Network Officer at Credit Bank

Main Duties:

•  Establishing networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
•  The 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.
•  Undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources.
•  Securing network system by establishing and enforcing policies and defining and monitoring access.
•  The support and administration of firewall environments in line with IT security policy.
•  Reporting network operational status by gathering, prioritizing information and managing projects.
•  Upgrading data network equipment to latest stable firmware releases
•  Configuration of routing and switching equipment.
•  Configuration of hosted IP voice services.
•  Basic configuration of firewalls.
•  Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation.
•  Remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation.
•  Capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centers.
•  Support and administer third-party applications.

Minimum qualification and experience required:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in information technology or equivalent (with an MSC in IT or its equivalent)
• CCNA, CCNP certification
• Cloud engineering is an added advantage.
• A minimum of three (3) years skilled experience in the maintenance, repair, and operation of technology-related equipment.
• Experience in infrastructure/network environment.
• Hands-on experience with computer networks, network administration and network installation.
• Experience with firewalls, Internet VPN’s remote implementation, troubleshooting, and problem resolution is desired.
• Experience in Banking industry will be an added advantage.