Network Technician

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE NETWORK OPERATIONS TEAM, CONSISTING OF BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ROUTER, SWITCH, FIREWALL CHANGES AS WELL AS NETWORK MONITORING, CONFIGURATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING. WILL ALSO HELP TO MAINTAIN NETWORK OPERATIONS SOFTWARE AND SERVER CONFIGURATIONS. WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE AS NECESSARY.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• CONFIGURE, OPTIMIZE, MAINTAIN AND TROUBLESHOOT NETWORKING TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE AS NECESSARY.
• ASSIST IN THE TROUBLESHOOTING, RESTORATION AND FAULT ANALYSIS OF NETWORK OUTAGES AND ALERTS.
• REVIEW OVERALL NETWORK HEALTH AND CONFIGURATION. PROVIDE FEEDBACK FOR ANY SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS OR PROCESSES.
• PARTICIPATE IN NETWORK DESIGN AND FUTURE PLANNING.
  
  

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND MAINTENANCE.

VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND REMEDIATION METHODS.

NETWORK MANAGEMENT TOOLS.

Incident Handling Experience.

SECURITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

Cisco Network And Firewall Experience

WINDOWS SERVER

LINUX OS

SOLARWINDS

CERTES WAN ENCRYPTION

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CITRIX NETSCALER

Palo Alto Firewall Experience

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

PREFER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RELATED DISCIPLINE WITH 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR MINIMUM 5 YEARS RELATED EXPERIENCE.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

NOT REQUIRED BUT CISCO OR SECURITY CERTIFICATIONS WILL BE FACTORED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS