of stifling urban congestion and a dearth of quality housing and commercial property in Lagos and Africa as a whole.

Rather, we aim to help create the infrastructure - the living and working spaces, communities, schools, and hospitals - that will help sustain and accelerate Nigeria’s economic growth, meet the aspirations of Africa’s burgeoning middle classes, and serve as a catalyst for further urban development. The people in our team are multi-skilled and experts in their respective fields. They possess a unique drive, underpinned by the desire to help improve Africa’s urban development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: ICT and Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Epe, Lagos
Job type: Full-time (On-site)
Department: ICT

Responsibilities

• In close collaboration with the Utilities manager, this position will be required to provide specialist design, configuration, implementation, and ongoing support of ICT and telecom infrastructure.
• The responsibilities also include building, maintaining, and updating the cloud and on-premises infrastructure   with an emphasis on security, data confidentiality, system integrity, availability, and reliability.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Responsible for day-to-day monitoring, technical support, and planning of all aspects of the network infrastructure (LAN/WAN/Wireless network) while ensuring the ICT environment is secure.
• Develop and design accurate city-wide network topology network diagrams and documentation for planning network communication systems.
• Supervise and implement the siting of devices and equipment to facilitate last-mile connections.
• Track and repair fiber outages on GPON and active ethernet in coordination with the utilities  engineering teams.
• Managing the various ERP modules, database structure and points of integration with other applications
• Maintain and monitor Alaro City ICT systems to ensure 100% uptime.
• Ensure entities’ compliance with ICT company policies and procedures.
• Support regulatory engagements for the approval and procurement of necessary licenses for the sale of internet services in a captive market
• Facilitate the setup and implementation of customer billing and interface systems for remote network monitoring.
• Facilitate the setup of equipment and devices necessary for the handshake between the multiple service providers (minimum of 4) and internal network topology in Alaro City
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the position as agreed with the Management.

Requirements
Hard skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), (CCNP) preferred.
• A minimum of 7 years experience in technology, 4 of which must be in fiber and telecommunication networking experience.
• Expert knowledge of core routing and switching, PowerShell and all video conference systems
• Working experience in cloud computing, infrastructure security and databases.

Required competencies:

• Must have a customer-centric approach to daily operations so that he/she can impart these qualities to other team members.
• Understanding and ability to build capacity across disciplines within the country O&M organisation, i.e. people, structures and processes.
• Must be able to adapt to the needs of a start-up organisation and field challenges, including shift-based work.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory framework for ICT services in Nigeria and the role of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
• Must have a detailed and thorough approach to operational activities.
• Must be curious and entrepreneurial in their general approach to tasks.
• Ability to understand the needs of starter ISP and utilities business from a service viewpoint and its financial impact.

Soft skills:

• Mature, pragmatic and flexible approach;
• Team player but comfortable working autonomously;
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills;
• Good negotiation skills;
• Good attention to detail;
• Rigorous and organized approach; and
• Hands-on, ready to roll up the sleeves.

Personal characteristics:

• High energy;
• Result-oriented;
• Strong work ethic;
• Ability to work effectively under pressure; and
• Desire to live and work in Epe, Lagos.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online