Senior Network Engineer

Fahari Link, powered by Tatu City, aims to bridge the digital divide in the region by providing reliable and affordable world-class high-speed internet. Our mission is to empower local businesses, schools, and residents with world-class, seamless connectivity.

Fahari Link offers residential broadband, dedicated internet connectivity to businesses coupled with other Information & Communication Technology (ICT) services like email, cyber-security, ICT Consultancy, cloud services, Multiprotocol Label Switching Virtual Private Network (MPLS VPN), Software Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN).

Tatu City is a development by Rendeavour, Africa's largest new city builder, with 30,000 acres of visionary projects in growth trajectories across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Requirements

The Senior Network Engineer will help to design, implement, maintain, and support our growing network infrastructure. You will be part of a network engineering team that is responsible for designing and developing scalable, secure, maintainable, highly available network architectures that meet business objectives and SLAs. You will mentor a team of engineers to troubleshoot and optimize our networks for our users.

In this role, you should have excellent problem-solving skills and thorough knowledge of network administration and architecture. Your goal will be to establish networks that cater to client needs.

Responsibilities

• Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g. routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)
• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations
• Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability
• Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning
• Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure
• Select and implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company's security team
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, technical leads, and customers.
• Fulfil any additional responsibilities delegated by the leadership team and management.

Skills and Experience

• B.Sc. degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Technology, or a related field.
• CCNA/JNCIA/HCNA certification, CCNP or higher (CCIE and/or CISSP highly valued).
• Proven hands-on network engineering experience.
• Skills to configure different types of switches, firewalls, and routers.
• Knowledge of BGP, MPLS (L2 and L3 VPNs), ISIS and OSPF both in IPv4 and IPv6 networks.