IBM Datacenter Network Operations Lead , Kenya

Expertise in Day to Day DC activities like Routing, Switches, Port assignment in Vlan, Device mounting - dismounting, Cable redressing, network troubleshooting, Load Balancer management, VPN creation & management, Tacacs management etc. Expertise in Network Auditing and standardization project in DC & Campus LAN Network. Expert in technical negotiation with customer & service providers / partners. Technical training sessions to associate and support team. Expertise in Bandwidth management (Riverbed, F5, Cisco WAS etc), Network Planning, and implementation of network services. Team management for Planning and commissioning of additional and new infrastructure, new POPs etc based on traffic analysis. Team leading for monitoring performance of all the Core and Edge Routers with proper records and data. Network technical solution developer for new DC setup & restructuring. Necessary upgradation of Core and Edge network equipments by following specific change management process etc. Providing the support to all Pop CSG Engineers. Configuring BGP on the international and domestic links of customers and upstream providers based on policy using route-maps, filter-lists, weight. Metric etc. Re-engineering internal & external routing for complete redundancy using various routing policy. Network uptime/Latency & SLA calculation. Implementation OF TACACS, Cisco works, ITNM, Solarwinds, CSMARS, MRTG, RADIUS etc network management tools. Implementation of Syslog (Log Capturing ) and KIWI (backup) for Bharti Network . Routing Protocols: OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP HDLC, PPP, Frame Relay Switching: Layer2 switching, VLANs, Inter VLAN routing, Multi protocol layer switching (MPLS). Remote Access: Asynchronous dial-up, ISDN, Frame Relay, Leased lines. Cisco Internetworking Devices: Basic Cisco Commands of routers & switches, VTP, TCP/IP Routing with RIP and Extreme Switches.
Required
Bachelor's Degree At least 6 years experience in Thorough knowledge and expertise in Cisco DC and Corporate Network environment including, routing protocols RIP, OSPF, BGP, SNMP, management vlans, complete routing and switching, VTP. At least 6 years experience in Thorough knowledge and expertise in Encapsulation, firewall policy implementation, Cisco firewall rule validation, Cisco Load Balancer configuration and management, Cisco ACS configuration and management. At least 6 years experience in Knowledge of VPN management. Expertise in Cisco and juniper enterprise product family (1800/2800/3800/7200/7600), PE(7200/7300/7500/10000), P(7300,GSR) for corresponding IOS and features. At least 6 years experience in Management skill of overall WAN and LAN network infrastructure across countries and core Data Centers At least 6 years experience in CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, JNCI, CCIE, Other Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, F5 Certifications. Cisco certification is must. English: Fluent
Preferred
Information Technology At least 7 years experience in Thorough knowledge and expertise in Cisco DC and Corporate Network environment including, routing protocols RIP, OSPF, BGP, SNMP, management vlans, complete routing and switching, VTP. At least 7 years experience in Thorough knowledge and expertise in Encapsulation, firewall policy implementation, Cisco firewall rule validation, Cisco Load Balancer configuration and management, Cisco ACS configuration and management. At least 7 years experience in Knowledge of VPN management. Expertise in Cisco and juniper enterprise product family (1800/2800/3800/7200/7600), PE(7200/7300/7500/10000), P(7300,GSR) for corresponding IOS and features. At least 7 years experience in Management skill of overall WAN and LAN network infrastructure across countries and core Data Centers At least 7 years experience in CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, JNCI, CCIE, Other Cisco, Juniper, Riverbed, F5 Certifications. Cisco certification is must.
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Datacenter Network Operations Lead