Senior Cisco Network Engineer

Role Objective:

Responsible for analyzing and evaluating customer requirements for consulting, design, testing and implementation of high-performance network solutions.

 

Qualification Required:

• Grade 12 - Matric
• Current Cisco Professional certification (e.g., CCNP, CCDP) 

Preferred Qualification:

• Degree or Diploma in Computer science, telecommunications engineering or related discipline

Experience required:

• Solid background in network administration and architecture
• Familiarity with access control models and network security
• Evaluate designs to determine the most efficient and effective solution.
  Experience in selecting, design engineering, solution engineering, project engineering, integrating, and implementing Cisco network architecture and related technologies.
• Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting routers, firewalls, switches, and wireless (able to build configuration and solution which conform to standard without guidance)
• Demonstrated skills in developing a technology plan including technical strategy and direction as well as the related business case for the use of that technology.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Leads the performance of day-to-day networking tasks to ensure network reliability, availability and serviceability within minimal interruption.
• Leads network technology upgrade or expansion projects, including installation of hardware, software and integration testing, as well as coordinating these activities without disturbing function of other systems.
• Work closely with internal and external teams for problem resolution.
  Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
• Configure and install software, servers, routers and other network devices
• Monitor network to ensure optimum performance, reliability and availability.
• Create, oversee and test security measures (e.g., access authentication and disaster recovery)
• Contribute to the technology lifecycle roadmap for the technologies in scope, including technology absorption risk, technology refresh, migration retirement strategies.
• Maintain complete technical documentation
  Provide recommendations on improvements to network performance (capacity, availability, and scalability)

• Excellent knowledge of access networking technologies, routers firewalls, VPN solutions, Quality of Service, subnetting, etc.;
• Administration and Maintenance.
• Ability to work independently
• Good communication skills

Work environment:

• A combination of working inside an office environment as well site work.

Physical demands:

• Rack and stack of hardware equipment.

Travel:

• Own Vehicle Essential