IP Planning Engineer

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 Experience

• 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

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