With a design and customer-focused mindset, the consultant will work on various key projects of multiple sizes to deliver IP network and security nodes ranging from Firewalls, Load Balancers and Proxies to ensure the network is compliant with Group Security policies.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
Design of network security devices and data centre IP nodes that integrate with the country network;
Definition and delivery of technical solution designs with appropriate dimensioning, scalability that are cost effective;
Creation and maintenance of High-Level and Low-Level Designs for existing and new infrastructure;
Delivery of capacity management/expansion activities in the nodes under scope, in line with directives for the region;
Delivery of software upgrades/hardware renewals/infrastructure refresh in the nodes under scope, in line with Planning Design and Dimensioning guidelines;
Participate in local demand management forum to analyse and prioritise connectivity requests from customers for domestic and international projects;
Manage vendors and system integrators for the implementation of the network and designed connectivity;
Interface with regional and local in-country Operations teams to define, plan and schedule network activities and interventions. C2 General;
Report and provide updates on inflight projects and highlight risks to programme teams;
Contribute to the definition and maintenance of the IP Evolution Plan by raising problems not solvable with the current IP architecture and proposing possible solutions.
Requirements:
An academic degree and/or at least 5 years work experience in a Telecom / IT organization supporting large heterogeneous IP network infrastructures;
Solid knowledge of IP network design/architecture;
Excellent knowledge on some network nodes and vendors: Cisco ACI, Cisco Router/Switches (IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS), Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager), F5 (LTM, GTM);
Experience on Network Automation programming - Ansible scripting;
Fluent in Portuguese and English oral and written;
