Network Engineer

The company is seeking a highly skilled and solution-oriented Network Engineer to develop and enhance network platform capabilities. This role will support and improve business processes by creating new solutions or modifying existing ones.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement strategies to achieve optimal network performance, reliability, and security while identifying areas for improvement.
• Develop and deploy new network solutions and enhance the resilience of the existing network environment.
• Build network infrastructure by designing system configurations, overseeing system installations, and defining/enforcing system standards.
• Install, configure, and maintain network equipment such as routers, switches, proxy servers, DNS, DHCP, and WAN accelerators.
• Monitor network performance, troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues, collaborating with network architects to optimize performance.
• Anticipate networking trends, analyze current data traffic, forecast network growth, and upgrade network equipment as necessary.
• Utilize a variety of tools to monitor networks, systems, storage, and data centers, ensuring prompt address of all alerts in line with SLAs and SLOs.
• Work closely with vendors and the fault management team to resolve system-related issues and escalate problems as required.
• Prioritize network and system issues by creating and routing tickets, and provide critical service outage notifications.
• Administer firewall environments by analyzing firewall logs in compliance with IT security policies.
• Perform disaster recovery operations, report network statuses, and ensure timely data backups when required.
• Ensure adherence to Quality Health Safety and Environment (QHSE), Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, and Compliance policies and procedures.
• Design high-performance, resilient, and secure network architectures for Smart City infrastructure, including AI-driven security systems and cloud-based platforms.
• Develop network architecture blueprints, standards, and roadmaps for all platform and infrastructure components.
• Ensure low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity to support real-time video processing, traffic management, and AI analytics.
• Collaborate with network architects and security teams to enforce system security and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve connectivity issues across Smart City infrastructure and perform network upgrades.
• Monitor network performance and cybersecurity risks using NOC tools, ensuring all network failures and performance issues are addressed within SLAs.
• Implement predictive analytics for network capacity planning and trend analysis.
• Coordinate with vendors, fault management teams, and IT security teams to resolve incidents.
• Implement secure network segmentation to protect critical Smart City systems.
• Comply with QHSE, Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance Management, and Governance policies.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Certifications from Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, or Fortinet NSE are a plus.
• Willingness to travel internationally at least 50% as required by the role based on business needs and project requirements.
• 5+ years of experience in network administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Skills Required:

• Strong understanding of Network Infrastructure & Protocols: Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, STP), LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, MPLS, 4G/5G backhaul, fiber connectivity & wireless networking.
• Network Security & Firewall Administration: Knowledge of firewalls (Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint), IDS/IPS systems, SIEM tools.
• Cloud Networking & Infrastructure: Experience with Azure/AWS Cloud Networking (VPC, Load Balancers, VPN Gateways) and integration with AI-driven Smart City platforms.
• Proficiency in Network Monitoring & Performance Optimization: Familiarity with NOC tools (SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Zabbix, Splunk, Wireshark).
• Capability in predictive analytics for network capacity planning and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Join the company for a culture of innovation, outstanding career growth opportunities, and competitive rewards. If you are eager to conquer new frontiers in AI and thrive in a dynamic environment, we welcome you to our community.