Network Engineer IT - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 21-12-2018 9:02:46 AM
15-02-2019 9:02:46 AM
1. Role summary

SANNE is looking for a candidate to fill a permanent role as Network Engineer, assisting the IT leaders proper in running the network infrastructure on a day to day basis.

2. Key responsibilities

• Report to Global Head of Infrastructure.
• Ensure that the LAN/WAN is capable of providing required services by supporting the network infrastructure through the use of troubleshooting and problem resolution in a production environment.
• Provide daily operational support for LAN/WAN networks, including firewalls, VOIP and VPN systems.
• Perform pre-installation site surveys, project planning, equipment replacement, and post-installation support.
• Plan installs and supports hardware and software upgrades.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting to identify, resolve, and provide root cause analysis of network related issues.
• Perform diagnostic utilities to identify and isolate problems encountered on different mediums and network protocols.
• Gather latency statistics and find specific network bottlenecks, evaluate problems and implement fix actions through device reconfiguration or replacement depending on the circumstances.
• Support a large complex data and voice network infrastructure by using network monitoring and management tools.
• Participate in and respond to system and network incidents.
• Perform system and network analysis by using well defined toolsets for proactive monitoring, troubleshooting and incident response (packet capture, application performance management, syslog, netflow etc).
• Provide technical support leadership on problem calls.
• Minimal ravel as required to support troubleshooting and fixing network issues.
• Produce and maintain network documentation.
• Create or update technical documentation for network installations or changes to existing installations.
• Maintain accurate inventory records of the firm's Data Centres and network hardware and software.

3. Skills / experience required

• Excellent communication and organisation skills.
• Ability to diagnose, troubleshoot & solve networking faults efficiently.
• Self-motivated & capable of working on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Commitment to developing Networking skills.
• Cisco, Network Management, Firewall, Management, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, Networking, Technical Support, VOIP, VPN and Wireless skills are desirable.
• A bachelor's degree in information technology, networking or any other related field.
• Certification in networking.
• Ample experience working as a Network Engineer.

4. About Sanne

SANNE is a specialist global provider of outsourced corporate, fund and private client administration, reporting and fiduciary services. Established for over 25 years and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, SANNE employs more than 1200 people worldwide and administers structures and funds that have in excess of £200 billion of assets.
Key clients include alternative asset managers, financial institutions, family offices, UHNWIs and corporates. SANNE has a presence in established, international financial centres spread across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific.