Network Engineer
Network Engineer
District, Abuja
Summary
Successful Senior Network Engineer with over Ten(10) years experience accomplished in managing enterprise-wide networks for large-scale operations. Plan, implement and continuously improve infrastructure and controls to stay on top of changing operational and security demands.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
NETWORK ENGINEER
ARRAVO
FCT
03.2022 - Current
- Providing L2/L3 network support for one of our clients; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC HQ) (Over 7600 network users)
- Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
- Troubleshooting and maintaining network connectivity from all 153 NNPC branch offices to the HQ (Both MPLS and VPN connections
- Ensure wireless network connectivity within NNPC HQ (WLC and Access point configuration)
- Network admittance configuration and management using Cisco ISE
- Network monitoring and management of NNPC HQ and Internet connectivity to all other 153 branch offices using PRTG
- Providing a knowledge-based session for NNPC IT Department (ITD)
SENIOR CONSULTANT
NIIT
Harcourt
01.2019 - 02.2022
- Providing end-to-end leadership, planning, workload estimation, organizing, and implementation of products and solutions
- Establishing leading practices and policies for implementing, configuring, maintaining, operating, and securing infrastructure
- Providing coaching and mentoring, and share technical knowledge, skills and expertise in an efficient and supportive manner
- Providing end-to-end technical leadership to support the resolution of incidents
- Participating in the planning of services to meet the business needs
- Conducting research based on requirements and developing recommendations on products, services, protocols, and standards
- Monitoring and analyzing capacity and performance on the infrastructure and recommend enhancements to meet new or changing infrastructure demands
- Delivering on technology standard maintenance activities to ensure the environment is stable and available
- Monitoring and managing security vulnerabilities and deliver on remediation to ensure the environment is secure
HEAD
R International, P, H
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Executed network projects for company clients
- Led team of network engineers to maintain system security
- Determine network access across company
- Evaluate costs of implementing network strategies
- Maintained and recorded system updates
- Provided creative solutions to network problems
- Oversaw projects for timely execution.
CISCO ENGINEER
Indian Institute of Hardware Technology, IIHT
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Acted as network subject matter expert defining technical solutions, requirements, designs, estimate transition and implementation efforts
- Supported the development and delivery of large network communication infrastructure architectures
- Performed network engineering and configuration support for large multi-site network communications systems
- Developed and maintained detailed design documents from network & cloud architectures, configuration templates and diagrams
- Interfaced with other senior level personnel and deliver technical information in a concise, understandable and accurate manner
- Reviewed network device build books provided by a third-party vendor, and ensure build books are followed during rollout
- Developed and delivered concise and logical business-focused technical material
- Developed and executed Cloud and Network Implementation Plans and devices configuration
- Provided trend analysis of current and future demands
- Delivering ICT trainings
NETWORK ANALYST
Dplus Online, Ewet
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Built and maintained computer network for all employees throughout the company
- Attended to all needs of employees and their network concerns
- Troubleshot issues within the network to ensure it is running efficiently and avoided all potential future problems
- Trained company employees in terms of network operations to avoid the risk of miscommunication
- Performed beneficial and regular network updates whenever such are available
Education
Higher National Diploma - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Lagos State Polytechnic
Ikorodu, Lagos State 03.2007 - 02.2009
National Diploma - Electrical Electronics Engineering
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
Abeokuta, Ogun State 05.2004 - 04.2006
College -
Abeokuta Grammar School
Abeokuta, Ogun State 07.1997 - 05.2002
Skills
Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levelsConsultative aptitude including communication and interpersonal skills that enables understanding of client's needs, requirements analysis and provision of effective solutionsKnowledge of AWS (IGW, VPC, IAM, AMI/EC2, Cloud Front, S3/EBS/EFS/Glacier, RDS/DMS/Redshift, ELB/auto scaling, Route 53/DNS, CloudWatch, SNS/SES, CloudFormation/Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda)Network management, design and documentation Performing security audits of perimeter routersProficient in L2 & L3 switching technologies such as VLAN, VTP, STP, Ether Channel, HSRP, VRRP and GLBPTroubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure protocols such as EIGRP, RIPv1 $2, OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP, GRE IPsec, VRF, Frame-Relay, and WAN technologies (MPLS, VPLS, VPN) and network security (Cisco Firewalls, IPS)Network management and monitoring using PRTG, SNMP, SPAN and RSPANExperience in implementing site-to-site and remote access VPN Technologies using DMVPNPolicy Routing and Security Management using (ACLs, Prefix-Lists, and Route-Map)Documentation and change control Upgrading and backups of Cisco devices configuration filesExperience in Cisco ASA firewall and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)Experience in wireless network design using WLCExperience in F5 Load BalancerKnowledge of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Experience in switching architecture and protocols (VLANs, VTP, Etherchannel, Spanning Tree, VSS)Experience in NetConf, Phython and JSONProven experience with systems planning, security principles, and IT management best practicesStrong understanding of load balancing, clustering, fail-over configuration, networksSolid understanding of application and systems security architecture and best practicesExperience in design and implementation of IP surveillance network (CCTV using IP cameras and NVR)Experience in Windows server (Active directory, Infrastructure and Administration)Experience in Windows server virtualization (HyperV), VMWareTechnologies and Software SkillsCisco-CCNA & CCNP,MSCE an AWS Cloud Certification; MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio),Cisco Routers, Switches, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, CDP, RIP,RIPv2, Access Control List(ACL,),Route maps, NAT,PAT, MPLS, VPN, Wifi
Firewall management
Certification
Cisco Certified Network Professional(CCNP)
Timeline
Salesforce Administrator
08-2022
NETWORK ENGINEER
ARRAVO
03.2022 - Current
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
01-2022
SENIOR CONSULTANT
NIIT
01.2019 - 02.2022
HEAD
R International, P, H
01.2016 - 01.2019
Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA)
07-2014
CISCO ENGINEER
Indian Institute of Hardware Technology, IIHT
01.2014 - 01.2016
Cisco Certified Network Professional(CCNP)
02-2013
NETWORK ANALYST
Dplus Online, Ewet
01.2011 - 01.2013
Higher National Diploma - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Lagos State Polytechnic
03.2007 - 02.2009
National Diploma - Electrical Electronics Engineering
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
05.2004 - 04.2006
College -
Abeokuta Grammar School
07.1997 - 05.2002