Cloud Network and Security Engineer

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer's needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Cloud Network and Security Engineer
Job Location: Lagos
Department: Technical
Reporting Line: Cloud Operations Manager
Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

• We are seeking new talent to join our Cloud/Managed Service team. So, if you are a trained, motivated Network/Security Engineer with Cloud/Virtualization experience and are interested in a career delivering innovative solutions to our growing client base, then this is your ideal opportunity!

Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities shall include to:

• You will work with diverse technologies on a team of highly skilled System Engineers responsible for the end-to-end ownership of the deployment, sustainability, performance, tuning, security and day-to-day operations of our cloud network and security infrastructure.
• You will build tools and automation to eliminate manual operations and craft repeatable processes, thereby maintaining a highly available infrastructure.
• You will be responsible for performing changes to maintain the reliability of the network as it grows. This is a mix of engineering and operations role with strong customer focus for a global, world-class IaaS provider operating 24x7x365.
• Comply with support processes and procedures to ensure customer satisfaction and service level objectives (SLO) are met.
• Provide level 2 technical support for cloud customer complaints.
• Identify, recommend and implement potential improvements to service efficiency.
• Ensure quality, up-to-date documentation exists for all services provisioned.

Qualifications, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Information Management or related engineering field is preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience working as Network and Security Administration/Engineer.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with Virtualization and Cloud Technology.
• CCNP Certification is required, Microsoft and AWS certification will be an added advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Experience working with large-scale networks.
• Experience working with Linux/Windows Operating System.
• Experience with virtualization and Cloud technologies.
• Excellent network latency analysis, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting skills.
• Assist in development of network device hardening standards.
• Good automation scripting ability (Bash/Shell, Python, PowerShell).
• Experience with Ethernet and IP networking fundamentals and extensive experience in the application of IP protocols.
• Knowledge and experience with major Internet routing protocols, network hardware and packet forwarding architectures.
• Configure/Install and manage various network security devices, features and technologies: Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems, Network Access control solutions, Web filtering solutions, Network packet brokers, network traffic visibility solutions.

Demand on the Job:

• Prioritizing skills.
• Troubleshooting skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to take ownership.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Salary
Very Attractive.

Note: Any application received after the closing date will be automatically rejected.