IT Specialist-Network & Telephony, iiQ8 Job Vacancy, Kuwait Alghanim jobs

IT Specialist-Network & Telephony

Location: KW – Company: Alghanim Industries

Job Title | IT Specialist – Network and Telephony

Dept | Infrastructure

Location | Fahaheel

Reports to | IT Manager, Infrastructure Services

Key Responsibility:

Experience in designing and managing mission-critical, highly available network infrastructure
Developing architecture plans for voice and data services.
Installing network hardware modules including IP and PBX communication servers.
Designing and implementing Cisco & Avaya systems.
Troubleshooting VoIP network issues.
Designing and deploying SD-WAN configurations, Providing support and troubleshooting technical issue with SD-WAN.
Design , implement and support Cloud network infrastructure in AWS and Azure platforms.
Analyzing existing VoIP networks and computer systems.
Provide clear communications to stakeholders in regard to incident and change management activities
Develop an understanding of business issues and goals to provide appropriate technical solutions.
Perform network design and capacity planning for WAN.
Improve application performance across WANs
Provide mentoring and training as the opportunities arise.
Work closely with 3rd party supplier and equipment vendors at a technical level

Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required

University Graduate in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering
Must have 10 years of hands on experience with various Cisco Platforms, Avaya Telephony, including but not limited to Nexus Services (atleast 8 years working with a Cisco data network platform)
Hand on experience on network infrastructure and network hardware – Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, ZScaler, VeloCloud, Versa, SilverPeak, and alternate connectivity mechanisms such as 4G / 5G / Microwave
Excellent problem diagnostics and resolution skills.
Extensive proven experience of acting as the SME in a technical team in a large organization.
Extensive experience using network analysis and packet capture tools
Excellent knowledge of Cisco Wireless Solutions.
Extensive knowledge of data center technologies, TCP/IP, routing, switching, WAN,OSPF, BGP, OTV, HSRP, VPC,VRRP, VTP, STP etc.
Excellent Cisco IOS & NXOS administration & troubleshooting skills on LAN & WAN Equipment
Knowledge of Firewalling Solutions, load balancers, SSL/CAG Gateways (Advantageous)
In-depth experience on data center N7K, N5K. Miraki Network… etc. Switches.
An in-depth understanding of network infrastructure design and best practice principles, including routing and switching concepts and technologies, advanced IP Addressing, dynamic routing protocols.
MPLS, Secure and resilient routing solutions, Unified communications, Load balancing, and traffic management, Quality of Service (QOS), Wireless and Mobile Communications.
Appreciation of voice, video, and multimedia technologies