Ready to level up your IT career? NMB Bank is hiring a Senior Network Specialist (CORE)! Take on a key role, manage cutting-edge networks, and grow with a leading bank in Tanzania. Don’t miss this chance to advance your career—apply now!
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Plan, organize, and supply cost-effective, efficient, and highly available core network infrastructure services for data, voice, and video.
Main Responsibilities:
- Review and verify internal customer/business requirements to develop high-level and low-level network designs.
- Create, implement, and maintain rules, procedures, processes, standards, and recommendations for network resource management and utilization.
- Manage and assure the proper functioning of all core network infrastructure equipment for the Data Center Network’s network segments.
- Conduct research and provide suitable suggestions on network goods, services, protocols, and standards to help enhance network services on a constant basis.
- Provide periodic capacity and forecast planning information, as well as reports, to help management make choices.
- Improve the methodologies and technical procedures utilized by the network team/NOC/field assistance to provide branch network assistance and troubleshooting strategies to guarantee smooth branch business operations.
- Review and maintain data center networks, as well as expand current network infrastructure via periodic hardware and software updates.
- Administer network systems for NMB Branch LAN, WAN, business partners, and the Internet to guarantee optimal performance and quality in a secure environment.
- Collaborate with network service providers and suppliers to enable successful and timely integration of the bank’s remote channels and business partners.
- For more cost-effective management, examine supplier service contracts, enforce SLAs, and validate and reconcile invoices.
- Responsible for designing, staging, configuring, implementing, and supporting VoIP and contact center systems, as well as doing configuration installs as needed and serving as the IP address custodian.
- Responsible for coordinating and carrying out internal proof-of-concept studies on innovative technologies to increase network performance.
- Responsible for sharing expertise with the Level 1 Support staff and Network Specialists about solutions to undocumented problems.
- Monitoring network devices and identifying major problems that surpass thresholds that potentially cause downtime, allowing network users to access network resources.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of the bank’s goods and operations.
- Advanced understanding of network support and troubleshooting.
- In-depth understanding of IP networks, Layer 2, and Layer 3 protocols.
- Advanced understanding of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and lightweight access points.
- Knowledge of voice, video, and data switches and routers; telecommunications protocols and standards; voice and data infrastructure tools and services; QoS design and operation.
- Knowledge of Data Center Network Technologies (DC Interconnect, Cisco Nexus, VPC, Cisco ACI, SAN, UCS, FI, etc.) and Voice Technologies (E1s, SIP). Rooting and VPNs: (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, QoS, FlexVPN, DMVPN, route redistribution, loop prevention, etc.)
- In-depth understanding of Network Automation technologies and Software Defined Networks (SDNs), including Cisco SD-Access, SD-WAN, and ACI.
- IT Service Management, Communication, and Project Management Skills
- Ability to operate on one’s own initiative and as a self-starter, prioritizing tasks with little supervision.
- Committed to self-development and eager to learn new skills and embrace new technology.
- Team player that inspires and teaches other team members, particularly level 1 and field support.
- Capability to coordinate network service providers, suppliers, contractors, and others.
- Strong grasp of encryption methods for wide-area networks.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, communication engineering, or a similar subject.
- 5 years of integrated networking, security, phone, video, and unified communications expertise. Network design, implementation, and support environments.
- CCNP R&S/Enterprise and CCNP DC (aspires to be CCIE-DC, an extra benefit)
- Other network professional certifications include ITILv3, CCIP, CCVP, CCDP, CCDE, ISE, PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, Checkpoint CCSA and CCSE, Radware, F5, Arista, AWS, and VCP.
- Extensive knowledge of Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, NX-OS, WAN, VPN, wired and wireless LAN technologies.
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NMB Bank plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to providing a diverse atmosphere and a gender-balanced staff.
Female applicants and those with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply for this role.