La Banque Africaine de Développement recrute un(e) Ingénieur(e) réseaux basé à Abidjan en Cote d’Ivoire.

 

 

 

 

 

THE POSITION:

The Senior Network Engineer will work with the Network Engineering team and other members of the Department to provide technical and operational support to the delivery of the work program. He/she will provide technical and practical advice and recommendations to support the work of the Department.

The Senior Network Engineer will assist the Bank’s Network Engineering team to carry out specific tasks for improving network access, connectivity, switching, routing, quality of service (QoS), resilience and security across the bank network in Headquarter, Regional Hubs and Countries offices.

KEY FUNCTIONS:

Under the overall supervision of the Division Manager, Infrastructure Services, the Senior Network Engineer’s main duties and responsibilities are to:

  1. Plan, design, implement and provide ongoing support of network systems of high complexity in the extranet and corporate environments to fulfil the Bank’s needs.
  2. Build and maintain relationship with global and third parties on network development or support issues.
  3. Suppliers Relationship and contracts management and administration.
  4. Work with the Information Security Office to ensure solutions deployed to meet the bank’s security requirements and provide technical assistance for investigation and analysis of security alerts.
  5. Develop processes and procedures for use by the Network team and third parties in the management of the bank’s network environments.
  6. Administer enterprise IP networks in mission-critical, 24×7 production environments.
  7. Design, plan, document and implement LANs and WANs using the latest technology.
  8. Provide a high level of hands-on experience with the configuration, optimization and maintenance of the AFDB network infrastructure build with the following major technologies SDWAN, MPLS, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Multicasting, DMVPN and QOS.
  9. Design and integrate secure networks including all aspects of multi-site network designs and support (LAN, MAN, WAN, SAN, IP Telephony); Router ACL; ISE; VPN also deploying and maintaining remote access technologies/solutions.
  10. Interpret existing configurations and understand how the system’s hardware fits into the overall ADB network design and client solution.
  11. Provide detailed knowledge transfer to customers on solution sets and work with the bank’s system engineers to implement leading-edge server and storage environments.
  12. Integrate existing systems with new systems to create redundant, scalable, resilient environments
  13. Utilize strong interface skills to work closely with the Bank staff and third partners to create an atmosphere of teamwork.
  14. Perform technical hands-on integration of various products.
  15. Troubleshoot and monitor network performance and resolve performance and connectivity issues.
  16. Sign and implement new network topologies as required, incorporating best practices around collaborations, datacenter, LAN/WAN, mobility, and disaster recovery.
  17. Facilitate the preparation of technical documentation related to the executed operational activities to be kept in the knowledge database.

COMPETENCIES (skills, experience, and knowledge):

  1. At least a Master’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or Electronics, or related disciplines, with strong knowledge of IT Networks and Telecoms Networks.
  2. Minimum five (5) years of professional IT Networks and Telecoms or related experience, gained within a similar position.
  3. Professional level Certification in networking (CCNP RS, Security, DC, Wireless, and CCDP) or higher is desired.
  4. Familiar with System software that controls activities such as input, output, dynamic resource allocation and error reporting within the operation of computer configuration (E.g., Windows, Unix, Linux).
  5. Proficient with networking and Communication technologies including the planning and management of the interaction between many networking systems, and intelligent network implementation such as SD-WAN.
  6. Knowledge at the associate to intermediate level of TCP/IP networks, WAN protocols, wiring and cabling, and network management solutions.
  7. Experience with Network Traffic Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools.
  8. Experience and/or knowledge of QoS implementations, VoIP, WAN switching and routing, load-balancing, and application-delivery solutions.
  9. Aware of VSAT and IPBX technologies.
  10. Aware of ITIL concepts and general framework.
  11. Building a hybrid WAN architecture with MPLS and the internet using SD-WAN products for public and private applications.
  12. Knowledge of SASE Cloud Infrastructure, zero trust Network.
  13. Strong computer skills and ability to use standard technology packages and Bank’s standard software (word, excel, outlook, PowerPoint, MS Projects, etc.).
  14. Ability to communicate (verbal and written) effectively in English or French, with working knowledge of the other; Knowledge of Portuguese is an advantage.

Closing Date : 07/08/2023 

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