Senior Network Engineer - Johannesburg Verfied

Salary Negotiable Johannesburg, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 19-08-2014 4:46:47 PM
16-09-2014 4:46:47 PM

My client is involved in developing solutions for the stock market producing innovative, sophisticated solutions.  It is an international company and they are looking for a Senior Network Engineer.

The major purpose of this role is to:


  • Design, implement and provide 2nd level support for the network
  • Work on special local and globally based projects that will enhance the company’s Network (including Design/Build and run various corporate and production networks in South Africa and the UK)
  • Diagnose and resolve complex problems relating to Network infrastructure
  • Provide guidance and analysis for resolution of application problems

Core Skills, Experience, Knowledge and Attributes


Mandatory


  • 10+ years’ experience in the IT industry, with at least 7 years specializing in designing/supporting large scale LAN/WAN environments (50+ WAN sites & 1000+ nodes) and supporting/diagnosing IP based network issues
  • Extremely good understanding of all networking technologies – e.g.  Ethernet, bridging and spanning tree, routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP,OSPF),  TCP, UDP, FTP, firewall technologies (PIX, Netscreen, Fortigate, SRX), load balancing technologies, WAN technologies and IPTEL technologies
  • Good understanding of IT security fundamentals and the ability to manage Internet connected Firewalls with large and complex rule sets
  • Ability to define and enhance Network Security strategies
  • Excellent understanding of LAN-based sniffer products and traffic flows for analyzing IP network traffic.
  • Good understanding of http and other web based protocols
  • Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues

Accountabilities & Deliverables


  • Design and implement solutions; this may incorporate the following technologies -  Juniper switches and routers, firewalls (Fortigate/Netscreen/SRX/PIX), QoS, network management (Splunk, Netflow, CastleRock SNMPC, PRTG, etc), sniffers (OMNIpeek, Wireshark), load balancers (Radware), IPTel and VPN technologies
  • Analyse complex problems and co-ordinate resolutions.
  • Monitor network performance, capacity and trends
  • Create and document relevant network standards and processes where applicable
  • Provide technical support and analysis where required both during the business day and after hours.

Qualifications


  • Tertiary qualifications or equivalent. Engineering degrees will be more highly regarded.
  • CCNA or higher

Highly Regarded


  • Previous experience in a similar financial organization.
  • Exposure to market data systems and multicast data delivery.
  • Previous experience in a global role or team.
  • Experience in managing a small but very technically skilled team

Recruiter: CompuJobs