Specialist: Network - Start Immediately

We are hiring an ambitious Specialist: Network to join our incredible team at Isilumko Staffing in Pretoria, Gauteng.
Growing your career as a Full Time Specialist: Network is a fantastic opportunity to develop excellent skills.
If you are strong in leadership, critical thinking and have the right experience for the job, then apply for the position of Specialist: Network at Isilumko Staffing today!

Purpose Statement
To ensure sustainable IT Network for our client Group of Companies

1. Strategy and Planning • Create and maintain the enterprise’s robust Network architecture design.
• Drive the evaluation, development and implementation of network standards, procedures and guidelines to accommodate multiple platforms and diverse system environments.
• Test, evaluate and install network enhancements to ensure that they are the best choices for Assupol.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and oversee enforcement of change process, procedures and associated plans for the network infrastructure based on industry-standard best practices.
• Design and implement disaster recovery plan for operating systems, databases, networks, servers, and software applications.
• Assess a need for any network reconfigurations (minor or significant) and execute them if required.
• Keep current with emerging network technologies enhancements and network monitoring tools.
• Conduct research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network enhancements.
• Provide input to network teams strategic direction in line with Assupol’s IT Strategy. 2. Acquisition and Deployment
• Select and acquire additional network solutions or enhancements to existing Network solutions to improve overall enterprise network as per existing procurement processes.
• Negotiate with different network vendors.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform Network improvements, upgrades, and/or purchases.
• Oversee the deployment, integration, and initial configuration of all new network solutions to enhance the existing network in accordance with best standard operating procedures. 3. Operational Management
• Maintain the company’s network enterprise solution to 99.9% uptime (excludes scheduled maintenance)
• Manage and generate reports for network uptime to assess impact of network incidents to the Assupol branches (weekly and monthly).
• Maintain network performance by monitoring and analyzing: Performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.
• Manage ISP/network vendors and resolve network related issues.
• Create or update technical documentation for network installations or changes to existing installations.
• Interact with internal IT teams to resolve network issues quickly and promptly.
• Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures
• Manage, configure and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 network equipment.
• Manage VLANs, Inter VLAN Routing, IP allocation & QoS configuration.
• Understanding of network security methodologies, including but not limited to: ACLS, stateful firewalls and VPNs.
• Planning of site installation and scheduling with relevant Assupol branches.
• Using network monitoring tools to identify problems and find resolutions.
• Implementation, maintenance and updates of the Core, Distribution and Access cisco switches
• Manage, configure, troubleshoot and monitor Cisco MPLS/SD-WAN networks
• Ability to configure and run common network admin and monitoring tools wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

Requirements

Knowledge and Skills

Formal Education

• IT related degree/diploma

Technical/Legal certification:

• N+
• CCNP Routing & Switching a must.
• CCNA Wireless an advantage.
• CCNA Collaboration an advantage

Experience

• IT experience: 5 years minimum
• Insurance industry experience: 3 years (Advantage)

Benefits of working as a Specialist: Network in Pretoria, Gauteng:

● Company offers great benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Attractive package