Senior and Junior IP Engineers Main One Cable Company Limited – Vacancies and Jobs

Main One Cable Company Limited (‘Main One’) is the first submarine cable company offering open access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa. Main One is wholly African-owned with a vision to expand the much needed capacity on the African continent and reduce costs of broadband communications across the continent. This vision is being realized via a submarine cable system that was declared ready for service in July 2010 with initial landing stations in Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal –linking West Africa to the rest of the world via Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Main One seeks to employ visionary, focused and effective individuals with sound track records and demonstrated relevant abilities.

Jobs Detail

Job title: Senior and Junior IP Engineers

Reporting to: Head Network Planning & Implementation

Qualification(s)

• Bachelors degree on Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Job Experience & skills

• Minimum of 3 years’ (Junior IP Engineers) and 10 years’ (Senior IP Engineers) relevant experience in designing and implementing complex, high performance networks with multiple locations and applications


• Hands on experience configuring Cisco and Juniper routers


• Good knowledge of networking technologies – TCP/IP, DNS, VPNS, BGP, Firewalls, Proxy etc

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring the availability and stability of the Main One network through the design and implementation of appropriate IP based-services in partnership with technology partner companies


• the engineers will monitor network elements, configure and maintain network equipment such as routers, switches and firewalls and also implement network security policies


• The Senior Engineers will provide leadership and guidance to team members and other operations teams with respect to IP/MPLS infrastructure


• They will also ensure continued smooth operation of the global network infrastructure and resolve complex technical problems with cutomers

closing date: 4 January 2011

How to apply for this job

Email your curriculum vitae only once –to hr@mainonecable.com and ensure that you indicate your name and role you are applying for in the subject line of the email. Only short-listed candidate will be contacted.