Network Service Engineer

IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc.; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc. is seeking a Network Service Engineer to monitor and maintain client interconnectivity networks, troubleshoot incidents, and coordinate with vendors to minimize downtime.

The role requires hands-on experience with Juniper, Ciena, Cisco gear, and strong TCP/IP/LAN/WAN skills, plus cloud interconnect awareness. Proactive problem solving and clear communication are essential for SLAs and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• A degree in telecommunications or equivalent, relevant industry experience.
• Experience with Juniper, Ciena, and Cisco network equipment is a plus.
• Professional certifications such as CCNA, JNCIA, or Optical Associate/Foundation are a plus.
• Proven experience in Network Management/Operations Center environments in Managed Services/Telecom/ISP/Cloud.
• Data Center co-location experience is advantageous.
• Hands-on experience with network monitoring tools and trouble-ticketing systems.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
• Proficient in LAN and WAN troubleshooting, including physical layer cabling in co-location environments.
• Knowledge of IP/MPLS networks (Juniper MX Series desirable).
• Experience with Optical Ethernet and Transport Networks (Ciena 6500 and Waveserver AI desirable).
• Scripting knowledge in Python or Ansible automation tools is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Real-Time Monitoring: proactively tracking network health, traffic, and performance metrics to prevent failures.
• Trouble Ticket Support: manage tickets with vendors and fiber providers; support customer-facing tickets.
• Incident Management & Response: detect, analyze, and resolve outages or performance degradation.
• Maintenance & Updates: support installation, configuration, and updates of hardware and firmware.
• Reporting: provide detailed analysis on network performance and recommend routing improvements.
• Incident Management, Diagnosis and Resolution within SLA/OLA/KPI.
• Provide regular updates to ticketing systems as incidents progress.
• Liaise with external suppliers and other departments to minimize downtime.
• Stay up to date with new network technology supported by the NOC.

Skills

Network monitoring

Troubleshooting

Incident management

Vendor coordination

TCP/IP networking

LAN/WAN troubleshooting

VMware

Linux

Python/Ansible scripting

Cloud/interconnect knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in telecommunications or equivalent

CCNA

JNCIA

Optical Associate/Foundation

Tools

Juniper MX Series

Ciena devices

Cisco equipment

VMware

Linux platforms

Azure ExpressRoute

AWS Direct Connect

Google Cloud Interconnect

IP/MPLS networks

Waveserver AI

Cisco/Optical Ethernet transport

Job description

Overview

The Network Service engineer is responsible for monitoring and maintaining client`s Interconnectivity Network infrastructure to ensure minimum network downtime and customer service impacts. Troubleshoot all network incidents and any customer reported services issue within agreed upon SLA. If needed, the engineer is responsible for coordinating with internal and external providers to troubleshoot and fix any network/customer service issues.

Responsibilities

• Real-Time Monitoring:Proactively tracking network health, traffic, and performance metrics to prevent failures.
• Trouble Ticket Support: Create and manage trouble tickets with our equipment vendors and our fiber providers and support customer facing trouble tickets (Cloud Connect, Service Exchange, DRIX, IP Bandwidth, Metro Connect (Dark Fiber), Metro Connect (Ethernet), Metro Connect (Managed Wave), Ports, Links, Connections, Virtual Router).
• Incident Management & Response:Detecting, analyzing, and resolving network outages, outages, or performance degradation.
• Maintenance & Updates:Support the installation, configuring, and updating hardware, and firmware, including patch management.
• Reporting:Providing detailed analysis regarding network performance, availability and recommending infrastructure design and routing improvements.

• Incident Management, Incident Diagnosis and Incident Resolution within SLA's, OLA's and KPI's, ensuring that all incidents are investigated in a timely manner.
• Provide regular updates to ticketing systems while progressing incidents through to resolution.
• Liaising and escalating with external suppliers and other client departments to ensure minimum disruption and downtime on the network.

• Staying up to date with new network technology supported by the NOC.

Qualifications

• A degree in telecommunications or equivalent, relevant industry experience.
• Experience working with Juniper, Ciena, and Cisco network equipment are a plus.
• Professional certifications such as CCNA, JNCIA, or Optical Associate/Foundation are a plus.
• Proven experience working within a Network Management or Operations Center environment in the Managed Services (Data or Voice), Telecoms, ISP, or Cloud Service Provider sectors.
• Experience working within a Data Center (co-location) environment is advantageous.
• Hands-on experience with network monitoring tools and trouble-ticketing systems.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
• Proficient in LAN and WAN troubleshooting, including physical layer cabling issues in co-location environments.
• Working knowledge of IP/MPLS networks (experience with Juniper MX Series is desirable).
• Working experience of Optical Ethernet and Transport Network. (Ciena 6500 and Waveserver AI desirable)
• Working experience with Optical Ethernet and Transport Networks (experience with Ciena 6500 and Waveserver AI is desirable).
• Solid understanding of routing principles.
• Experience working with VMware and Linux-based systems.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute, AWS Direct Connect, Google Cloud Interconnect, or other CSP connectivity services is an advantage.
• Scripting knowledge in Python or experience with Ansible automation tools is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong attention to detail.
• Working experience of Optical Ethernet and Transport Network. (Ciena 6500 and Waveserver AI desirable)
• Working experience with Optical Ethernet and Transport Networks (experience with Ciena 6500 and Waveserver AI is desirable).
• Solid understanding of routing principles.
• Experience working with VMware and Linux-based systems.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute, AWS Direct Connect, Google Cloud Interconnect, or other CSP connectivity services is an advantage.
• Scripting knowledge in Python or experience with Ansible automation tools is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong attention to detail.