Challenging position available for a Senior Network Administrator in the Government sector

Job Purpose : To support, enhance and maintain the existing Cisco network infrastructure 

Responsibilities:

• 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

Ref: JHB001052/AE