HRLeverage - Our client, a FinTech company in Lagos State is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title CCIE Data Center Professional
Location: Lagos
Summary
- A FinTech company in Lagos is currently hiring for a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert.The incumbent must have worked in financial institution before and must be a Data Center (CCIE Data Center) professional exposure. This role is responsible for planning, design, implementation and management of the complex modern IT data center infrastructure.
- This opening is for a Senior CCIE or CCIE level Network Engineer to work on-site within an ICT Firm in Lagos, Nigeria. He will act as a technical lead for a team of 3 experienced Network Engineers with skills in route/switch and security. This is a high visibility role and the engineer selected will lead the redesign of a large scale network / data center infrastructure and be the right hand network engineer to the CIO.
Job Details
- The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Data Center will be involved in taking care of the routing protocols and features by identifying and resolving any issues related to Layer 3 Overlay Protocols.
- Management of the multicast protocols and monitoring services.
- The designs of the features of the data center networking system.
- Maintains the execution of QoS, traffic flow, and IGMP snooping.
- Handling of the configuration of server load-balancing algorithm and various SLB deployment modes
- Valuate and monitor the system events.
- Gather statistical information and handle external management protocols professionally .
- Implements the backups and restores procedures in a Cisco UCS environment.
- responsible for managing Data Center Virtualization with Cisco Nexus 1000V. The professional also maintains the execution of QoS, traffic flow, and IGMP snooping.
- Oversee the configuration of port profiles and VLANs. They should take care of the Cisco Nexus 1000V security features. The professional will have an in-depth knowledge of DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP inspection, IP source guard, and Port security.
- Set up IP source guard, Cisco TrustSec, and RBAC groups.
- Administer first-hop routing protocols, port channels, vPC, and vPC+.
- The professional will execute the implementation of NPV and NPIV features.
- Responsibilities of the Senior Network Engineer - CCIE
- Responsible for network high-level and detailed design, implementation, operations, troubleshooting and issue resolution.
- Assess, design, implement, troubleshoot, and document Cisco networks and related systems
- Develop both high-level and detailed implementation and test plans for Cisco technologies related to enterprise networks
- Develop documentation as it relates to project requirements, and assist with or develop customer facing presentations of technology solutions.
- Write assessment and design reports, and present them to our customers.
- Provide knowledge transfer and informal training to clients.
Qualification And Person Specification
- The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent and preferably possess extensive skills in one or more of the following areas: Cisco Data center technologies, Network security (Firewall, VPN, etc.), Cisco ISE, Cisco WLAN. This individual will design, implement, and (high level) support Cisco-based networks.
- Must have CCIE certification
- Candidates with prior work experience in financial institution is preferred.
- Requirements of the Senior Network Engineer - CCIE
- Active CCIE in Routing and Switching is *strongly* preferred, but SME level knowledge is essential with or without the CCIE
- Skills in one or more of the following areas a plus: Cisco Data center technologies, Network security (Firewall, VPN, etc.), Cisco ISE, Cisco WLAN
- Certifications in multiple technology areas are a significant plus
- Strong consultative skill set to include communications with varying levels of customer personnel as well as the ability to identify and help close new opportunities within existing clients.
- Must be able to work with practice lead to coordinate scheduling to meet customer needs, sometimes juggling multiple projects at one time.
Competency /Skills:
- Have a good understanding of Firmware management and also look into the server recovery tasks.
- Ability to take care of the proper configuration of IP storage-based solutions.
- Great eye for data
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
[email protected] using the Job Title as subject of the email.