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Network and Security Engineer JOHANNESBURG NORTH

JHB North, Johannesburg – Gauteng

Position: Network and Security Engineer

Paterson Grade: D-Upper

Contract Duration: 12 Month Contract Position

Key Performance Areas:

1. Overall cybersecurity compliance, management, and training throughout the organization.
2. Ensures that data integrity is maintained, and that information is kept accurate and consistent unless authorized access occurs.
3. Managing and monitoring all installed systems and infrastructure.
4. Organization-wide cybersecurity and related document, process, and record management to ensure that systems and products are safe, secure, and effective.
5. Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software, and system management tools.
6. Ensuring the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
7. Proposes design enhancements, capacity changes, contingency, and recovery arrangements as required to ensure that service targets are met within the organization’s planned budget.
8. Ensures the investigation and diagnosis of operational incidents.
9. Resolve such incidents, including any capacity and availability management issues to maintain overall performance.
10. Acts as the technical lead on projects relating to security, data, and voice network management.
11. Provides advice and guidance on the design and development of new and changed systems to optimize operational efficiency.
12. Ensures that appropriate software and specialist monitoring tools are used to maintain awareness and control of hardware and software.
13. Monitors exceptional incidents and conducts or initiates investigations on system performance.
14. Proposes and implements consequent improvements working towards industry top benchmark targets.
15. Coach and monitor junior engineers, setting standards of performance and objectives (both collective and individual) in line with service objectives, providing direction and support to all team members ensuring that the highest professional standards are observed.
16. Monitor and test application and network performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes.

Competencies, Knowledge, and Skills:

1. Knowledge of NIST and other security-related frameworks.
2. Documentation (both process documentation and records management).
3. Broad knowledge of hardware, networking, cybersecurity, vulnerability management, and cloud migration.
4. In-depth understanding of infrastructure and network architecture and design.
5. Working knowledge of endpoint security solutions (firewalls, anti-virus, and network vulnerability assessments).
6. Access control systems.
7. Incident detection and management.
8. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
9. Strong troubleshooting/problem-solving ability.
10. Understanding of virtual environments and containers.
11. Extensive understanding of network switching and routing as well as Voice technologies SIP and SBS’s.
12. Extensive understanding of firewalls, IPS, ACLS, DLP, and vulnerability assessment.
13. Understanding of Enterprise Linux and Windows servers and services.
14. Experience with monitoring systems.
15. Experience with automation software.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Relevant Degree / National Diploma in Information Technology / Computer Science / Information Systems or equivalent.
2. 3-4 years’ experience in ICT security (i.e., 4 years senior systems engineer experience / 3 years as a team lead / 2 years senior security engineer experience / 2 years senior data engineer experience / 2 years senior voice engineer experience).
3. Certificate or equivalent in Information / IT Security such as CISSP, SISM, CCSP. ITIL would serve as an added advantage.

Closing Date: 6 March 2024

Should you not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.