Network Engineer

Responsibilities

• Implements the day-to-day operations assigned for the Network Administration Section to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.
• Serves as administration and maintenance of company’s network infrastructure including troubleshooting of data cabling.
• Maintain Internet security and monitoring network traffic, and activity, capacity and usage to ensure continued integrity and optimal network performance.
• Install, support, and maintain hardware and software infrastructure according to best practices, including routers, switches, WIFI controllers, and firewalls.
• Deploy, configure, and monitor intrusion prevention systems to detect and respond to potential security threats.
• Oversee proxy server infrastructure, ensuring proper configuration and reliable performance for web traffic management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining high availability.
• Develop and implement network security policies, protocols, and procedures to maintain data privacy and compliance.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies and provide recommendations for network infrastructure improvements.
• Perform network security design and integration. Diagnose problems and solve issues, often under time constraints.
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
• Provide network and host-based security, incident response, firewall and administration.
• Implement the necessary controls and procedures to protect information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure, or destruction.
• Assist in the development of guidelines and procedures for administration and security best practices.
• Monitor network usage, anticipate problems, and suggest solutions.
• Assist in the network inventory and asset record maintenance.
• Follows the day-to-day operations related to own job to ensure continuity of work.
• Support in Project coordination and execution and perform the needed connectivity requirement.
• Provide Support for DDW Clients pertaining to provisioning of internet services and 4G/5G Setup. Researching, analyzing, evaluating, and monitoring network infrastructure to ensure networks are configured to operate at optimal performance.
• Technical evaluation and procuring new products and services from vendors.
• Configuration of PABX, Time attendance and Biometric Access Control.
• Data center, cooling, and environment monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or equivalent.
• Computer Network Systems and troubleshooting.
• 7+ years relevant experience in a large organization.
• Thorough knowledge in implementing, administering, installation and troubleshooting network infrastructure devices, including firewalls, routers, switches, wireless access points and controllers, and monitoring applications.
• Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these applications / protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances.
• Comfortable documenting and explaining network topologies.
• Strong background with Firewall Technologies such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, etc.
• Strong background with resolution of technical issues during planning and execution phases.
• Strong background with Wireless Setup (Configuration, Setup, Administration, and Troubleshooting).
• Strong background with Internet Proxy Setup and Intrusion prevention Systems.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and successfully execute tasks in accordance with departmental / project objectives.
• Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources.
• Very good knowledge in technical terms and report writing skills.