About the Role
Seven Up Bottling Company, one of the leading manufacturing giants in Nigeria and the proud producer of iconic global beverage brands, is looking for a talented and driven Network Engineer. In this role, you will play a crucial part in managing our critical network infrastructure, ensuring optimal configurations, enhancing network stability, and delivering secure connectivity across all our multi-site locations to support seamless business continuity.
Key Responsibilities- Design, deploy, and manage enterprise network infrastructure including LAN, WAN, WLAN, firewalls, routers, switches, and access point controllers.
- Ensure high availability, performance optimization, and secure connectivity across all business locations and critical applications.
- Monitor network health and proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents to minimize downtime and service disruption.
- Configure and maintain network security controls, including firewall policies, VPNs, access control, intrusion prevention, and perimeter security.
- Manage IP addressing, VLANs, routing protocols, bandwidth utilization, and overall network segmentation and optimization.
- Support infrastructure expansion, new site deployments, upgrades, and integration of network services and technologies.
- Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date network documentation, including topology diagrams, configurations, and change records.
- Collaborate with IT security, infrastructure, and service desk teams while ensuring compliance with IT policies, standards, and business continuity requirements.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- Professional certifications such as CCNA (required); CCNP, Fortinet, or equivalent certifications are an added advantage.
- Minimum of 3–5 years' hands-on experience in network administration and support within an enterprise environment.
- Strong experience in configuring and managing firewalls, routers, switches, VPNs, and wireless access point controllers.
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing protocols, and network security principles.
- Experience in troubleshooting complex network issues across multi-site environments.
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive health insurance and wellness benefits for employees and dependents.
- Opportunities for professional development, certifications, and career advancement within a global brand.
- A collaborative, innovative, and fast-paced work environment with cutting-edge enterprise technologies.