Network EngineerOctal

Octal Philippines Inc. is a leading IT solutions company seeking a skilled and experienced individual to join our partner team as a Network Engineer. As a Network Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the company's network infrastructure. This includes configuring, troubleshooting, and optimizing network devices and technologies to ensure the smooth and secure operation of the network. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical knowledge and a passion for network engineering within the IT industry.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and support network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points, and VPN appliances
Configure and troubleshoot network devices and technologies, including VLANs, routing protocols, and network security
Implement and support Layer2 and Layer3 Switching platforms such as Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and Arista Networks
Execute simple to moderately complex changes as explicitly directed by Project Engineer or Architect.
Document network configurations, procedures, technical design plans, cost summaries, implementation plans, and Operations.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in network engineering
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
At least 3 years of experience 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.
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.
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
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and/or Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Media/Entertainment/Video Distribution/Broadcast/Finance/Banking industry experience, but not required.
Benefits
Allowance, Health & Life Insurance, & others
Octal

Quezon City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time