Senior Network Implementation Engineer at NTT Ltd

Working at NTT

• Design, build, deliver, and operate Network and Data Center solutions to meet client requirements
• Provide documentation for solutions delivered to clients
• Work with project managers and other delivery teams to ensure that solutions provided to customers are delivered within specified timelines
• Liaise with go-to-market technical architects to ensure that solutions provided to clients are well scoped and fit for purpose to deliver intended business outcomes.
• Highlight risks, provide alternative options, and recommend quality solutions to specified problems.
• Where feasible, use automation to reduce delivery time and human intervention on repetitive tasks
• Act as subject matter expert on a variety of technologies within the Hybrid Networks
• Guide on change management on change management when integrating solutions provided to customers
• Guide and/mentor junior engineers

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Advanced experience in Design, implementation, administration, and strong troubleshooting in the following:
• IOS and IOS-XE based routing platforms (ASRs, ISRs, CSRs) and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS etc.)
• Data Centre Network technologies such Data Centre Interconnect (DCI), VXLAN, OTV, LISP, VPCs etc.
• Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) with strong background on Cisco Viptela, Cisco Meraki, Fortinet SD-WAN, or Silver peak SD-WAN.
• Software Defined Access (SDA) with strong background on Cisco SD-Access, Meraki Solutions, Fortinet and HPE Aruba.
• Network Admission Control (NAC) with strong background on Cisco ISE, FortiNAC or HPE Aruba ClearPass.
•  Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) with strong background on Cisco ACI or Arista Solutions
• Enterprise Wireless Solutions with strong backgrounds on Cisco WLAN, Meraki, Fortinet and HPE Aruba
• Next generation enterprise firewalls (Cisco FTD, Checkpoint, Fortinet) will be added advantage.
• Knowledge of network programmability and automation
• Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for designing and deploying of networking systems.
• Experience in carrying out network assessments and reporting/recommendation writing.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Team player

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field of study
• At least 3+ years in Designing, implementation and troubleshooting of the enterprise networking field
• Relevant industry standard certifications, e.g. ITIL
• Professional level networking Certification i.e CCNP/CCDP/CCNP Security or equivalent
• Expert level network security certification i.e, Checkpoint CCSE, Fortinet NSE7 (enterprise firewall) will be an added advantage.
• DevOps certification and experience scripting and network automation will be an added advantage.