Vacancy: Network Engineering

Company Profile

Takoradi Technical University is located in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana with digital address system WS-200-1787 (Main Campus). The University was converted from a Polytechnic to a Technical University in September 2016 by an Act of Parliament establishing Technical Universities in Ghana. The University has been mandated by the Technical 

Universities Act, (Act 922), to provide higher education in engineering, science, and technology-based disciplines, technical and vocational education and training, applied arts and related disciplines. The University has three (3) campuses: Effia-Kuma (Takoradi - Main Campus), Butumagyebu (Sekondi) and Akatakyi (Agona-Nkwanta).

Vision Statement: To be the most preferred engineering and applied sciences University devoted to excellence in teaching and applied industrial research to produce competent world- class human resource for the strategic development of industry in order to achieve an enhanced national and global development.

Mission Statement: Takoradi Technical University is dedicated to advanced instructional delivery in engineering and applied sciences and also creative arts, business and technology-based research disciplines in strong collaboration with industry through competency-based teaching approaches.

Job Description

Job Summary

Network engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining the day-to-day operation of computer networks that the University relies on. These networks typically include an intranet, extranet, local area network (LAN), and wide area network (WAN).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitoring network engineering performance and ensure system availability and reliability


• Configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, local balancers, VPN, QoS)


• Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environment including systems software applications software, hardware and configurations


• Performing disaster recovery operations and data backups when required


• Protecting data, software and hardware by coordinating, planning and implementing network security measures.


• Troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving hardware, software and other network and system problems.


• Replacing faulty network hardware components when required


• Maintaining, configuring and monitoring virus protection software and email applications


• Monitoring network performance to determine if adjustments need to be made.


• Conferring with network users about solving existing system problem.


• Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of networks and computer systems.


• Coordinating computer network access and use


• Designing, configuring and testing networking software, computer hardware and operating system software.

Required Skills or Experience

• Bachelor degree in information Technology related field of study with a network engineering focus


• Possess M.Phil. in Information Technology


• Certificate in CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and CCNA (CISCO Certified Network Professional) would be an advantage.


• Have a minimum of three (3) years post qualification experience in the IT industry


• Knowledge of application, transport and network infrastructure protocols.