System Engineers Wanted at Skidworks Nigeria Limited

Skidworks Nigeria Limited is an indigenous integrated Engineering company duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission fully backed by Foreign Technical Partners; we specialize in Engineering, Construction & Project Management. Skidworks is also involved in Material Procurement and Supply, and currently has a service agreement with TECNOPROCESS of Italy for high level impact project (HLMP) in Engineering, procurement, Construction and Installation. Skidworks vision is to be the preferred servicing supplier and partner in the Engineering, Construction, Project Management, Procurement and Manpower Development service Operator in the Oil and Gas Companies.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Position: System Engineer

Locations: Lagos and Port Harcourt

Description of the Job

Systems Engineer is responsible to build out, maintain, and troubleshoot the rapidly expanding Information Technology infrastructure including but not limited to in-house and Rack space hosted servers, applications and storage.

Responsibilities for the Job

• Develop technical documents such as product specifications, Visio diagrams, etc.
• Provide day-to-day support, proactive maintenance and perform independent complex system troubleshooting.
• Work closely with clients to integrate ITA products with customer software by understanding clients’ business requirements and recommending solutions to achieve the desired results.
• Participate in the identification and development of tools and scripts to more efficiently resolve client issues, and to facilitate analysis of customer data.
• Participate in implementation and deployment projects, from inception to delivery, including requirements gathering, consulting, workshops, integration and production launch assistance.
• Consult with other engineers and with customers to make the best use of leading edge, new and existing products and tools.
• Design and carry out performance tests on customer queries, analyze the results, and make recommendations for query and hardware changes.

Requirements (Education, Experience and Skills)

• A good university Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline with a minimum of 1-4 years in IT/ Networking or a related technology-based industry.
• Candidate will possess a broad technical knowledge of analog, digital and VoIP voice services; IP networking; and data service provision.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, design principles and practical application.
• Familiarity with IP Convergence including the design and implementation of IP telephony(IPT)/Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with installation and maintenance of Video Conferencing, Unified Communication and Collaboration solutions will be an added advantage.
• Cisco certifications such as CCNA and/or CCDA will be an added advantage.
• Candidate must possess Strong technical and analytical, problem solving and Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent skills in teamwork, leadership and communication.
• Professional self-starter, high level of motivation, customer empathy and ethics.
• Strong analytical and reasoning abilities.
• Ability to collect and analyze data, draws conclusions, and make actionable recommendations.
• Candidate must be result-oriented.

 Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV to: stanley.o@skidworks-ltd.com and also write an Essay (TOPIC: - Why you are best suited for this role or why would you like to work with us) not less than 250 words and attach.

 Application Closing Date

31st October, 2016.

Please Note: Subject of the email should  the Position with the Location in bracket e.g. System Engineer (Port-Harcourt).