Senior Network Engineer - International Relocation
Relocation
AI Summary
This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining complex network systems across multiple environments. The engineer will ensure network security, performance, and resilience while supporting remote and on-site teams. The position requires comprehensive expertise in network protocols, hardware, and security policies, with relocation to the Democratic Republic of Congo included.
Key Highlights
Design, configure, and optimize network infrastructures, including LAN, WAN, WLAN, SAN, and VoIP.
Troubleshoot network issues, monitor performance, and lead upgrades and capacity planning.
Maintain security policies, support firewall environments, and produce network operational reports.
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Relocation package
Full relocation to Democratic Republic of Congo
Support for network infrastructure projects
Job Description
Full Relocation to Democratic Republic of Congo required - Relocation package provided.
Key Responsibilities
- Design system configurations, oversee installations, and define/document/enforce network standards.
- Develop new network solutions and enhance the resilience of existing infrastructure.
- Monitor and optimize network performance; troubleshoot issues/outages and plan upgrades.
- Investigate data network failures across local and extended environments using multi-source information.
- Strengthen network security by establishing/enforcing policies and monitoring access.
- Administer and support firewall environments in line with IT security policies.
- Prepare and present reports on network operational status and manage related projects.
- Upgrade network equipment to the latest stable firmware versions.
- Configure routing, switching, hosted IP voice services, and firewalls.
- Provide remote support to on-site engineers and end users during installations.
- Perform remote troubleshooting for issues arising during initial setup.
- Conduct capacity management and audit IP addressing and data-center-hosted devices.
Network Types:
- Local Area Networks (LAN) - connecting a limited area such as a house, office or a small group of buildings,
- Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) - connecting a large area such as a campus,
- Wide Area Network (WAN) - connecting networks nationally or internationally, • Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN),
- Storage Area Network (SAN) - storage/system/server/small network,
- Campus Area Network (CAN) - covering an educational or corporate campus,
- Desk Area Network (DAN) - office network, interconnection of workstations, and multimedia devices,
- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) - method and group of technologies delivering voice communications and multimedia sessions.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience) in network operations, engineering or system management
- CCNP certification (mandatory).
- Proven experience as a Network Engineer in the telecom/IT industry.
- Strong knowledge of routing, switching, firewalls, and network security.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco technologies.
- Strong expertise in traffic flow analysis and troubleshooting.
- Demonstrates situational awareness and proactively resolves customer issues and service inefficiencies with minimal supervision.
- Solid understanding and troubleshooting experience in IP/MPLS and Ethernet routing and switching.
- Proficient in EGP and IGP routing protocols, including MP-BGP, IS-IS, EIGRP, and OSPF.
- Good knowledge of MEF Carrier Ethernet concepts and technologies supporting Metro Ethernet and VPN services (VPLS, MPLS-TE, etc.).
- Experienced with Cisco IOS and IOS-XR operating systems.
- Skilled in creating network and service diagrams/documentation using Microsoft Visio and MS Office tools.
- Fluency in French and/or English is an advantage