IP Planning Engineer at Equinix Nigeria

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IP Planning Engineer

Job ID: JR-156368
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job type: Full time
Work mode: Hybrid
Category: Information Technology

Job Summary

• Proactively Performs Network Fulfilment Activities. Highlights issues and drives resolution when required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, integrating and implementing IP based services on the IPNGN network
• Providing innovative network solutions and engaging OEMs when required
• Driving the company's IPv6 strategy
• Network design, planning, administration and maintenance
• IP multicast setup and IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR router deployments
• Ensuring knowledge transfer for level-1 IP NOC and relevant teams
• Troubleshooting and resolving WAN/LAN connectivity issues
• Managing bandwidth of the IP backbone for optimal performance
• Performing routine checks and maintenance on all network elements
• Routing protocol troubleshooting experience in a large-scale network (BGP, IS-IS OSPF, EIGRP)
• Strong experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches
• Monitoring of network elements and ensuring prompt repair and restoration of all faulty/down sites/links.
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of network equipment such as routers, switches and firewalls like Cisco ASA, Fortigate
• Exploring existing knowledge base and make recommendation to improve systems, solutions and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience is required
• Relevant professional/technical certifications like CCNA, CCNP, JNCIS, (CCIE is an advantage).

Skills / Competences:

• Good presentation and analytical skills
• Relationship Management skills
• Time & self-management skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good knowledge of networking technologies - TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, VPNs, EVPN, VxLAN, SDWAN, SDN etc.
• Hands on experience configuring Firewalls, Cisco and Juniper routers,
• Service provider experience in technologies like MPLS L2VPN, L3VPN, ISIS, BGP, Segment Routing
• Proven capacity in designing and implementing complex, high performance networks with multiple locations and applications, preferably service provider networks.
• Scripting knowledge is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.