Network Technician

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Application deadline 3 years ago: Wednesday 11 Nov 2020 at 23:59 UTC

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Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Unit Manager or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will have the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Administrator – The incumbent is responsible for the maintenance, administration of the ICT Infrastructure LAN, WAN and Data Center infrastructure. The incumbent is responsible for managing and maintaining standard configurations routers, switches firewalls, load balancers, voice gateways monitoring and management tools.
  • Deployment Team Member – The incumbent is responsible for final testing and deployment of LAN/WAN and Data Center solutions as well as all related technical documentation.
  • Operational Support - The incumbent is responsible of the WAN and core network routing operations at Tier 2 and handles request fulfilment, incident resolution as well participate in the problem resolution, preventive maintenance related to WAN and core network environment.
  • The incumbent will also participate in the out-of-hours duty roster and changes, as required.
  • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Technical/Vocational diploma

Required experience:

60 Months

Experience remark:

  • Minimum five years of experience working on IT preferably in large WAN or Datacenter environments;
  • Good knowledge of Cisco IOs, NX-OS, Cisco ACI, including the managements of routers and switches. Cisco certifications are desirable;
  • Good knowledge of Data Center operations including the management of Core and Distribution layer switches;
  • Experience with VMware and NSX is desirable;
  • Good Knowledge of Wide Area Network, experience on using different routing protocols;
  • Good knowledge of network security including firewalls, VPN, intrusion detection/prevention devices;
  • Good knowledge of network management tools and practices;
  • Good knowledge of automation and scripting techniques, preferably Ansible and other languages applied to Cisco environments;
  • Knowledge of Cloud like Azure and AWS environments is desirable;
  • Basic knowledge of voice and video over IP including voice transport, termination and related Quality of Services;
  • Experience in drafting technical documents;
  • Exposure in Information Security Management System (ISMS: ISO 27001), ITIL and ISO 20000 framework and other industry standard related best practices;
  • Ability to grasp complex concepts, logical and analytical approach to solving problems;
  • Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision;
  • Working knowledge of UN environment and peacekeeping mission is an asset;
  • Excellent knowledge of English (both written and verbal) is required;
  • Knowledge of Spanish or Italian is desirable.

Language skills:

  • English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
  • Spanish(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

IT architecture and IT project management

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup.

Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile.

Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply.

Application deadline: 11 November 2020

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