A Government Financial Services Department seeks the services of the above. ONLY AA candidates will be considered.

JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE Senior Network Administrator REPORTING LINE Operations Manager
DEPARTMENT Information Communication and Technology REWARD LEVEL
ROLE FAMILY (INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR/ MANAGEMENT) Individual Contributor
ROLE LEVEL Advanced
LOCATION Centurion
JOB PURPOSE (include primary accomplishments, products, and services, who benefits from them and how)

To support, enhance and maintain the existing Cisco network infrastructure of the Dept
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (What do you have to be able to do to achieve the desired results of your job? Include management and leadership responsibilities for work team leaders.)
Proactively monitoring the performance of High Availability network environments.
Cisco based Network Support / Troubleshooting for WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, unified communications, and security.
Interact with internal IT teams to resolve network issues quickly and promptly.
Evaluate, test, recommend, and implement specific network solutions.
Perform engineering, design and technical support for key customers.
Manage vendors resolve Network related issues.
Resolve inefficiencies and network performance issues.
Delivering results in support of achieving Service Level Agreements.
Manage small to medium sized projects according to agreed upon budgets and schedules.
Perform preventive maintenance, perform software/hardware upgrades.
Assist in the design and implementation of complex local and wide-area networks.
Develop and maintain Network Policy and Procedures.
Document network processes, reports and metrics as required.
Identify new technologies to improve existing network infrastructure
Provide 24 x 7 systems support on a rotating schedule.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Relevant Cisco Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, etc.)
3-5+ years of Cisco Voice/ Unified Communications Support experience
5+ years network engineering experience including LAN/WAN, Routing, Switching, Firewall, and Unified Communications troubleshooting
3 Years’ experience on BlueCoat proxy servers
Strong experience with various networking protocols
Strong knowledge of network monitoring systems
Strong track record of finding resolutions to network performance issues quickly

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Impact and Influence - Calculates impact of action or words, anticipates and prepares for others’ reactions
Organisational Commitment - Aligns own priorities with the organisational goals
Commitment to Professional learning - Finds out and permanently scans what the latest trends are in the local market (what other organisations’ practices are, new technologies, etc)
Teamwork - Encourages and Helps Others
Analytical thinking - Identifies multiple elements of a problem and breaks down each of those elements in detail, showing causal relationships between them
Achievement orientation - Sets and Works to Meet Challenging Goals
Commitment to professional learning - Keeps Current With Global Trends
Tenacity - Persistence, drive and determination to meet and overcome challenges in order to achieve department and company goals
Customer Service - Addresses Underlying Customer Needs
Flexibility - Adapts Tactics
Initiative - Acts 4–12 Months Ahead
WORKING CONDITIONS (e.g. working environment, travel, hours of work, etc.)
Will be required to work long hours when necessary.
Open Office environment.
Please send a detailed CV (no certificates) in Word format together with a recent head and shoulders corporate photo directly to us.