Job Title: Networks Engineer
Company: AL Hokair Group
Location: Riyadh
Employment Type: Full-time

Overview:
AL Hokair group is a name that has been tied the world of hospitality and entertainment for decades. To many, it has become the first name that comes to mind when tourism in Saudi Arabia or the Arabian world are mentioned. The group was started in 1975 to invest in the sectors of entertainment and hospitality under the leadership of Sheikh Abdulmohsin AL Hokair.

Over five decades, the group's projects expanded to include 70 entertainment centers, and 33 hotels spread in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. The group continues to develop its tourism investments to deliver the best of what top global companies offer by attracting expertise and establishing partnerships that enhance returns of investment and makes a difference in the fields of entertainment and hospitality.

Job Summary:  

Establishes and maintains network performance by building net configurations and connections, troubleshooting network problems. Establishes networking environment by designing system configuration; directing system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.  

Specific Responsibilities: 

• Establishing the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting and enforcing system standards. 
• The design and implementation of new solutions and improving resilience of the current environment. 
• Maximizing network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with network architects on network optimization. 
• Undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources. 
• Securing network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access. 
• The support and administration of firewall environments in line with IT security policy. 
• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations. 
• Reporting network operational status by gathering and prioritizing information and managing projects. 
• Upgrading data network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases. 
• The configuration of routing and switching equipment. 
• The configuration of hosted IP voice services. 
• The basic configuration of firewalls. 
• Remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation. 
• Capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centers. 
• Liaising with project management teams, third-line engineers and service desk engineers on a regular basis. 
• Configuring and managing wireless LAN devices. 

Working Conditions:  

• Work regular business hours but may sometimes work evenings and weekends to complete projects or for a maintenance window. 
• Work at the Head office and visit the locations as required. 
• May travel locally or internationally to locations, or to conference and training 

Skills & Qualifications: 

Qualifications 

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science 

Technical Skills 

Networking Technologies 

• Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers and Switches including the platforms 1800, 2800, 3800, 1900, 2900, and 3900. 
• Configure, troubleshoot and monitor Cisco Switches including the platform 2900, 3550, 3560, 3750, 4X00, and 6X00. 
• WAN and VPN Technologies 
• Routing Protocols

Cisco VoIP Technologies  

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x 
• Cisco Unity Connection voicemail system 7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x 
• Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x 
• Cisco voice gateways 1900/2900/1800/2800 
• Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) 
• Cisco Unified Communications IM and Presence 7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x 
• Cisco Prime License Manager 10.x/11.x 
• Cisco Basic Paging 10.x/11.x 

Certifications 

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (Routing & Switching)  
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (Routing & Switching) 
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (Collaboration) 
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (Collaboration) 

Thank you for your interest in joining the AL Hokair Group family. We look forward to reviewing your application.