Globacom Limited Latest Jobs in Nigeria: Recruitment for Experienced IP/MPLS Engineers

Globacom Limited is Nigeria’s Second National Operator in GSM, Fixed, Broadband and gateway services with subsidiaries in Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and other West African countries. It has also launched the commercial services of Glo 1 submarine cable, which will revolutionize the efficiency data services in African and rest of the world. The company is expanding its GSM network in Nigeria and requires candidates to fill the position below:

POST TITLE:   Experienced IP/MPLS Engineers

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer Science, information Systems, Electrical /Computer Engineering or other relevant discipline,
• Must have CCNP/CCIP Certification,
• Minimum of 4years experience in direct Network Engineering/Network Support in a Service Provider environment,
• An in depth understanding of QoS Diffserv, Traffic Shaping and Traffic QoS Policy implementation is required,
• Understanding of GSM Packet Core Network Architecture,
• Excellent practical experience of network security including Firewall and VPN,
• Excellent practical experience of network security including Firewall and VPN,
• Hands on experience in Huawei Routers, Firewall and Alcatel Routers will be an added advantage,
• Good knowledge of MPLS (LDP and RSVP-TE) and QoS is required,
• Knowledge of network management and monitoring tools (e.g. orion net Solar- Winds, HP Open-View NNM, info-Vista IP-NMS, Cisco LMS/ISC, Ethereal, Cacti),
• High level understanding of multi-services platforms, routing protocols ISIS/RIP/RSVP/ OSPF/ BGP/ and troubleshooting down to packet level.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the maintenance of Core IP backbone Network (IP/MPLS) and the Enterprise Network (Enterprise Edge and Aggregation),
• Ensure that SLA’s are met for all services,
• Ensure system and 2^nd level escalations,
• Ensure optimum performance of the network at all times with KPIs met,
• Ascertain that Acceptance tests are efficiently carried out and handover site to operations.

MODE OF APPLICATION & APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Qualified candidates should e-mail their resume possibly with a scanned passport photograph, on or before 27^th September 2011 to engineer.job@gloworld.com Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.