Network Engineer

Job Description

Qualifications/Skills:

• Minimum CCNA/JNCIA certification; CCNP (Routing and Switching) .
• Familiarity with PoP infrastructure concepts including MMR, cross connect, peering, cage, patch panel, and ODF.
• Proficient in fiber-optic technology, cable and connector types, patch panels, and optical transport technologies.
• Experience in ordering cross connects and local patches from vendors like Equinix, Interxion, Telehouse, etc. across the region.
• Hands-on experience in Edge capacity provisioning and decommissioning.
• Skilled in network optimization, including re-stripes, migrations, and capacity upgrades.
• Strong understanding and practical experience with networking protocols such as BGP, LACP, IS-IS, and MPLS.
• Excellent attention to detail, time management, and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to maintain comprehensive documentation.
• Expert troubleshooting skills with the capacity to analyze complex situations under pressure.
• Effective communicator with the ability to collaborate with external peers, vendors, and internal teams.
• Programming and scripting capabilities are highly desirable.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic global team environment with minimal supervision.
• Proactive, self-motivated, with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain large-scale production and corporate network and server infrastructure across data centers, Points of Presence (POPs), edge, backbone, and content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure.
• Provide onsite network support and expertise within local data center campuses and offer remote support for POP sites, collaborating with vendor support teams.
• Schedule and execute network maintenance, repairs, or upgrades, with minimum impact on production networks.
• Turn up new circuits and collaborate with vendors to troubleshoot out-of-service or faulty circuits.
• Maintain accurate documentation and database updates to reflect changes in the network.