Midrand: Network Engineer (12 Months Contract) posted by Makhado Consulting

About the Role

Makhado Consulting is seeking a skilled Network Engineer to join our team on a 12-month contract basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining NCR’s network infrastructure, ensuring high levels of availability and security across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, maintenance, and support of NCR’s network infrastructure, including LAN, WAN, routing, switching, and wireless environments.
• Ensuring the highest levels of network, systems, and infrastructure availability across the organisation.
• Implementing and enforcing NCR-adopted network security controls, including firewall rules, access control mechanisms, and secure network design standards.
• Monitoring and analysing network traffic, identifying anomalies, and investigating security or performance issues.
• Responding to logged network incidents and service requests in line with ICT operational procedures.
• Ensuring the investigation and diagnosis of operational incidents, resolving such incidents including capacity and availability management issues to maintain overall performance.
• Proposing design enhancements, capacity changes, contingency, and recovery arrangements to ensure service targets are met within the organisation’s planned budget.
• Acting as the technical lead on ICT projects relating to network infrastructure, security, data, and voice services.
• Providing advice and guidance on the design and development of new and changed systems to optimise operational efficiency.
• Ensuring appropriate software and specialist monitoring tools are used to maintain awareness and control of network hardware and software.
• Implementing approved network changes in accordance with NCR change-management policies.
• Liaising with third-party service providers and vendors for network support, maintenance, and issue resolution.
• Providing network-related support to server, storage, and Microsoft platform environments.
• Maintaining accurate network documentation, diagrams, and configuration records.
• Coaching and supporting junior engineers where required, ensuring adherence to professional and service standards.
• Monitoring and testing network performance for potential bottlenecks, identifying solutions, and coordinating implementation of improvements.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree or National Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• At least 3–4 years’ experience in an ICT Network Engineer role.
• Industry certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, Network+, Security+, N+, A+, MCSE/MCSA, or ITIL will be an added advantage.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications (Bachelor’s, LLB, Matric, etc.) are not explicitly mentioned in the original job description. Therefore, this section is skipped.

Salary & Benefits

• No salary information is provided in the original job description. Therefore, this section is skipped.