Senior Network Engineer

Oksart Place Company limited, Ring Road Central, Accra, GhanaFull Time
Company: Wekplace Technologies Limited
Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to develop and maintain functional and secure networks. You will mentor a team of engineers to troubleshoot and optimize our networks for our users. In this role, you should have excellent problem-solving skills and thorough knowledge of Network Administration and architecture. If you’re also passionate about security and data protection, we’d like to meet you. Your goal will be to establish networks that cater to our customer needs.

The Senior Network Engineer's role is to ensure the availability, reliability, and stability of the Production Networking and Security Systems providing robust and solid configuration based on best practices + experience. This includes maintaining, supporting, and optimizing key functional areas, including, Networks Infrastructure, Automation, and data communications.

Key Requirements

     Design, develop and test solutions following Standard Design patterns to deliver Networks and Security Platforms (preferably using Infrastructure as Code practices)

     Building best-in-class Service Engineering capabilities for the Traffic & Security Team with practices like standardized documentation and augmented observability

     Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN) and maintain Systems and tools needed to deliver a high-quality Product

     Configure and install software, servers, routers, and other network devices

     Monitor network performance and integrity

     Resolve issues tiers of support have escalated by troubleshooting cloud and local infrastructure

     Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness

     Mentor team members on technical issues

     Create, oversee and test security measures (e.g. access authentication and disaster recovery)

     Maintain complete technical documentation

     Suggest improvements to network performance, capacity, and scalability

     Capable of owning the overall health and engineering quality of the Systems in your area

     Collaborate well and being able to present ideas/solutions to a distributed, cross-functional Team environment, interacting with Managers, Developers, QA's, Project managers, Product Owners, and other Departments when required

     Participate as a member of an Agile Team for specific and continuous high impact Projects

            Contribute to the resolution of any issues and incidents preparing in advance and providing the correct Troubleshooting and Monitoring tooling for the Team

Required Qualifications 

     Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Core Engineer in a Technical Team

     Great communication skills, both verbal and written

     Significant experience administering and supporting Networks Systems (LAN, WAN, SDN)

     Solid understanding of network operating systems (Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS, etc.)

     Sharp troubleshooting skills

     Demonstrable support and administration experience in Protocols like BGP, OSPF (IGP in general), VXLAN/NV-GRE SDN integrations, Spine & Leaf deployments, IPv6

     Highly valuable if any experience with SD-WAN deployments and WAN optimization in general including CDNs, Global Load-balancing solutions, and Performance-based routing

     Experience with Agile planning, deployment, integration, test/validation, and configuration

     Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring, and analysis tools

     Valuable Experience with any Configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or similar)

     Experience with modern monitoring/observability Systems like ELK, Prometheus, InfluxDB

     Workflow flexibility and strong teamwork skills

     Ability to work independently

       ●  A natural aptitude for teaching and learning from others in a collaborative Team environment

Desired Knowledge and Skill

     Valuable if previous experience supporting highly transactional environments

     Highly valuable if any administration experience with Load-balancing Platforms (like F5)

     Experience with Amazon AWS, GCP, or any Public/Private Cloud provider

     Familiarity with Terraform, Container orchestration, CI/CD frameworks

     Familiarity with Virtualization Tools and techniques (NFV, NSX-T, SDN)

     CCNP/CCIE Certification (or similar) and interested in some Security Certification

       ●  Understanding modern Web Stack Architectures (including external DNS/CDN)  

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