Safaricom Enterprise Network Programmability Specialist Jobs vacancy in Nairobi, Kenya 2019

  • Published date: July 26, 2019
  • Category: Marketing & Communications
    • Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
  • Jop type:
  • Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
  • Company name: Jobs in Kenya

Job Description

Safaricom Enterprise Network Programmability Specialist Jobs vacancy in Nairobi, Kenya 2019 


 

Safaricom


Enterprise Network Programmability Specialist  


Requisition ID: 19000174


Work Locations: Nairobi – Safaricom House


Description


We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the TES Department within the Technology Division.


In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:


Reporting to the Manager – Enterprise Network Programmability, the position holder will be responsible to design and implement Intent-based networking systems and enable network administrators to automate tasks.


Key Responsibilities:



  • Lead and champion Enterprise Edge network digitization activities as part of predictive maintenances on the Enterprise Network.

  • Lead and champion next generation connectivity e.g. SDN, 5G for Enterprise, IPv6.

  • Lead and motivate the adoption of robotic process automation to eliminate repetitive linear activities to optimize deployment and maintenance processes.

  • Automate Performance management to achieve service uptime targets.

  • Automate and simplify configuration management of Enterprise Networks.

  • Automate and simplify Enterprise Network order fulfillment processes to reduce billing time.

  • Develop configuration management tools to reduce repetitive maintenance tasks including remote access management and site acceptance procedures.

  • Employ Data science analytics tools to simplify and Analyze Enterprise Edge IP network logs to resolve and report running faults before they become service affecting.

  • Lead Digital Empowerment of Customer facing teams to improve customer SLA and significantly reduce BAU escalations to Backend Infrastructure team.

  • Lead agile collaboration activities with digital NOC team and participate in End to End EBU automation project squad.

  • Optimize and monitor alerts on the Enterprise IP core and follow up on resolutions.

  • Be a custodian of network documentation and improvements of the versions.

  • Spares tracking and management in liaison with the responsible sections in the company for the IP devices in use.


Qualifications



  • Bsc. Computer Science, Software Engineering or relevant qualification.

  • Programmable environments such as Cisco One Platform, OpenDaylight Controller and Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).

  • Candidates should be able to program in C, Python or similar languages in an open networking environment

  • Practical hands on experience on Redhat Ansible Chef, Puppet, Salt Stack, etc.

  • Knowledge and experience with network security and various secured VPN technologies

  • Knowledge and experience with network operating systems such as Cisco IOS, IOS-XR, IOS-XE and Huawei VRRP

  • Experience in automation via Bash/shell scripting and Perl/Python programming


CLICK HERE to apply online


Last Date to Apply: Jul 30, 2019

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