Elevate Connectivity, Drive Innovation.
Are you ready to architect and optimize cutting-edge networks? Our client is looking for a Senior Network Engineer. You’ll be at the forefront of designing, implementing, and securing high-performance network solutions. With expertise in Aruba, Juniper, and Cisco, you’ll ensure seamless connectivity, top-tier security, and unmatched reliability.
Join us and be the driving force behind mission-critical networks in a fast-paced, tech-forward environment!
What you’ll do:
- Contribute to crafting of the Network and Client Connectivity infrastructure strategy, ensuring the client’s platforms meet existing and future business requirements.
- Design and innovate Network and Client Connectivity infrastructure solutions that maximize performance, reliability and resiliency allowing the client to offer competitive and reliable services.
- Ensure Network and Client Connectivity infrastructure projects and initiatives are delivered on time, with prescribed quality and add value to the client’s business.
- Identify potential showstoppers and highlight this to the Project accompanied by solutions where possible.
- Apply cost effective principles when designing a challenging/complex Network and Client Connectivity infrastructure solutions taking cognizance of financial resources available.
- Suggest solutions where existing infrastructure can be used to accomplish a desired outcome thus reducing cost. Provide specialist input into the IM budget for Network and Client Connectivity infrastructure platforms.
- Build relationships with colleagues, peers and staff by using appropriate interpersonal styles.
- Interact with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one’s intentions.
- Ensure the clients understand the network connectivity requirements by engaging with the client’s network and connectivity teams.
- Work with IM Service Delivery Managers and the Head of IT Infrastructure
- Management to promote awareness of capabilities, possibilities and limitations of the networks and client connectivity infrastructure across all stakeholder communities. Provide internal consultancy and expert opinions on Networks and
- Client Connectivity infrastructure to internal stakeholders. Provide advice to the the clients’ network teams on options for implementing connectivity to the markets and services.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts on projects and initiatives to ensure that issues are addressed smoothly throughout the project/initiative lifecycle.
- Leverage vendor and service provider networks to improve and enhance technical knowledge and enable the alignment of the networks and client connectivity solutions to industry trends.
- Mentor and coach new employees, junior Networks and Client Connectivity
- Infrastructure team members, Customer Support and others to help them improve their competencies on the understanding of the Networks and Client Connectivity infrastructure platforms.
- Prioritise, plan and execute scheduled Networks and Client Connectivity maintenance, upgrades and optimisation activities to ensure highest level of performance and stability of the client’s networks and client facing network.
- Seek continuous improvement opportunities in technology and process in order to deliver business value to client. Write new processes and update existing in line with Business requirements.
- Maintain a sufficient level of technical fluency in the Networks and Client
- Connectivity platform infrastructure technology to enable adequate communication of capabilities, risks and issues to all stakeholder communities.
- Work with NSP’s (Service Providers) and clients to ensure high availability of the connectivity infrastructure to the client’s markets and services.
- Diligently monitor availability of internal networks and network perimeter health.
- Provide 3rd level escalation support for the Networks, Client Connectivity BAU team and other Business units.
- Ensure regular involvement in BAU operations support to identify areas for continuous improvement in processes and procedures.
- Take cognizance of all changes in the production environment reported by the BAU support teams and make relevant updates to the network design and process documentation.
- Ensure the alignment of Networks and Client Connectivity infrastructure network designs to the roadmap informed by the Enterprise Architecture strategy.
- Take ownership of the process for modelling, analysis, planning and testing for all new solution elements destined for the production environment.
- Take ownership of the Networks and Client Connectivity infrastructure Technology Reference Models (TRM).
- Write and document functional requirements/specifications documents and standard operating procedures for all new solution designs.
- Manage own delivery against department delivery plans and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action as required.
- Contribute to the infrastructural architectural strategy, including technology standardisation, modernisation and roadmaps. Lead infrastructure projects to design and implement solutions in accordance with defined processes and industry best practices.
- Design and implement short/long term strategic plans to ensure Networks and Client Connectivity capacity meets existing and future requirements.
- Improve personal capability and professional growth relating to field of expertise, in line with the client’s objectives by discussing development needs and proposed solutions with management.
- Keep abreast of changes in relevant technology disciplines through self-study, research and leverage of own personal networks and formal training.
- Epitomise living the clients values, displaying professional conduct and adherence to required technical standards. Conduct continuous research and development into new technologies, keep abreast of latest technology trends.
- Research, analyse, develop and implement continuous improvement processes and procedures for the Networks and Client Connectivity platforms.
- Proposing well researched innovative ideas and value adding Windows and
- Virtualization infrastructure solution designs. Up skilling of junior team members in the immediate team as well as in the Customer Support team.
- Contribute to the clients and Service Providers understanding of exchange and capital markets connectivity requirements. Contribute to Customer Support client calls acting in an advisory capacity.
Your expertise:
- 10 years IT work experience
- 6 years Network Administration
- 5 years Cisco Technologies experience.
- Strong experience with Microsoft, Linux and Open Source Operating systems’ network technology stacks.
- Solid experience working in a multi-disciplinary team, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
- Experience with financial industry connectivity requirements.
- Solid experience with network protocols (OSPF, BGP) and in-depth firewall, wireless, routing and switching and network management skills.
Qualifications required:
- CCNA, CCNP Qualification or similar.
- CCIE – added advantage.
Other information applicable to the opportunity:
- Permanent Position
- Location: Sandton
Desired Skills:
- Adaptability
- Authenticity
- Partnership
- Ingenuity
- Mastery