Network Engineer

Octal Philippines Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gov't Mandatory

Others to discuss

Job summary

Octal Philippines Inc. is seeking a seasoned Network Engineer to design, implement, and manage the corporate IT network across multiple sites in the Philippines and globally.

You will gather requirements, set standards, and ensure high availability while coordinating with security teams. The role requires CCNA and 5+ years in multi-site environments, with hands-on experience in WAN/LAN/WLAN, data centers, and network automation.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years in network engineering in multi-site, multinational environments.
• Experience with WAN/LAN/WLAN, data centers, and security.
• CCNA certification required; CCNP/CCIE a plus.
• Strong documentation and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage the corporate IT network.
• Gather requirements and design solutions for global network needs.
• Establish and maintain foundational network architecture and standards.
• Monitor health, on-call duties, triage incidents and escalations.
• Manage changes and network projects end-to-end.
• Collaborate with security teams on ongoing enhancements.
• Develop capacity models and performance reports.
• Produce operational materials and troubleshooting guides.

Skills

Network design

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Capacity planning

Automation

Project management

Education

BS degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Electronics & Communications Engineering

Tools

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

IOS-XE

IOS-XR

DNA Center

SolarWinds

Arista CloudVision

Fortinet NGFW

Job description

• Contributes to the design, implementation, and ongoing management of the corporate IT network.
• Gathers requirements and design solutions to meet global network infrastructure needs.
• Establishes &maintains foundational network architecture and technical standards.
• Monitors, manages, and maintains network health and integrity.
• Performs on-call duties as a member of the on-call rotation team.
• Triage, troubleshooting and incident management.
• Escalation for Reactive operations (service requests and incidents).
• Executes proactive maintenance tasks.
• Handles provisioning of service requests.
• Manages change implementation including hardware/software upgrades, required refresh and post-testing to ensure no unplanned business interruption.
• Manages network projects from initiation to completion.
• Interfaces with the internal security team to design and continuously deliver security-related enhancements.
• Analyzes data and defines network capacity models and performance metrics. Deliver Capacity management reports and resolution plans.
• Identifies, recommends, and implements operational improvements. Develops Operational Materials including Troubleshooting & Maintenance Guides as necessary.
• Develops automated methods to mitigate and remediate network events and minimize operational complexity.
• Assist in the evaluation of new technology solutions, provide perspective to the selection of new technology and adoption of processes.
• Strives towards optimizing the network in every possible way

Requirements

• Graduate of BS degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or other related field
• 3-7+ years in the following:
• Network engineer / operations in a multi-site, multi-national company.
• Building and supporting LANs, MANs, WANs, VPNs, and remote access solutions in a variety of topologies in a multi-vendor environment.
• Competency in at least three Products (WAN, LAN, WLAN/Wireless, Data Center, Security, Voice).
• Competency in at least one Technical Domain in each Product listed.
• Competency in multiple Tech Domains in at least one Product.
• Can troubleshoot across any part of the network; from end-to-end network.
• Competency in internally managed parts of the network.
• Full comprehension of the design of a given Tech Domain.
• Ability to implement and support something in given Tech Domain (if given a product, platform or solution).
• Can execute simple to moderately complex changes as explicitly directed by Project Engineer or Architect.
• Writes Project-related documentation including technical design plans, cost summaries, implementation plans, and Operations handoff documentation.
• Experience with high end Layer2 and Layer3 Switching platforms such as Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and Arista Networks
• Hands-on experience with Cisco IOS, NX-OS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR routers.
• Hands-on experience with Network segmentation and Endpoint security.
• Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) preferred (eg Fortinet, etc)
• Knowledge of Network Access Control and Zero Trust Network models
• Deep Understanding of various network protocols such as OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP, VRFs, MPLS, EVPN/VxLAN, QoS
• High level understanding of Datacenter Virtualization and virtualized workload mobility
• Advanced knowledge of Multicast
• Knowledge of F5 Load Balancers (physical and virtual)
• An understanding of Network monitoring, analysis, and management with tools such as DNA Center/Assurance/Spaces, Cisco Prime, Solarwinds, Arista Cloudvision, and/or other Network monitoring tools.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Cisco Certified Network Associated (CCNA) required
• Other preferences:
• Public and Private cloud knowledge
• Python / Ansible and any relevant hands-on Network automation experience
• Project management skills o Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and/or Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
• Media/Entertainment/Video Distribution/Broadcast/Finance/Banking industry experience, but not required.

Benefits

Gov't Mandatory.

Others will be discuss