The following application was submitted (UTC) on Thu, 03 Mar 11 20:43:31 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: Omoke Full Name*: Joash Momanyi Employer/Organization*: Wananchi Group Ltd Position/Title*: NOC Controller Business Address ---------------- 10286 00100 Nairobi Business Phone: +254 3292603/6 Alternate Telephone: +254 738494833 Email*: joash.omoke@gmail.com URL: www.wananchi.com FAX: Date of Birth: 1983-06-24 Country of Residence*: Kenya Passport Name: Omoke Joash Momanyi Passport Number: A157273 Passport Issuing Country: Kenya Passport Issue Date: 2009-05-18 Passport Expiry Date: 2019-05-17 WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION ============================= Workshop Applied For*: SI-E: Scalable Network Infrastructure Reason for Track Choice* ------------------------ Advanced routing and how to implement this on multi-vendor hardware Cisco, Juniper TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- Personal computers & server service monitoring Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- I have used FreeBSD, Redhat Server Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- Administration on Cisco, Extrem, D-link, Juniper switches, Cisco, Juniper routers. Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details Bind or any other Nameservers* ------------------------------ No Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- No Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- No Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Yes on ubuntu Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details. Routers* -------- Yes, Cisco upto 7600, Juniper MX 960 Switches* --------- Yes, 2900s cisco, Juniper, Summit Network Monitoring Systems* ---------------------------- No Network Operations Center (NOC)* -------------------------------- No CERT WORKSHOP APPLICANTS ONLY ============================= Which area of security interests you? ------------------------------------- I'd like to brush on the unix/linux internet service & do advanced routing workshop What security interventions have you experienced? ------------------------------------------------- Firewalls on cisco routers How do you intend to use the knowledge gained at the workshop? -------------------------------------------------------------- To help me work more effeciently as a network controller at Wananchi Group ROLE IN NATIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES ====================================== A description of your current employer, your position, your duties and responsibilities, and how they relate to current and future data networking activities in your country* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wananchi Group is an internet service provider, it offers internet, TV & Video to clients, the main platform is HFC & Wimax. My position is a NOC Controller, working in the NOC department, duty is mainly to monitor the network to ensure we have good uptime on our network elements. We also support the Support team on client issus escalated to NOC, we assist the engineering team in managing & configuring the servers, routers, switches etc. Provisioning of internet & data links on the network. A brief description of your computing and networking environment (operating systems, networking software, modems, etc.), including the connectivity of your organization to the Internet and your country's connectivity to the international Internet* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have servers running on FreeBSD & Redhat server mainly, others run on Windows server 2008. We have mail servers, DNS/DHCP servers, our mail servers run zimbra. For monitoring we have solar winds (on Windows server 2008), JFFNMS & cacti on linux. We have two 7600s, two Juniper MX routers for aggregation at the core. We have three international gateways 1. Teams via JTL 2. Teams via TKL & 3. Seacom We have POPS in Nyeri, nakuru & Mombasa that in which we use Cisco routers that eventually aggregate in Nairobi. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial Network Provider : Approximate number of full time staff at your institution* ---------------------------------------------------------- 400 How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 years experience & CCNA certification How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its will be important in making me work more effeciently as a NOC controller/engineer. If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- N/A A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N/a The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically because of your knowledge and effort --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N/a FINANCIAL INFORMATION ====================== Are you are requesting financial aid from the AfNOG Workshop for attending the workshop and meetings, or for travel costs?* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No financial assistance requested. REFEREES ======== First Referee* -------------- Antony Okech NOC supervisor, Wananchi Group Ltd Tel: +254 736144997 okech.antony@ke.wananchi.com Second Referee* --------------- Anthony Mwangi NOC, Wananchi Group Ltd Tel: +254 736144920 END OF APPLICATION