Lead Network Engineer at Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners

Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners - Our client is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead Network Engineer (CCIE CERT)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
Our client requires an IT infrastructure senior specialist to work in the following:

• Diagnose and ascertain technology requirements; make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the IT infrastructure and systems
• Direct research and other analysis to support IT planning; direct research on potential technology solutions
• Develop business cases and undertake cost-benefit analyses to justify or support IT spending and initiatives.
• Manage the delivery or provision of a complete range of Information Technology Services covering networks, telecommunications, systems and devices, ERP etc
• Negotiate, administer and manage vendor, outsourcer, and consultant contracts and service agreements with in conjunction with Procurement and other relevant business units.
• Implement IT projects and initiatives efficiently and effectively for best outcomes; approve and oversee projects and project portfolio.
• Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of all IT systems, including servers, PCs, operating systems, hardware, software, and peripherals.
• Oversee provision of end-user services, including help desk and technical support services.
• Oversee network planning, design and optimisation of existing infrastructure.
• Ensure performance standards for WAN, LAN Mast providers/vendors are met and adequate security is maintained across network infrastructures.
• Monitor overall network performance, analysis and review to ensure highly stable and predictable network.
• Ensure availability of links and network resources.
• Ensure network capacity management by leading the improvement of procedures and standards.
• Manage all aspects of the IT Department including the financial purchasing, budgeting, and budget review

Qualifications
Education:

• First degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent
• Fluent in English
• Master's advantageous.

Experience:
At least 8 years’ experience which includes:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialization; with experience in project management.
• Experience in IT and Business and systems Analysis and related disciplines;
• Experience in planning and managing Infrastructure based projects and services inclusive of demonstrated experience in Security solutions and technologies at or before deployment
• Strong experience in network performance tuning, network design and implementation.
• Experience working in a medium to large organization
• specifically IT infrastructure and Solution environment
• Strong LAN experience.
• Hands on experience at Enterprise Architecture level
• Knowledge of relevant policies and regulations.
• Strong experience working in a complex infrastructure environment
• Strong experience in infrastructure architecture, data centers, servers, Database, Backup, Storage, SAN Switch and networks
• Experience with emerging technology, such as cloud computing, desktop virtualization, Hadoop, Mongo DB and Unified communications

Certifications:
Functional Skills Development:

• Cisco Certified Inter network Expert(CCIE)
• Lead Implementer –Cyber Resilience
• Certified Governance Enterprise
• ISO27001 Lead Implementation
• ISO27005 Risk management
• Certified IS Security Practitioner(CISSP)
• COMTIAAdv Security Practitioner(CASP)
• ITIL Foundation
• Secure Development

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV current and expected salary to: [email protected] , [email protected], [email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected] using the job title as subject of the mail

Application Deadline  11th December, 2020.