Your Role

Core Responsibilities:

• Network Design and Implementation: Planning, designing, and implementing IP networks in telecom domain
• Device Configuration and Management: Configuring and managing routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices.
• Network Security: Implementing and maintaining network security policies, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and network access control (NAC).
• Troubleshooting and Maintenance: Troubleshooting network problems, diagnosing issues, and implementing solutions to ensure network stability and performance.
• Documentation and Standardization: Documenting network configurations, procedures, and policies, and ensuring adherence to industry standards.
• Collaboration: Working with other IT professionals and stakeholders to ensure network requirements are met.
Specific Tasks:
• IP Address Management: Auditing and managing IP addresses, ensuring proper allocation and utilization.
• Network Performance Monitoring: Monitoring network performance, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing network configurations.
• Network Upgrades and Maintenance: Performing regular network maintenance as per architectural/design changes, upgrades, and patching to ensure system stability and security.
• Security Measures: Implementing security measures to protect network infrastructure and data from unauthorized access.

Your Profile

Knowledge and Skills:

• Education: A bachelors degree or tertiary qualification in computer science, telecommunications, engineering, or a related field.
• Certifications: Relevant industry certifications such as Cisco (CCIE, CCNA, CCNP) are highly valued.
• IP Protocol Knowledge: Strong understanding of IP protocols (including OSPF, BGP), networking concepts, and technologies.
• Network Design and Architecture: Experience designing and implementing telecom network architectures, primarily IP-based mobile core network. Re-designing and implementing network flows based on the project requirements.
• Data Center Expertise: Familiarity with data centre fabric technologies including ACI and EVPN-VXLAN.
• Security policies and Firewall Expertise: Design and configuration of telco grade firewalls and security policy management, preferably Fortinet, F5 and checkpoint firewalls.
• Troubleshooting Skills: Proven ability to diagnose and resolve network issues effectively.
• Security Knowledge: Understanding of network security principles and technologies.
• Communication and Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

What youll love about working here

• You will be a part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. You will love the exposure to the scale of transformation, the depth of expertise, and the opportunities for growth.
• We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people.
• At the heart of our mission is your career growth. You will have countless learning and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
• We realise a Total Reward package should be more than just compensation. We offer a range of core and flexible benefits and have a Peer Recognition Portal called ‘Celebrate.

Apply today!