Network Architect

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES;

- Understand the project requirements and translate them into technical network solutions
- Design and deploy network elements.
- Produce network engineering solutions and low level designs, bills of material, implementation & migration plans and documents taking into account all related network elements.
- Carry out network implementations and migrations and handover the new networks to Operations and to 3rd parties
- Review and validate design and migration plans of consultant engineers.
- Approve final project deliverables and ensure project delivery on-time.
- Deal with major incidents in terms of Tier-3 escalations
- Provide root cause analysis on major incidents and follow up on corrective measures
- Discover and address systematic problems in the network design
- Liaise with the vendors for major incident and problem management
- Minimum 5+ years solid networking experience background.
- One or more relevant certifications desired such as CCNP, CCIE, CCSA,CCSE, etc.
- Strong knowledge of Data Centres Designs with special focus on IP Networks, Security and Application Delivery Solutions.
- Solid knowledge of Data Centres Foundation Systems and DTV Back End environments.
- Strong knowledge and relevant experience IN CISCO ROUTING/SWITCHING TECHNOLOGIES - ASR & NEXUS
- STRONG KNOWLEDGEof Next Generation Firewalls (eg CHECKPOINT, Fortinet, )
- STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF LOAD BALANCING SOLUTIONS(eg F5 BIGIP LTMwe welcome applicants from all backgrounds.