• Application Deadline: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Team Lead, Network & Security Engineer



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 5 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  
  

Job Description

• You will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, supporting, developing and, in some cases, designing communication networks within an organization or between organizations. 


• Your goal is to ensure the integrity of high availability network infrastructure to provide maximum performance for users. Users may be staff, clients, customers and suppliers. 


• You will be part of a team that is responsible for designing and developing scalable, maintainable, highly available network architectures that meet business objectives and SLAs.


• Design and Configuration of routing and switching equipment


• Design and Configuration of voice services (IP/Traditional; On-premise/Hosted)


• Design and Configuration of Telepresence Solutions


• Design and Configuration of Contact Center Solutions


• Design and Configuration of Multimedia Solutions


• Design and Configuration of Collaborative Solutions


• Design and Configuration of Wireless Solutions


• Design and Configuration of Enterprise Mobility Solutions


• Design and Configuration of Network, Systems and Application Monitoring Solutions


• Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customer


• Remote troubleshooting and fault finding when issues occur


• Provide Level-1/2 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues


• Liaising with project management teams, third-line engineers


• Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)


• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations


• Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability


• Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning


• Establishing the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting and enforcing system standards


• Design and implementation of new solutions and improving resilience of the current environment


• Maximizing network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with network architects on network optimization


• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations


• Reporting network operational status by gathering and prioritizing information and managing projects


• Deliver Proof of Concepts (POC)


• Product presentations and demonstrations


• Support with the technical qualification of sales opportunities


• Collaborates with sales, service, engineering, and technical support resources to ensure proposed deals include technical solutions that accurately address customer needs, and are appropriately supported by key customer technical decision-makers.


• Provide answers to (technical) questions in a Request for Information (RFI) or a Request for Proposal (RFP)


• Support the Head of Department in preparing and implementing annual work and resource plans; support their applicability within the overall company strategy


• Recognize and actively seek ways to exploit IT to address the complex business, organizational and technical issue


• Provide Professional network security knowledge; participate in proposing and developing network security solutions


• Implement appropriate procedural and technical access control mechanisms; participate in security incident management, security assessments, and vulnerability testing and make recommendations for corrective actions


• Take overall responsibility for ensuring the availability, performance and security of network services within agreed service levels; lead the development of procedures and standards for IT network security operations


• Plan, monitor and control projects using the either PMBOK/PRINCE2 methodology


• Investigate and resolve problems for services within your own area of responsibility; delegate to team members as appropriate, following ITIL processes; manage major network-related incidents and bring them to a satisfactory closure.

Requirements

• University Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or other related courses or numerate disciplines.


• MSc will be an added advantage


• 5+ years relevant work experience.


• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional),


• CCNP - Collaboration (Cisco Certified Network Professional - Security, ITIL, Sophos Certified Engineer.