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Network Administrator - UNRWA

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Network Administrator - UNRWA


Consultant – Network Administrator (multiple positions), (Local)

BACKGROUND

UNRWA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) that aims to enhance livelihood and human development opportunities to Palestine refugees in Gaza. 
United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) is a UN agency that provides IT services to other UN agencies on a cost recovery basis.

UNRWA Information Management and Technology Department (IMTD) is seeking Network Administrator to support the global operations of Network services hosted at UNICC Data Centre’s and customers managed network. The selected candidate will join the T2 Network Operations team of UNICC.

The consultant will report administratively to Head Information Technology Service Centre at Headquarter Gaza and technically to United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC).


DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Administrator

  1. Ensures continuous operation of the Network in ICC Data Centers and partners operations. 
  2. Manages and maintains Network standard configurations and enhancements, installation and upgrade as well as assisting with the resolution of incidents and problems, and fulfils users request as a part of ISO 20000 established processes.

Deployment Team Member 

  1. Final testing and deployment of Network and underlying services, and solutions as well as all related technical documentation. 
  2. Participates in network vulnerability and remediation and technical review related to ICT security initiatives.

Operational Support:

  • Provides on-going support at the T2 to ICC Network environment and related services and will participate in the automation projects and tasks for ICC and Partners. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  1. A university degree from an accredited educational institution in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline. 
  2. Minimum 7 years of experience in administering and troubleshooting Cisco networking products, preferably in large Datacenter environment. 
  3. Good knowledge and experience with network routing protocols like OSPF, BGP and MPLS
  4. Good knowledge and experience with network switching. 
  5. Good knowledge and experience with network security. 
  6. Ability to manage, configure and troubleshoot advanced F5 configurations with two-factor authentications implementations and improved security with web application firewalls.
  7. Ability to integrate F5 with products from other vendors and achieve high availability, security, and application performance optimization.
  8. Ability to update F5 to incorporate new features and bug fixes.
  9. Ability to manage, configure and troubleshoot Checkpoint Firewalls.
  10. Experience with Cisco ASA and/or Firepower Firewalls 
  11. Ability to configure and troubleshoot VPN site-to-site implementations.
  12. Ability to perform network traffic packet capture and analysis.
  13. Ability to provide comprehensive analysis of different services and protocols like SMTP, HTTPS, and DNS
  14. Experience in shell scripting and automation tools (Python, Perl, Bash, Ansible…)
  15. Experience working within remote and virtual teams.
  16. Fluency in spoken and written English. 

COMPETENCIES

  1. Teamwork and conflict resolution skills.
  2. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  3. Customer facing experience and good communication skills.
  4. work effectively with minimum supervision.
  5. work under pressure and with minimum supervision.
  6. write documentation and reports.
  7. grasp complex concepts, logical and analytical approach to solving problems.
  8. Willingness to learn on the job.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Cisco CCNA certificate
  2. Cisco CCNP Enterprise certificate or equivalent
  3. Checkpoint training certifications
  4. F5 training certifications
  5. install and configure network tools on Linux based machines.
  6. Knowledge of Cloud like AZURE and AWS 
  7. Knowledge of Spanish

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

  • The duration of the consultancy is 3 to 11 months extendable according to performance and availability of funds.
  • Remuneration for this consultancy will be equivalent to grade 17; 1,800 USD and will depend on the qualifications and relevant experience of the consultant.
  • The incumbent can be from any of UNRWA fields of operations (Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, or West Bank but will report to HQ Gaza) 

      APPLICATION PROCESS

      Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV or UN Personal History Form demonstrating clearly the knowledge and experience required to meet the consultancy requirements via 
      consultancy@unrwa.org
      indicating the title of this consultancy “Network Administrator” and field (area)/country of the candidate in the subject line of the message. The deadline for the submission of applications is 22 November 2021.

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