Network Administrator Ref: ZR

Work in an office bound IT and ISP environment maintaining the company’s network integrity and partly providing support to end-users and businesses. The position is mainly office bound but may be required to drive out to meet a customer for an occasional consult.

You will join our technical team comprising of Network Technicians and a Network Engineer. A company vehicle will be available to use for this should the need arise. Must have a reliable internet connection at home with a Desktop/Laptop for after hour support.

Permanent, Cape Town based

Roles & Responsibilities: -

Maximise network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with network architects on network optimisation

Provide remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation

Provide onsite or remote access diagnoses and resolution of network using an integrated set of diagnostic tools and techniques

Provide Telephonic and Remote support to end users and businesses - Installing and configuring computer networks and systems

Troubleshooting and Maintaining clients’ Servers

Consulting with clients to provide them with a specific system requirement and/or design solution - Budgeting for equipment and assembly costs

Assisting with assembling and repairing computer hardware

Maintaining existing software and hardware with any upgrades any that have become obsolete - Working with IT support personnel

Conducting backup operations and monitoring thereof

Drafting of network diagrams, proposals and technical documentation

Daily reports on technical systems

Secure network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access

Configuring firewalls, routing and switching to maximise network efficiency and security

Implementing and/or designing new system configurations

QUALIFICATIONS:

A+ and N+

Basic Networking Diploma or similar

Microsoft Server Qualifications or Similar

Drivers Licence

EXPERIENCE:

Min 3 -5 years’ experience in Network Administrator Environment

WAN / MPLS / IPSec Networks

Routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VLAN, Trunking)

Configuration and setup of Mikrotik Routers and Switches

VMware vSphere virtualized systems (not Required Advantageous)

Experience with Ubiquity hardware and software (Advantageous)

Fluent in Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 - Fluent in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012 and 2016

Experience with Cloud Email systems (eg Office 365 Setup, Google Workspace, etc)

Experience in Hosting and Cloud Based platforms (not Required Advantageous)

Experience with Remote Desktop Technologies (RDP, Anydesk, Teamviewer, VPN etc)

Intermediate Knowledge of Using Microsoft Office (this includes, Outlook, Word, Excel)

Linux Server Management (Advantageous