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Network Engineer
2026-04-07T08:48:59+00:00
Solvo Global
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Professional Services
Computer & IT, Science & Engineering
KES
MONTH
2026-04-19T17:00:00+00:00
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Company Overview

Solvo is changing how North American companies connect with talented, nearshore employees, along with the latest AI-powered tools. Solvo provides exceptional, affordable remote talent to U.S. and Canadian businesses in 50+ industry specialties. Solvo operations feature employees with no language barriers, a strong work ethic, in the same time zone, mirroring...

Key Responsibilities.

Network Monitoring & Performance

  • Monitor infrastructure using SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Zabbix, and proprietary tools like Cosmos.
  • Analyze performance trends, bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and KPIs.
  • Maintain monitoring thresholds, alert policies, and SLA metrics.

Incident & Problem Management

  • Respond to alerts and outages within SLA timeframes.
  • Perform triage, diagnosis, and manage the incident lifecycle.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and document lessons learned.
  • Track trends and recommend preventive measures.

Escalation Management

  • Act as the primary escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2 support teams.
  • Escalate complex issues to Tier 4 engineers and specialized teams.
  • Coordinate vendor support and facilitate bridge calls during major incidents.
  • Manage communication between technical teams, management, and stakeholders.

Network Operations & Maintenance

  • Execute firmware updates, patches, and configuration changes.
  • Configure routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers.
  • Implement VLANs, access control policies, and VPN connections.
  • Perform change management and maintenance window activities.

Troubleshooting & Support

  • Resolve issues across LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN, and wireless networks.
  • Troubleshoot routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP).
  • Analyze traffic using Wireshark and tcpdump.
  • Address DNS, DHCP, firewall, NAT, and VoIP issues.
  • Handle SSID requests, conference issues, and special requests.

Field Technician Coordination

  • Coordinate dispatches for PMS troubleshooting, WiFi site surveys, coverage analysis, and wireless optimization.
  • Support third-party vendor troubleshooting (video, VoIP, conference room technology).
  • Manage on-site troubleshooting activities and vendor escalations.

Documentation & Collaboration

  • Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, and SOPs.
  • Create post-incident and RCA reports.
  • Participate in capacity planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with engineering, logistics, and vendors to integrate new technologies.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

  • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, QoS.
  • Experience with Cisco, Ruckus, Aruba/HP, Meraki routers, switches, and wireless controllers.
  • Firewalls: Cisco ASA, Fortinet, Watchguard.
  • Monitoring tools: SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Zabbix, Cosmos.
  • Wireshark, tcpdump, packet analysis.
  • VPN, SD-WAN, load balancers, wired and wireless networking.
  • Familiarity with Property Management Systems (PMS) and hospitality technology (preferred).

Certifications

Preferred: CCNA, CCNP, Ruckus Certified, Aruba Certified, Meraki Certified, or other networking certifications (CompTIA Network+, CWNA, Fortinet NSE).

Experience

1+ years in network operations or NOC environment.

Incident management and escalation handling.

Coordination with field technicians and dispatch operations.

  • Monitor infrastructure using SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Zabbix, and proprietary tools like Cosmos.
  • Analyze performance trends, bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and KPIs.
  • Maintain monitoring thresholds, alert policies, and SLA metrics.
  • Respond to alerts and outages within SLA timeframes.
  • Perform triage, diagnosis, and manage the incident lifecycle.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and document lessons learned.
  • Track trends and recommend preventive measures.
  • Act as the primary escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2 support teams.
  • Escalate complex issues to Tier 4 engineers and specialized teams.
  • Coordinate vendor support and facilitate bridge calls during major incidents.
  • Manage communication between technical teams, management, and stakeholders.
  • Execute firmware updates, patches, and configuration changes.
  • Configure routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers.
  • Implement VLANs, access control policies, and VPN connections.
  • Perform change management and maintenance window activities.
  • Resolve issues across LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN, and wireless networks.
  • Troubleshoot routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP).
  • Analyze traffic using Wireshark and tcpdump.
  • Address DNS, DHCP, firewall, NAT, and VoIP issues.
  • Handle SSID requests, conference issues, and special requests.
  • Coordinate dispatches for PMS troubleshooting, WiFi site surveys, coverage analysis, and wireless optimization.
  • Support third-party vendor troubleshooting (video, VoIP, conference room technology).
  • Manage on-site troubleshooting activities and vendor escalations.
  • Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, and SOPs.
  • Create post-incident and RCA reports.
  • Participate in capacity planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with engineering, logistics, and vendors to integrate new technologies.
  • TCP/IP
  • Routing protocols
  • VLANs
  • QoS
  • Cisco routers, switches, and wireless controllers
  • Ruckus routers, switches, and wireless controllers
  • Aruba/HP routers, switches, and wireless controllers
  • Meraki routers, switches, and wireless controllers
  • Cisco ASA firewalls
  • Fortinet firewalls
  • Watchguard firewalls
  • SolarWinds monitoring tool
  • PRTG monitoring tool
  • Nagios monitoring tool
  • Zabbix monitoring tool
  • Cosmos monitoring tool
  • Wireshark
  • tcpdump
  • Packet analysis
  • VPN
  • SD-WAN
  • Load balancers
  • Wired networking
  • Wireless networking
  • Property Management Systems (PMS) (preferred)
  • Hospitality technology (preferred)
  • BA/BSc/HND
  • CCNA (preferred)
  • CCNP (preferred)
  • Ruckus Certified (preferred)
  • Aruba Certified (preferred)
  • Meraki Certified (preferred)
  • CompTIA Network+ (preferred)
  • CWNA (preferred)
  • Fortinet NSE (preferred)
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Network Engineer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Computer & IT, Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
Solvo Global

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, April 19 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 7 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Company Overview

Solvo is changing how North American companies connect with talented, nearshore employees, along with the latest AI-powered tools. Solvo provides exceptional, affordable remote talent to U.S. and Canadian businesses in 50+ industry specialties. Solvo operations feature employees with no language barriers, a strong work ethic, in the same time zone, mirroring...

Key Responsibilities.

Network Monitoring & Performance

  • Monitor infrastructure using SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Zabbix, and proprietary tools like Cosmos.
  • Analyze performance trends, bandwidth, latency, packet loss, and KPIs.
  • Maintain monitoring thresholds, alert policies, and SLA metrics.

Incident & Problem Management

  • Respond to alerts and outages within SLA timeframes.
  • Perform triage, diagnosis, and manage the incident lifecycle.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and document lessons learned.
  • Track trends and recommend preventive measures.

Escalation Management

  • Act as the primary escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2 support teams.
  • Escalate complex issues to Tier 4 engineers and specialized teams.
  • Coordinate vendor support and facilitate bridge calls during major incidents.
  • Manage communication between technical teams, management, and stakeholders.

Network Operations & Maintenance

  • Execute firmware updates, patches, and configuration changes.
  • Configure routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers.
  • Implement VLANs, access control policies, and VPN connections.
  • Perform change management and maintenance window activities.

Troubleshooting & Support

  • Resolve issues across LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN, and wireless networks.
  • Troubleshoot routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP).
  • Analyze traffic using Wireshark and tcpdump.
  • Address DNS, DHCP, firewall, NAT, and VoIP issues.
  • Handle SSID requests, conference issues, and special requests.

Field Technician Coordination

  • Coordinate dispatches for PMS troubleshooting, WiFi site surveys, coverage analysis, and wireless optimization.
  • Support third-party vendor troubleshooting (video, VoIP, conference room technology).
  • Manage on-site troubleshooting activities and vendor escalations.

Documentation & Collaboration

  • Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, and SOPs.
  • Create post-incident and RCA reports.
  • Participate in capacity planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with engineering, logistics, and vendors to integrate new technologies.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

  • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, QoS.
  • Experience with Cisco, Ruckus, Aruba/HP, Meraki routers, switches, and wireless controllers.
  • Firewalls: Cisco ASA, Fortinet, Watchguard.
  • Monitoring tools: SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Zabbix, Cosmos.
  • Wireshark, tcpdump, packet analysis.
  • VPN, SD-WAN, load balancers, wired and wireless networking.
  • Familiarity with Property Management Systems (PMS) and hospitality technology (preferred).

Certifications

Preferred: CCNA, CCNP, Ruckus Certified, Aruba Certified, Meraki Certified, or other networking certifications (CompTIA Network+, CWNA, Fortinet NSE).

Experience

1+ years in network operations or NOC environment.

Incident management and escalation handling.

Coordination with field technicians and dispatch operations.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Sunday, April 19 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 07-04-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 07-04-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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