·        The person shall be capable of ensuring integrity of the Company's Network and shall be responsible for overall operations and maintenance of the communications network including but not limited to bandwidth management, alternate routing plans, facility planning and engineering. He shall be responsible for overall network reliability and functionality and have the knowledge through in-depth analysis of systems under his responsibility to achieve the network reliability objective as required. Qualification:

·        The IP Network Engineer shall minimum have a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Electrical/Communications Engineering.

·        The person shall have a minimum of Ten (10) years’ experience in installation, test, troubleshooting and maintenance of the IP network.

·        The person shall have experience with the products that will be offered into the project to be used.

·        Strong interpersonal skills.

·        CCIE certification or Equivalent certification on the offered OEM product.

·        L2/3 transport protocols such as MPLS, LDP, RSVP, L3VPN, L2VPN, VPLS, etc

·        L2 – L7 protocols such as Ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, RTP, HTTP/S, FTP, etc. and the ability to analyse traffic flows of these protocols with packet analyser utilities

·        Various L2 switching technologies/protocols to include STP/MSTP/RSTP, VXLAN, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, etc.

·        Enterprise Level IT Network Development/Design/Upgrade/Maintenance

·        Experience with VRFs, ACLs, DMVPN, VoIP, QoS, SNMP, VPC, and VSS

·        Demonstrated knowledge in Cisco Firewalls

·        Cisco IOS/NX-OS configuration and troubleshooting across multiple platforms including routers and switches or Equivalent certification on the offered OEM product.

·        Experience with IPSEC and GRE tunnel configuration. Al-Tahreer O&M SoW Page 41 of 84 CONFIDENTIAL

·        Capability to articulate a technical solution and demonstrate it on a whiteboard.

·        Experience with IP-multicast design and best practices.

·        Experience developing network diagrams using tools such as Microsoft Visio or equivalent application. Knowledge of network design "best practices" and the ability to independently troubleshoot complex MPLS issues.

·        Strong documentation skills - to be utilized for case management, knowledge capture, defect management and Trainings.

·        Very strong problem solving skills

• ·        Proven crisis management skills, and the ability to excel under pressure. 

Skills

·        Requirement open for all Nationals

·        Required Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Electrical/Communications Engineering.

·        Must have Kuwaiti Driver license.

• ·        Minimum of seven 10 years’ experience in installation, test, troubleshooting and maintenance of the IP network.