Specialist: Network

1 day ago

Menlyn Park, South Africa Assupol Full time

Description
- 1. Strategy and Planning- Create and maintain the enterprise’s robust Network architecture design.
- Drive the evaluation, development and implementation of network standards, procedures and guidelines to accommodate multiple platforms and diverse system environments.
- Test, evaluate and install network enhancements to ensure that they are the best choices for Assupol.
- Develop, implement, maintain, and oversee enforcement of change process, procedures and associated plans for the network infrastructure based on industry-standard best practices.
- Assess a need for any network reconfigurations (minor or significant) and execute them if required.
- Keep current with emerging network technologies enhancements and network monitoring tools.
- Conduct research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network enhancements.
- Provide input to network teams strategic direction in line with Assupol’s IT Strategy.

2. Acquisition and Deployment- Select and acquire additional network solutions or enhancements to existing Network solutions to improve overall enterprise network as per existing procurement processes.
- Negotiate with different network vendors.
- Recommend, schedule, and perform Network improvements, upgrades, and/or purchases.
- Oversee the deployment, integration, and initial configuration of all new network solutions to enhance the existing network in accordance with best standard operating procedures.

3. Operational Management- Maintain the company’s network enterprise solution to 99.9% uptime (excludes scheduled maintenance)
- Manage and generate reports for network uptime to assess impact of network incidents to the Assupol branches (weekly and monthly).
- Maintain network performance by monitoring and analyzing: Performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.
- Manage ISP/network vendors and resolve network related issues.
- Create or update technical documentation for network installations or changes to existing installations.
- Interact with internal IT teams to resolve network issues quickly and promptly.
- Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures
- Manage, configure and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 network equipment.
- Manage VLANs, Inter VLAN Routing, IP allocation & QoS configuration.
- Understanding of network security methodologies, including but not limited to: ACLS, stateful firewalls and VPNs.
- Planning of site installation and scheduling with relevant Assupol branches.
- Using network monitoring tools to identify problems and find resolutions.
- Implementation, maintenance and updates of the Core, Distribution and Access cisco switches
- Manage, configure, troubleshoot and monitor Cisco MPLS/SD-WAN networks
- Ability to configure and run common network admin and monitoring tools wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.
- Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

**Requirements**:
Knowledge and Skills

Formal Education
- IT related degree/diploma

Technical/Legal certification:

- N+
- CCNP Routing & Switching a must.
- CCNA Wireless an advantage.
- CCNA Collaboration an advantage

Experience
- IT experience: 5 years minimum
- Insurance industry experience: 3 years (Advantage)

Work Level

Skilled

Job Type

Permanent

Salary

Market Related

EE Position

No

Location

Menlyn

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