Data Network Engineer | Real Estate

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Job Requisition ID: 165948

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world’s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview of the role:

AFET is a leader in converged systems integration and provides complete business solutions to large, medium, and small customers that include networking solutions, IP telephony, infrastructure, contact center solutions, business applications, ELV systems, professional audio-visual solutions and managed services. Data Network Engineer is required to provide support services to AFT’s AMC customers and on-site.

This position operates within the context of Data Network, Infrastructure, Wi-Fi and Security Solutions. Job seeker must be trained and certified on various solutions of Alcatel Lucent Enterprise, CISCO, Fortinet, HP, or similar. Engineer will be part of the technical support team. Job seeker must have excellent hands-on experience to perform the job..

What you will do:

Impart Post-sales technical support as per SLA signed with customers.

Key accountabilities

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<li style=”text-align:justify”>Implementation of Data Network and ICT solutions in co-ordination with customers, principals, service providers, and business partners to ensure implementation meets design parameters.</li>
<li>Monitoring and maintaining enterprise level network hardware and applications at customer premises.</li>
<li>Advanced Diagnostics and monitoring of Data Network Infrastructure Solutions. </li>
<li>Monitoring network engineering performance and ensure system availability and reliability.</li>
<li>Configuring and installing routers, Aruba & Cisco wireless controllers & switches, firewalls, load balancers.</li>
<li>Performing network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations.</li>
<li>Incident Management (Break/fix) activities including, but not limited to:</li>
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<li>Determining best means to get system back up and running to original specifications.</li>
<li>Coordinating the repair/replacement of failed equipment.</li>
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<li>Maintain current working knowledge of relevant system technologies.</li>
<li>Attending service requests, preventive maintenance health checks.</li>
<li>Perform change management activities.</li>
<li>Ensure the committed timelines are met for the projects at customer sites within the agreed scope, cost, and quality.</li>
<li>Training to customers on system usage.</li>
<li>Prioritizing workload to maximize productivity and minimize customer downtime.</li>
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Service Delivery

Required skills to be successful:

Technical Skills:

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<li>Experienced and Certified in Cisco, Aruba & Alcatel Lucent Data Networks (switching & Wireless).</li>
<li>Expert in Installing, configuring, and supporting network equipment including switches, wireless controllers routers, proxy servers, switches, WAN accelerators, DNS and DHCP.</li>
<li>Must have full solutions lifecycle experience including gathering requirements, design, test, documentation, configuration, and maintenance. </li>
<li>Excellent incident, problem management and analytical skills.</li>
<li>Proven hands-on network engineering experience.</li>
<li>Valid CCIE Certification is mandatory.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g., IGMP, IPSEC,VRRP, HSRP, STP, OSPF, 802.11, QoS)</li>
<li>Solid understanding of the OSI or TCP/IP model</li>
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<li>University degree in Computer Science or a related subject</li>
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What Equips you for the role:

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

Education:

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<li>Bachelor of Engineering or similar in Electronics / Telecom / IT/ Computer Science.</li>
<li>Valid CCIE Certification is mandatory.</li>
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Experience:

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<li style=”text-align:justify”>Must have minimum 5 years of experience in Data Network, routing/switching elements, Infrastructure, Wi-Fi , Security and Firewall Solutions.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools</li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”>Onsite support and monitoring of customer networks.</li>
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About Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies 
Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies offers customers complete engineering and systems integration solutions. 
 
The Engineering arm operates in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt providing a wide variety of products and services from air conditioning, scaffolding and access solutions, elevators and escalators, control and life safety, facilities management, building products, MEP, Energy Management, Technology Infrastructure and Digital Transformation. 
 
The Technologies division provides complete business solutions to large, medium and small customers that include, contact centre solutions, business applications, business intelligence, data management, advanced analytics amongst others. The IT infrastructure portfolio comprises IP telephony, ELV systems, networking solutions, professional audio-visual solutions and managed services. 
 
These solutions are further complemented by services that include project management, installation, testing, commissioning and after-sales maintenance contracts.

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