Cisco CCNA / Cisco CCNP Specialist

SUMMARY:
Position: Cisco CCNA / Cisco CCNP Specialist Industry: IT Location: Arcadia, Pretoria Salary: Market Related Duration: Permanent Closing Date: Friday, 12 February 2021

POSITION INFO:

Position: Cisco CCNA / Cisco CCNP Specialist
Industry: IT
Location: Arcadia, Pretoria
Salary: Market Related
Duration: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday, 12 February 2021

Specific duties will include, but is not limited to the following:

• Responsible for the initial setup and ongoing maintenance of systems and networks to support DataGr8 and commercial clients.
• Core and edge router/switch configuration for both layer 2 and layer 3 customers (Cisco, Calix, Edge-core, Dell)
• Firewall Setup, monitoring and maintenance
• Customer router configuration
• Commercial ISP support
• New fibre rollouts, planning, budgeting, ordering and configuring
• Documenting all configuration, backups of configuration, network diagrams
• Ensuring that network infrastructure is kept up to date and as per standard across the organisation
• Handover documentation
• Change control for new hardware / configuration
• Telephonic and email support
• Monitoring network outages, reacting fast to minimise downtime
• Escalation Management and Fault management

Qualifications:

• Cisco CCNA and or Cisco CCNP (Preferred)
• LFCS, Linux+ or equivalent (Required)
• MCSA: Windows Server 2016 (Minimum recommended not compulsory) or MSCA: Core Infrastructure (Preferred not compulsory)

Experience and knowledge:

• 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role
• ISP or telecommunications background
• Layer 2 protocols such as Vlans
• IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting
• Routing protocols, Expert knowledge of OSPF, BGP, MPLS (6PE,6VPE, VPNv4), RSVP, LACP, LDP, Cisco IOS, IOS XR, IOS XE.
• Routing filters
• Tunnelling, e.g. EOIP / PPTP etc
• Expert knowledge of Cisco Routers and switches such as ASR9000
• Zabbix knowledge an advantage
• Experience with brands such as Dell, Ubiquiti, Calix (An advantage)
• Peering relationships
• New technologies and keeping up to date

Skills and Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proven organisational and administration skills
• Able to perform under pressure
• Customer service orientated
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to work well within a team and individually
• Deadline driven

Specific Requirements:

• Own transport
• No criminal record
• Solid and positive references

Working Hours

• Typical working hours are Monday to Friday from 08h00 - 17h00, however, due to the nature of the position you will be required to be on call on a rotational basis.

If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, unfortunately your application has not been successful.

Send CV’s to email: lucy@------

Contact:
Lucy Maswera
Executive Consultant
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email: lucy@------

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