Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix’s trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Network Performance Analyst

Job ID: JR-155555
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid

Job Summary

Works with Network Architecture team to translate architecture requirements into platform-level configurations.
Performs tests that support deployment readiness decision.

Responsibilities
The Network Performance Analyst will be responsible for Monitoring, analyzing and reporting of node events on the Main One network. Other responsibilities include:

Apply highly developed inductive reasoning skills to provide a proactive approach to potential network Operating System or hardware Failure.
Create custom alert schema, reports and custom dashboards
Characterize and analyze network traffic to identify anomalous activity and potential failure/threats to network resources
Provide relevant key performance information to aid network planning and operations
Add network Context, eliminate noise and false positives, and develop trends and data models
Performing root cause analysis of Network OS and hardware failures using Logs
Provide relevant log data to aid troubleshooting and resolving of network issues.
Explore existing knowledge base and make recommendation to improve systems, solutions and processes
Identify and validate new log sources, search through indexed data and develop methods to improve data mining, analysis, and reporting.
Gather and accumulate data from disparate sources, clean it, organize it, process it, and analyze it to extract valuable insights and information.
Identify new sources of data and develop methods to improve data mining, analysis, and reporting.
Validate log sources and indexed data, search through indexed data to optimize search criteria
Present the findings in reports (in table, chart, or graph format) to help the Network Planning and management team in the decision-making process.
Create data definitions for new database files or alterations made to the already existing ones for analysis purposes.
Keep track of the trends and correlational patterns among complex data sets.
Perform routine analysis tasks to support day-to-day network functions and decision making.
Work closely and collaboration with other network team and the business management team to accomplish company goals

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or related field
Relevant professional/technical certifications in Big Data/Hadoop/SIEM
Good presentation skills
Relationship Management skills
Time & self-management skills
Ability to work well under pressure
Good oral and written communication skills
Good knowledge of networking technologies
Hands-on experience in Big Data analytics, SIEM, and syslogs operations
Should be able to script in any language, but preferably Python
The ability to develop relational databases for sourcing and collecting data, and write SQL queries to extract data, is an added advantage
Service provider experience in technologies with syslog applications, preferably Splunk

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Network Performance Analyst at Equinix Nigeria