AFDB1JP00001100

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Under the administrative authority and direct supervision of the IT Infrastructure and Operations Division Manager (TCIS.3), the consultants’ specific tasks will be as follows:
- The network consultant is responsible to support end-to-end lifecycle design, implementation, optimization, and maintenance—of the organization’s campus and data centre network infrastructure (LANs and WANs Technologies). This role ensures high availability, scalability, and security across wired and wireless systems while providing foundational oversight for security technologies.

- Assist to plan, design, implement and provide ongoing support of campus and data center network systems of high complexity.

- Work with the Information Security Office to ensure solutions deployed meet the Bank’s Security Requirements and provide technical assistance for investigation and analysis of security alerts.
- Support Implementation and management of firewalls (NGFW), VPNs, and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
- Develop processes and procedures for use by the Network team and third parties in the management of the bank’s network environments.
- Deploy and configure high-performance switching, routing, and wireless solutions (WLAN controllers, APs), SD-WAN solutions.
- Build and maintain relationships with global and local service providers; third parties on network and connectivity support issues.
- Provide high levels of hands-on experience with the configuration, optimization and maintenance of MPLS, and L2 VPN VRF, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Multicasting, DMVPN and QOS.
- Oversee the operation of VSAT terminals, ensuring satellite link alignment, bandwidth management, and failover integration for redundant internet/WAN connectivity.
- Monitoring & Optimization: Proactively monitor network health using SNMP/Syslog tools; perform root-cause analysis for complex outages.
- Interpret existing configurations and understand how the systems hardware fits into the overall AfDB network design and client solution.
- Provide detailed knowledge transfer to customers on solution sets and work with the Bank’s system engineers to implement leading edge server and storage environments.
- Integrate existing systems with new systems to create redundant, scalable, resilient environments.
- Provide network-level support for Building Management Systems (BMS), CCTV (IP-based), and Electronic Access Control (EAC) to ensure they are segmented and reachable.
- Utilize strong interface skills to work closely with the Bank staff and third partners to create an atmosphere of teamwork.
- Perform technical hands-on integration of various products
- Troubleshoot and monitor network performance and resolve performance and connectivity issues
- Sign and implement new network topologies as required, incorporating best practices around collaborations, datacenter, LAN/WAN, mobility, and disaster recovery.
- Facilitate the preparation of technical documentation related to the executed operational activities to be kept in the knowledge database.

I- Network Architecture, Design & Implementation
• End to end design and implementation of LAN, WAN, WLAN, Data Centre and SD WAN architectures aligned with availability, scalability, resilience, and security best practices.
• Design and deployment of validated network topologies incorporating redundancy, disaster recovery, and segmentation (campus, data centre, mobility).
• Integration of legacy and new network systems to ensure seamless interoperability.
• Hands on deployment and configuration of high performance switching, routing, wireless (WLAN), SD WAN, MPLS, L2/L3 VPNs, VRFs, and VSAT connectivity.
• Implementation of new network topologies in line with Bank standards and industry best practices, including multi vendor environments.
II- Network Security & Compliance
• Implementation and management of Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW), VPNs, ACLs, and secure network segmentation.
• Close technical collaboration with the Information Security Office to ensure compliance with the Bank’s security requirements.
• Technical support for security investigations, incident analysis, and alert remediation.
III- Operations, Monitoring & Optimisation
• Proactive network monitoring using SNMP, Syslog, and related tools.
• Root cause analysis and resolution of complex network performance and connectivity incidents.
• Continuous optimisation of LAN, WAN, WLAN, and Data Centre environments.
• Operational oversight of VSAT terminals, including bandwidth management, redundancy, and failover integration.
• Timely fault resolution to maintain agreed service availability and performance levels.
• Interpretation and assessment of existing network configurations within the AfDB enterprise architecture.
IV- Advanced Routing, WAN & Specialised Systems Support
• Operational support and optimisation of advanced routing and WAN technologies, including:
MPLS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Multicasting, DMVPN, QoS
• Delivery of stable and optimised hybrid WAN connectivity across terrestrial and satellite infrastructures.
• Network level design and support for Building Management Systems (BMS), IP based CCTV, and Electronic Access Control (EAC), ensuring secure segmentation and availability.
V- Stakeholder Coordination
Technical engagement with local and international service providers for connectivity and network services.
• Collaboration with internal Bank teams and third party partners to deliver network initiatives and resolve escalations.

The assignment period is expected to be for twelve (12) months renewable if the service is required.

The Bank will provide the Consultant with all relevant documentation necessary for the execution of the assignment, including but not limited to: business requirements, technical documents, project-related information.
The Bank will also provide access to office premises, IT systems, tools, and relevant Bank platforms.

The work will be carried out at the Bank’s Head Quarter (HQ) Abidjan