About this role

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Network Operations / Engineering

Reports To: Senior Network Manager / Lead IP Engineer

The IP Network Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing our Core, Aggregation, and Edge Service Provider IP networks.
You will manage large-scale routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), MPLS architectures, and peering connections to ensure maximum network uptime, scalability, and security for high-speed internet and enterprise customers.

Core Architecture & Routing: Design, configure, and maintain high-speed ISP core networks running BGP (eBGP & iBGP), OSPF, IS-IS, and MPLS (L2VPN, L3VPN, VPLS, EVPN).
Transit & Peering Management: Manage Internet Exchange Point (IXP) peering sessions, upstream IP transit providers, traffic engineering, and BGP community policies.
Network Infrastructure & Deployment: Provision, configure, and troubleshoot enterprise-grade routing and switching hardware (Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, Mikrotik, Arista).
Troubleshooting & Escalations: Serve as Tier 3/4 escalation support for complex IP network incidents, routing loops, fiber cuts, DDoS attacks, and packet loss issues.
Network Security: Implement network security practices, including BGPsec, RPKI, uRPF, firewall filters/ACLs, and automated DDoS mitigation mitigation strategies.
IP Address Management (IPAM): Manage IPv4 and IPv6 allocations, subnetting, and registration with Regional Internet Registries (RIRs like ARIN, RIPE, AFRINIC, APNIC).
Capacity Planning & Optimization: Monitor network performance, traffic trends, and link utilization to proactively recommend capacity upgrades and topology enhancements.
Automation & Scripting: Automate routine network configuration, audits, and deployments using Python, Ansible, or Network Configuration Protocols (NETCONF/RESTCONF).

Interested candidates should possess an HND / Bachelor`s Degree with 3 years experience.

N300,000 monthly.

Not Specified.

IP Network Engineer