Johannesburg: Network Engineer

Qualifications Matric Certification in GPON Networks (Huawei/Calix, etc.) Professional-level to Expert Cisco Certifications Degree in Networking or BSC (not essential but advantageous) ITIL Certification. Requirements / Duties Minimum 10 years of L2 and L3 networking experience. Preferably with ISP or large-scale campus-type networks Sage Exposure would be advantageous. LibreNMS knowledge is advantageous. Remote tools (RDP,Teamviewer and Anydesk). Office 365 setup and maintenance experience. Familiar with backup technologies and backup maintenance. SolarWinds suite. Knowledge and experience in ticket logging and support applications Windows Server 2008 to 2025 working knowledge, installation and configuration. Troubleshooting is a requirement. (MCSA or MCSE would be advantageous). VMware ESX working knowledge or some version of Hypervisor would be advantageous. Internet user management and Proxy management, and deployment skills. Management and maintenance of HyperV. Exchange working knowledge and troubleshooting is advantageous. Setup, configuration and troubleshooting will be required. SQL working knowledge and troubleshooting are advantageous. Set up, configure, and troubleshoot will be required Knowledge of GPON networks is essential. Strong fundamental networking knowledge of routing and switching. Extensive knowledge of Dot1Q trunking. Profound with link aggregation protocols such as LACP and PAGP. Arista MLAG experience. Excellent layer 2 and 3 troubleshooting skills. Strong networking design skills. Be able to draw professional physical and logical topology diagrams. The ability to draw lower and high level network designs and documentation. Strong knowledge of L3 routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP. MPLS troubleshooting and design skills are essential. Strong knowledge of Cisco and Fortinet firewalls. Strong Knowledge of all spanning-tree protocols. Switch virtualisation experience. Familiar with cloud security, troubleshooting and maintenance Strong Knowledge of VPN technologies Knowledge of fibre and OTDR troubleshooting. CPE mass provisioning. Network monitoring protocols and software Bulk switch updates and provisioning Broadcast troubleshooting skills are essential Strong knowledge of all multi-vendor protocols Strong setup and troubleshooting skills in COS and QOS Knowledge of L3 policy maps with policing and shaping Netflow/Sflow experience. The ability to capture and read Wireshark data and port spanning