Principal Network Engineer - Contract - Hybrid - 3 days onsite

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 remote 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 Architect. (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.