Network Engineer | BiOS, LINC Media Inc.

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Contract Type
Contract
Salary
Yearly 7M ~ 9M
Hours
9am - 6pm
Location
Tokyo
Qualifications
• At least three years experience in a customer facing technical support environment.
• CCNA and MCSE certified or equivalent working experience
• Demonstrably good understanding with firewalls, routed networks, video/audio across IP etc.
• Experience with 24x7 technical support highly required
• A background of handling customer problems in a professional manner, whether over the telephone or on site.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good written skills, to include formal technical report writing.
• The ability to work in a high pressure environment.
• Fluent English (Japanese is not required but beneficial)
Last Updated
2010-03-28

Summary

One of our global banking clients is looking for a Network Engineer to work on their small network team. You will be providing support in three key areas: Network Management, Monitoring Services and Remote Access/Onsite Support. This will be a contract position until the end of 2010. This position would give the right candidate an opportunity to work in and get firsthand experience in the banking sector.

Responsibilities

Network Management:

 Enable or disable of switch ports as requested.
 Inventory update
 Registration or removal of network devices to/from NMS systems
 Processing SRM ticket (patch requests, enable/disable of switch ports assignment of vlan to switch ports)
 Creation and handling of GCM(Change Management) ticket
 Apply configuration to network devices as instructed
 Create and push firewall rules
 Update of access-list on network devices and proxy servers
 Drawing of network diagrams
 Upgrade of software on network devices
 Projects support (Drawing of diagram, preparation of network/firewall configurations)

Monitoring Service:

 Monitoring of Network Management System (NMS) tools.
 Level-1 user support by email and telephone (example: Status check of firewall configuration, server switch ports).
 Creation and handling of (incident) ticket and publish incident reports by email.
On-call standby and 2nd-level support during off-business hours, weekends and national holidays.

On-call standby – Person in standby acts to fix network problem during the hours specified above. When there is a network change event, automated alerts will be forwarded to mobile of on-call standby person. Also the 24x7x365 Singapore Network Operation Center (NOC) will call the on-call person to notify the alerts.
If the problem is caused by hardware problem, the on-call standby is responsible for replacing the faulty hardware at the appropriate time.
When the problem is complicated and can’t be resolved or the next possible step is not clear, the issue is escalated to senior engineers who will assist with the resolution.
Average number of hardware failure is four per month in total, including both business and out of business hours.

Remote-Access and On-site support:

 Connect network cables to network devices in the machine rooms.
 Escort vendor engineers to the machine rooms.
 Physical check of rack-mounted network hardware in the machine rooms.
 Replacement of faulty network devices and modules.

(The above tasks will start after 6PM on weekdays. Average working hours will be 10-20 hours per month.)

Others:

 Ad-hoc tasks per directions of the Senior Engineers.

Please apply through Atom Jobs to be considered for this position.

Company Overview

Company Name
BiOS, LINC Media Inc.
Year Founded
1996
No. of Employees
51-100
About Us

BiOS was formed in 1998 and has evolved into a premier IT solutions provider to a wide range of small and large foreign firms in Japan. We have developed strong partnerships with an increasing number of major Japanese and foreign firms while establishing a reputation for excellence with some of the world’s leading IT vendors.

Over the years BiOS has developed the benchmark for bilingual IT Solutions in Tokyo, built on the principle of providing honest and affordable services customized and tailored to our client’s needs.

We are always looking for bilingual IT professionals to join our onsite and internal teams. We pride ourselves in recruiting talented and ambitious engineers from all over the world.

Currently our teams include bilingual technical, sales and administration staff from more than 10 countries making BiOS a dynamic IT Team in Tokyo where intellect and creativity and a strong work ethic are all rewarded.

Start your future today with BiOS.

バイオスは1998年に創立され、日本における様々な規模の外資系企業へのITソリューション・プロバイダーの先駆けとして、ビジネスを展開して参りました。それ以来、世界的なITベンダー企業などと肩を並べて優良な評価を得るなかで、日系・外資系を問わず多くの企業との確固としたパートナーシップを築いております。

私共バイオスは、お客様のニーズに合うカスタマイズされたサービスを、誠実かつ低価格でお届けすることを理念として、東京のバイリンガルのIT ソリューションのベンチマークを築いて参りました。

バイオスでは、社内・社外のチームの一員として勤務を頂けるバイリンガルのITプロフェッショナルを常時募集しており、世界中から意欲的で才能溢れるエンジニアを採用しております。

現在私共のチームには、10ヶ国を超える国々から集まったバイリンガルのエンジニアや、セールス担当、事務スタッフなどがおり、東京のダイナミックなITチームとして知性や想像力を活かし、熱意を持って日々の業務に取り組んでおります。

Start your future today with BiOS.

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