Senior Network Administrator

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for a Senior Network Administrator whose purpose is to implement and support organizational-wide network services, and directives from the Security team and maintain networking documentation. The candidate will monitor and support network equipment, do performance monitoring on existing networks, and provide second-line support to the helpdesk. The candidate will contribute to design, planning, ongoing improvements and assist with forecasting future requirements.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:
* Maintain and manage, in conjunction with networking team, networking switches and routers conforming to requirements from Networking Security Team
* Develop, manage and maintain documentation of the system architecture.
* Develop and maintain database of existing networking equipment 􀂲􀀃location, serial number, model, configuration management.
* Manage, in conjunction with networking team, maintenance of networking kit, spares provisioning, stores replacement, capacity planning, optics, line cards etc.
* Maintain and manage, in conjunction with networking team, servers both physical and virtual (Proxmox based on KVM) running Linux and Microsoft Windows Server Edition.
* Maintain and manage, in conjunction with networking team, server room level networking and availability.
* Respond, in conjunction with the networking team, to break-fix issues on networking equipment.


Key Requirements:
Qualification:
* National Diploma Engineering/Information Technology 5+ years; OR
* B.Eng / B.Sc Hons (Comp Sci/Engineering or related field) with 3+ years

Experience:
* Working as a technical resource on network infrastructure
* Experience in network operations and service support
* Experience working with helpdesk as a support technician
* Experience monitoring and responding proactively to network and IT issues
* Experience monitoring, implementing and updating network security services
* Experience working with virtual networks, namespace management
* Experience interpreting and updating network designs

Knowledge:
* Documenting network architecture at various OSI levels.
* Operating systems experience: Windows, Linux (Debian / Ubuntu), OS X
* Networking in virtual environments in particular KVM via Proxmox Enterprise Virtualisation as well as containerised environments such as Docker
* Networking security best practice; Firewall configuration and management.
* Maintenance and operation life cycle of Networking Equipment.
* Identity and Access Management, Single Sign-on and Federated Identity (IdP and SP)
* ITIL frameworks and ICT operations

Additional Notes:
Skills/ Ability/ Competencies
* Good working knowledge of TCP/IP, Routing, DNS, DHCP, OSI Stack, VPN.
* Networking switch and router configuration 􀂲􀀃Cisco, HPE, Mellanox, Arista
* Experience in networking monitoring tools and support packages.
* Good understanding of Linux operating system, Opensource software and networking tools.
* Well-developed knowledge of systems/services for software/hardware development, how this relates to IT networking, security, storage and computing. Strategic thinking and influence
* Initiative and continually brings fresh ideas to the table

Please call us on for more information.

NB: Should you not hear from us in 6weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.