Network Engineer (Enterprise Solution) at Swift Networks Limited

Swift Networks Limited is a facilities-based telecommunications services provider. The company was founded in 2002, since inception, Swift Networks has invested heavily in “next generation” networking technologies to build a multi-service network platform.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Network Engineer (Enterprise Solution)

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are looking for a qualified candidate to fill a creative technical position as we hope to maintain our status as the leading broadband connectivity services provider in Nigeria.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Business solution scoping, design and sales.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders to promote thecompany’s interests and position it as a partner of choice.
• Develop and deliver new business opportunities among assigned Enterprise segments.
• Acquisition of new enterprise accounts.
• Expand business with existing enterprise accounts.

Network Design and Implementation:

• Design, configure, and deploy ISP network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Plan and execute network upgrades, expansions, and migrations.
• Ensure network designs are scalable and support current and future service demands.
• Work with vendors and service providers to integrate new technologies and systems.
• Conduct root cause analysis of network issues and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
• Troubleshoot network problems related to connectivity, latency, routing, switching, and traffic management.
• Ensure all network incidents are handled within defined SLAs (Service Level Agreements).

Collaboration and Support:

• Collaborate with the NOC team to ensure continuous network monitoring and early detection of issues.
• Work closely with customer service teams to resolve customer-related network issues.
• Provide technical support to other departments while deploying new services or systems.
• Assisted junior engineers and support staff with network-related training.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain detailed documentation of network designs, configurations, incidents, and resolutions.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Provide regular reports on network performance, uptime, and capacity to management.

Research and Development:

• Stay up to date with the latest networking technologies and best practices.
• Evaluate new networking solutions, tools, and equipment to improve network performance and reliability.
• Participate in proof-of-concept testing for new networking products and services.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

• Must have the drive and capability to meet and exceed challengingtargets.
• Strong relationship and team building skills; experience in dealing with corporate, and government representatives and other senior individuals and stakeholder groups.
• Delivering results – absolute focus to deliver under pressure in an ever-changing business environment.
• Putting customers first – understand the needs, expectations and requirements of stakeholders.
• Communicating for impact – effective communication with senior stakeholders inside and outside of the company.
• Making a personal difference – strong influencing skills and responsive technical/professional expertise.
• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal communication.
• Strong presentation skills, and ability to influence a junior and senior audience.

Requirements

• The job holder must have a Bachelor’s Degree 2nd Class Honors (Upper division) in Computer science discipline or any other Networking related field.
• A minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience on a similar job function. Telecoms experience will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
15th November, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.