Posting Title                  : Telecommunications/Network Engineer- Limited Duration

Contract (LDC)- For Internal and External Candidates- Field Office Jerusalem- Grade, F

Job Code Title               : Telecommunications/Network Engineer

Department/ Office       : UNRWA - Information Management - West Bank

Location                        : FO West Bank

Posting Period               : 16 December 2023-30 December 2023

Job Opening number  : 23-TEL-UNRWA - Information Management-223957-R-FO

West Bank (E)

Staffing Exercise          : N/A

                   United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

Org. Setting and Reporting

The incumbent reports to the Field, IMT Infrastructure Officer.

Responsibilities

The incumbent:

• Manages and implements HQ/Field Infrastructure Networking and Telecommunications services in terms of deploying, monitoring, operating and documenting adequate and reliable service, in line with established Agency Infrastructure Strategy, policies and technical instructions.
• Is responsible for implementing and administering all operational tasks of the systems required for delivering the HQ/Field infrastructure networking services.
• Provides first level infrastructure technical support to the HQ/Field staff on issues related to LAN, WAN, HW, SW, PSTN, ISDN, MPLS, IP and VPN; makes necessary technical changes as a result of support issues.
• Keeps abreast of latest telecommunication technology developments and Cloud services impacting telecommunication; makes relevant recommendations.
• Performs such other duties and assignments as may be required.

Competencies

UN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default

Functional

1. Planning and Organizing ii. Learning and Researching iii. Creating and Innovating iv. Coping with Pressure and Setbacks v. Relating and Networking

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Education

a university degree from an accredited educational institution in telecommunications, computer or electrical engineering, or another related discipline.

- Professional qualifications:

• CISCO Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) certification. • ITIL Certifications (Information Technology Infrastructure Library).

Job Specific Qualifications

Work Experience

At least five years of progressively responsible and relevant professional experience in telecommunications network systems is required.

• Knowledge and experience in CISCO (Switches, Routers and Wireless) systems including centralized monitoring and management in large scale, high availability environments is required.
• Knowledge and experience of large scale LAN/WAN switching and routingimplementation and operation is required.
• Experience in installing and maintaining secure network communications (VPN), firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems and secure remote authentication solutions is required.
• Knowledge and experience with bandwidth management tools and techniques) is required.

-Please confirm if you live/ reside in West Bank or Jerusalem? And if you have West Bank or Jerusalem ID. please to mention its number down, as it is desirable.

Languages Very good command of written and spoken English and Arabic.

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