Local Area Network - Wide Area Network (LAN-WAN) Analyst at Nestoil Plc

Nestoil Plc was incorporated in Nigeria in 1991 for the provision of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services to the energy and oil & gas industry. Since then, Nestoil has grown to become the leading indigenous EPC provider for major IOCs (International Oil Companies) in Sub-Saharan Africa like National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Total, etc.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Local Area Network - Wide Area Network (LAN-WAN) Analyst

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Summary

• We are on an evolutionary journey where we’re changing our story.
• We are looking to hire an experienced LAN-WAN Analyst to join our diverse team in our Company.
• In this role, your primary objective will be to support ICT operations across Routing & Switching Data Centers, and to assist in the execution of ICT projects.

Responsibilities
As a LAN-WAN Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Developing and supporting comprehensive network LAN, WAN, wireless and security solutions that meet requirements and integrate into the overall Obijackson Group network and security architecture.
• Evaluating current network and security systems to propose and implement network system enhancements on Network Switches, Routers, Internet Firewall Services, VPN and other Network Management devices – Defines, designs and implements network and security solutions.
• Creating and maintaining standard builds/templates and apply advanced network and security engineering and architecture knowledge on complex and diverse problems
• Participating in IT network infrastructure project design, reviews and ensuring network architecture goals and requirements are met and aligned with business objectives.
• Working with internal customers and service providers to design, implement and support networks
• Assessing vendor development/test strategies for various network domain projects.
• Performing network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems.
• Deploying both bare metal systems and virtual cloud services.
• Supporting and collaborating on the development, implementation and administration of processes and procedures to ensure reliability
• Developing network and security documentation, including diagrams and work instructions, test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects.
• Writing functional requirements/specifications documents.
• Demonstrated confidence with the ability to present and have conversations
• Establishing best practices through collaboration with IT Security and IT Infrastructure Operations
• Collaborating with IT Security and Service Delivery toward compliance and auditing
• The ability to maintain and foster sensitivity and respect for a culturally diverse work environment.
• Ability to travel

Requirements
What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Network Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent industry experience 
• Cisco CCNA Required CCNP Good to have certifications.  Information technology certifications such as MCP, ITIL
• 1 to 3 years of progressive experience in computer network design and support
• Knowledge and experience working with network protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, SSH, VPNs), IP routing protocols including RIP, BGP, OSPF, IP Multicast, MPLS. Network Switching Required
• Understands service providers, TCP/IP data networks.
• Knowledge of IPv4 is must.
• Proven ability to accomplish assigned tasks with little supervision
• Ability to manage and prioritize complex, changing workloads in a challenging technical environment

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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