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Principal Network Engineer - Contract - Hybrid - 3 days onsite

Principal Network Engineer - Contract - Hybrid - 3 days onsite

HR GenieCenturion, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

SUMMARY :

Principal Network Engineer - Contract - Hybrid - 3 days onsite

POSITION INFO : Role Summary

To implement and support a high-end network environment within the infrastructure and operations division.

Responsibilities :

  • Establish the networking environment by designing network Solutions as per defined Network Strategy to improve the resilience of the current Environment.
  • Maximise the network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting high end network problems and outages, scheduling and implementing upgrades.
  • Collaborate and consult with other BU Architects / Owners to effectively optimize the network environment.
  • Investigate LAN, WAN and Firewall environments using information from multiple sources.
  • Securing of network systems and company IT Infrastructure by establishing and enforcing policies and defining and monitoring access.
  • Support and administer firewall environments in line with IT security policy.
  • Report network operational status by gathering and prioritizing information and managing projects.
  • Upgrade data network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases to ensure compliancy.
  • Configure routing and switching equipment, hosted IP voice services and firewalls.
  • Provide support to on-site engineers and end users / customers during installation.
  • Capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centers.
  • Liaise with project management teams, third-line engineers and service desk engineers on a regular basis.
  • Lead an Automation and Innovation strategy.

Qualifications

  • Matric and tertiary qualification.
  • 5 years experience as a Senior / Principal Network Engineer or Solutions . (CCNP , NSE4, CCIP, CCIE)
  • Solid networking foundation to deploy and troubleshoot Layer 1,2, and 3 protocols as well as DNS, Proxy, load balancers, and firewalls.
  • Senior Level experience with Network Optimisation services.
  • Senior Level technical understanding of LAN and WAN technologies, including multiple network operating systems and hardware platforms such as Cisco, HP, Aruba, SDWAN and Fortigate.
  • Technical experience with installing, configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting and supporting network components (LAN and WAN environment) and protocols (BGP , EIGRP , OSPF).
  • Broad infrastructure knowledge / experience on Enterprise systems such as Active Directory, Voice, Infrastructure systems.
  • Experience in Azure, AWS and Cloud based systems.
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