Network Engineer Job Vacancies – DFCU Bank
Organisation: DFCU Bank
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Manager Infrastructure Services
About US:
DFCU Bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.
Job Summary: The Network Engineer will be responsible for managing, planning, designing, implementation, monitoring and maintenance for the bank’s Local and Wide Area Networks with the aim of ensuring efficient and effective operational performance, Data Security, capacity and network availability.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Networks configurations control and management.
- Establishes networking environment by designing system configuration; directing system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
- Responsible for Network Systems High Availability & Disaster recovery readiness.
- Bank IT Data Networks Security by establishing and enforcing policies; defining and monitoring access.
- Networks Capacity planning, optimization and management.
- Monitoring of Bank IT Networks uptime and performance assurance.
- Reporting network operational status by gathering, prioritizing information and managing projects.
- Leading Network Systems Incident, problem & requests management.
- Carry out preventive and reactive maintenance on all network and communication equipment.
- Conduct active penetration tests and discover vulnerabilities in the network to prevent external intrusion into the dfcu network.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant for the DFCU Bank Network Engineer job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or their equivalent from a reputable university or college.
- CISCO certification in networking (CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, ISE, others).
- Advanced support skills for CISCO Networks and telecommunications technologies.
- Certification or knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, Oracle Systems, Virtual Server technologies (e.g. VMWARE), A+
- 3-4 years working experience in a busy WAN /LAN environment, which experience must include configuring switches, routers and firewalls.
- Good analytical, diagnostic and communication skills.
- Ability to manage third party contractors.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, interpret documents, understand procedures, write reports and correspondence; speak clearly to third parties and employees.
- Ability to solve complex analytical challenges and make recommendations based on analysis.
- Self-motivated team player with the ability to adapt and work co-operatively and effectively in different situations whilst maintaining a positive attitude under stress conditions.
- Disposition to share knowledge fully and willingly with other employees in the interest of the organization.
- Analytical Thinking & Complex Problem solving
- Planning and Organization.
- Achievement Orientation – set and meet aggressive commitments for self and others.
- Critical judgement and decision-making; define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions to obstacles.
- Good communicator – presents ideas effectively, clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
- Self-development – pursues positive change in self and organization and drives own personal development plan.
How to apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send applications with detailed CV’s including present position and copies of relevant professional/academic certificates (University Transcript, O & A level) to the email address indicated below;
Vacanciesbank@dfcugroup.com
Deadline: 5th December 2019