ICT and Infrastructure Engineer at Alaro City Full Time NEW

Job Title: ICT and Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Epe, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• In close collaboration with the Utilities manager, this position will be required to provide specialist design, configuration, implementation, and ongoing support of ICT and telecom infrastructure.
• The responsibilities also include building, maintaining, and updating the cloud and on-premises infrastructure with an emphasis on security, data confidentiality, system integrity, availability, and reliability.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Responsible for day-to-day monitoring, technical support, and planning of all aspects of the network infrastructure (LAN/WAN/Wireless network) while ensuring the ICT environment is secure.
• Develop and design accurate city-wide network topology network diagrams and documentation for planning network communication systems.
• Supervise and implement the siting of devices and equipment to facilitate last-mile connections.
• Track and repair fiber outages on GPON and active Ethernet in coordination with the utilities engineering teams.
• Managing the various ERP modules, database structure and points of integration with other      applications
• Maintain and monitor Alaro City ICT systems to ensure 100% uptime.
• Ensure entities’ compliance with ICT company policies and procedures.
• Support regulatory engagements for the approval and procurement of necessary licenses for the sale of internet services in a captive market
• Facilitate the setup and implementation of customer billing and interface systems for remote network monitoring.
• Facilitate the setup of equipment and devices necessary for the handshake between the multiple service providers (minimum of 4) and the internal network topology in Alaro City
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the position as agreed with the Management.

Requirements
Hard skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), (CCNP) preferred.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in technology, 4 of which must be in fiber and telecommunication networking experience.
• Expert knowledge of core routing and switching, PowerShell and all video conference systems
• Working experience in cloud computing, infrastructure security and databases.

Required Competencies:

• Must have a customer-centric approach to daily operations so that he/she can impart these qualities to other team members.
• Understanding and ability to build capacity across disciplines within the country O&M organisation, i.e. people, structures and processes.
• Must be able to adapt to the needs of a start-up organisation and field challenges, including shift-based work.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory framework for ICT services in Nigeria and the role of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
  Must have a detailed and thorough approach to operational activities.
• Must be curious and entrepreneurial in their general approach to tasks.
• Ability to understand the needs of starter ISP and utilities business from a service viewpoint and its financial impact.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.