Reports To: Manager – IP Edge Planning

Division: Network

Mission:

Development and optimization of the internet edge, datacenter, and CGNAT firewall architecture Characterize and produce integration plans for data carrier service requests and ensure provisioning of bandwidth and all required internet upstream network resources in line with the organization’s service development plan.

Description:

• Plan and design nodes, sites, and links within the national IP/MPLS Edge and Core Networks and ensure ongoing development to cater for new developments in the organization’s business plan.
• Produce a network convergence hierarchy, topology, architecture, and infrastructure redundancy plan for VPN service integration, regional service provider edge aggregation, and IP Core Transport via the multi-service backbone.
• Interface with Transmission Specialists and Topology for planning of optic (DWDM) backbone connectivity, capacity planning, and allocation for efficient transport of all internal and external customer data traffic.
• Plan, design, integrate, and manage the CGNAT firewalls to meet business mobile needs.
• Plan, deploy, and evolve quality and class-of-service techniques at the network edge and in the MPLS core network.
• Plan all internet upstream integration events, issue work orders, and control project processes for capacity expansion, node integration, and/or new service introduction.
• Conduct weekly and monthly network performance monitoring, trend analyses, capacity planning, and expansion in line with network growth trends and increases in traffic.
• Develop and evolve IP addressing, naming, and numbering formats for all network nodes and elements in the IP/MPLS backbone.
• Produce and evolve designs for integration and extension of IP/MPLS edge functionality to the campus LAN core at all IP backbone locations.
• Plan, schedule, and conduct site visits and surveys for accurate and effective network design, dimensioning, and integration planning.
• Plan, design, implement, and manage the MTN datacenter network.
• Produce weekly network trends, capacity utilization, and expansion forecasts.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any relevant engineering or science courses
• Cisco qualification: CCNP/DP, CCIP level

Experience:

3–7 years of extensive experience, which includes;

• Experience in IT and telecoms, preferably on a large service provider network.
• Experience with extensive systems integration and network design.
• Understanding of high-capacity packet and core transmission technologies and products, e.g., SDH and DWDM
• Working knowledge of IP/MPLS, QOS standards, and IP networking protocols such as OSPF, ISIS, BGP, etc., segment routing TCP/IP
• Voice Networking Telecomm Standards: ETSI/ANSI, VOIP, and C7 (SS7)
• Working knowledge of CGNAT firewalls
• Knowledge of IPv6 technologies and deployment