Midrand: Network Engineer (Must be CCIE Certified)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join our team in Midrand, South Africa. As a CCIE Certified professional, you will provide strategic guidance on network engineering and lead a team of network specialists to deliver high-quality solutions to our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Guidance to the company regarding market trends and strategic directions in terms of all ICT matters
• Conduct Research, advise and guide networking department in terms of new technologies, gearing to future proof network solutions
• Conceptualise Solutions and do detail low level engineering designs from high level solutions to enable network specialists to do the deployment for new solutions sold
• Interface with Pre-Sales to establish networking products, solutions and services that compete in a world class market
• Provide Guidance to the Networking department in terms of the technical application of networking skills
• Demonstrate strong network design and technical engineering
• Make recommendations for changes in the internal and client organisations use of the products and services supplied in order to increase the benefits the clients will ultimately obtain from Gijima, and help ensure client retention
• Guide the advanced high-level problem management process as defined by ITIL
• Provide guidance to establish mechanism of monitoring, event generation, ticket logging and reporting of incidents together with monitoring specialists
• Establish processes and procedures of the entire Networking department in conjunction with the team of network specialist
• Analyse draft solution proposals prior to submission to the customer to check for technical viability and fit for purpose solutions
• Where needs are recognised as falling outside ones own area of knowledge, identify a suitable solution offering
• Continuously ensure that technology is aligned to clients needs and clients are educated in terms of the technology used

Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF 4) Bachelor’s degree or Diploma qualifications in ICT field will be an advantage
• 5-7 years experience in a network environment
• Understand the strategic composition of a world class network ICT company
• Ability to provide firm leadership to a disparate team of network specialists in terms of daily operations, configuration guidelines and fault finding
• Ability to present and articulate network related knowledge and topics to management and executive level audience
• Advanced ability to guide Network Specialists in complex 3rd level diagnostics and fault finding on all network technologies
• Solid experience in Arista DC-LAN network infrastructure
• Firm hands on experience on live production networks
• Exposure and Solid Knowledge of Product-Specific Technologies related to Routing and Switching, Wireless LAN, DC LAN, Network Traffic Shaping, UC, VC and IPT

Qualifications

• CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Enterprise Infrastructure) certified and additional Cisco specialisations
• Fortinet NSE4 Certified
• Fortinet NSE7 Certified will be an advantage

Salary & Benefits

• Salary details not specified in the original job description.