Network Support Engineer at ipNX Nigeria Limited

Job Title: Network Support Engineer

Job Summary

• We are currently seeking a network support Engineer to join our Team. The Ideal candidate will Provide first level off-site technical support and resolution for all ipNX services: Voice, Data connectivity, Internet services, services etc.
• To consistently provide a high level of excellent customer service and support, ensuring customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage Service request life-cycle: receive, log and take ownership of all general Service Requests and progress to resolution.
• Receive, log and take ownership of all faults. Respond to and provide timely, complete and accurate resolution to customer inquiries via email, phone or web calls.
• Monitor and escalate based on SLAs, coordinate with other teams as may be necessary to resolve customer issues within the contracted SLAs.
• Proactively monitor all ipNX owned & installed network elements in corporate customers’ premises, ensure initial call assessment, resolution (if possible) or escalate to the appropriate technical group, Identify, document and alert supervisor of trends in customer calls
• Ensure daily updates of all complaints not closed (open tickets) by following up with person(s), units and organizations responsible.
• Liaise with clients on updates of progress on Service Requests and Incidents reports ensuring they are kept up to date. Dissemination of information regarding network faulty condition, causes, planned outage period for repair/preventive maintenance.
• Produce periodic error-free service reports in order to inform both management and external clients of service levels achieved and areas of service improvement required.
• Prepare daily incidence summary reports, prepare monthly availability reports for customers, generate outage, fault and utilization reports as well as cause analysis/ reason for outage reports.
• Identify problem incident based defined SOP, Track to closure identified problem incidents based on defined SOP (Standard Operating Procedure), Track internal changes from service partners and internal network operation teams based on defined SOP, Initiate and manage change control as required.

Requirements

• B.Sc / B.Eng in Computer Science/Computer Engineering / Electrical-Electronics Engineering (2.2/Upper Credit at minimum).
• CCNA , CCNP (Desired), iTIL (Desired)
• Strong telecommunications, IP design skills, & in-depth knowledge of IP Network.
• Good knowledge Network Monitoring Systems (NMS), Ticketing Systems, Service Management platforms Excellent business communication skills both verbal and written
• A hands-on experience with the following is a must: IP Routing, MPLS, QoS, VPN, VoIP
• Knowledge and experience with network security (IPSec Firewalls) is desirable.
• Experience with Wireless Point-to-Point and Point to-Multipoint technologies is desirable.
• A hands-on experience with network monitoring platforms and Incident management tools
• Candidate must possess excellent customer interface, analytical and presentation skills and be able to influence internal and external organizations.

Application Instructions

The application deadline is 18th February, 2025. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.