The Network Specialist shall be responsible for the administration, monitoring, maintenance, and enhancement of the organization’s network infrastructure, including but not limited to:
Network Infrastructure
- Cisco Switches
- Cisco Routers
- Wireless Infrastructure
- Firewalls
- CCTV Network Infrastructure
- VPN Connectivity
- Internet Connectivity
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Network Monitoring Systems
Responsibilities
- Install, configure, maintain and upgrade network infrastructure.
- Configure VLANs, routing protocols and network segmentation.
- Configure wireless infrastructure.
- Configure firewall policies and VPN services.
- Monitor network availability and performance.
- Troubleshoot network connectivity issues.
- Analyse bandwidth utilization.
- Optimize network performance.
- Maintain network redundancy and resiliency.
- Monitor network logs and alerts.
- Implement network security best practices.
- Review firewall rules and network access permissions.
- Implement secure remote access solutions.
- Ensure secure internal and external data transmission.
- Maintain network asset inventory.
- Maintain IP Address Management (IPAM).
- Maintain network diagrams and topology documentation.
- Perform firmware upgrades.
- Perform preventive maintenance.
- Support disaster recovery planning.
- Participate in network migration projects.
- Coordinate with Internet Service Providers and network vendors.
- Support end users with network-related issues.
- Prepare technical reports and recommendations.
The candidate will also be required to perform the following along with other IT members-
- Daily infrastructure monitoring.
- Preventive maintenance.
- Incident investigation.
- Root cause analysis.
- Performance tuning.
- Capacity planning.
- Backup monitoring.
- Backup restoration testing.
- Patch management.
- Firmware upgrades.
- Security monitoring.
- Vulnerability remediation.
- Infrastructure documentation.
- Disaster Recovery testing.
- Business Continuity support.
- Infrastructure health assessments.
- Configuration reviews.
- System optimization.
- Technical advisory services.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, Information Security, or equivalent.
- Bahraini National.
- Possess a minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in enterprise network administration.
- Professional networking certifications such as Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CWNP, or equivalent
- Level 2 or level 3 candidate preferred