Access Bank Recruitment for Network Engineer (CCIE)

Access Bank Plc is a financial institution with presence in 9 countries in Africa and the United Kingdom and in all major cities in Nigeria. Also referred to as the Africa's Bank of Best Practice, Access Bank operates on a platform of strong ethics, governance and professionalism.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Network Engineer (CCIE)

Job Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full time

Description

• We are seeking an exceptional Network Engineer to join our Networks and Communications Services team.
• This is a highly technical, hands-on role in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• The successful candidate will have a mixture of deep technical know-how as well as excellent network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

What you will be doing:

• Work with cross-functional technical teams to assist with system architecture focusing on network design, network security and network data transfer optimization
• Work with Access Bank’s Global Network System teams to resolve network related issues impacting LAN and WAN infrastructure
• Carry out approved changes to the network infrastructures
• Work with firewalls and other standard network security equipment and software
• Liaise and coordinate with international counterparts for various project implementations.
• Operational monitoring of data network infrastructures and load-balancers
• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the networks and carrying out scheduled maintenance activities
• Resolution of network faults (support)
• Manage escalations of network faults or performance issues to the next level and upper management.
• Maintain documentation of the environment and operational procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• CCIE Certification
• At least 6 years’ hands-on experience including 2 years’ post CCIE in the Telecommunications or Financial Services industry
• Must have led / supervised a team of at least 4 Network Engineers
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP (both IPv4/IPv6)
• Experience and knowledge of BGP and Internet Routing Policies
• Extensive knowledge of both Cisco IOS/NX-OS and JUNOS
• Strong working knowledge of the following: wireless security architecture and protocols; access control methodologies; VPN technologies, including IPSec, 3DES, AES, IKE, DMVPN; PCI and SOX standards and compliance, and Layer 2 security controls
• Expertise with standard Linux utilities and programs (grep, sed, awk, sort, traceroute, tcpdump, etc)
• Experience automating workflows through scripting (Python, Perl, or Ansible).

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Career Growth
• Merit driven performance management system
• Adequate training and development
• A robust employee recognition program.