Job Description:
Network Engineer
Location:
Cape Town
Date:
22 February 2012
Reporting To:
I.T Director
Reporting to You:
Team members as/if assigned
Purpose
Assist the department manager in aligning the dept
infrastructure with the core requirements of the company
architecture and strategy, through a proactive approach to system
and network administration and design.
Key Responsibility Areas:
Business Strategy Development : understand current strategies
and how they were developed, and understand the impact based upon
business, applications, and infrastructure - and use this knowledge
to supply infrastructure risk assessments, mitigation planning and
reporting
Technology Oversight : maintain an ongoing awareness of emerging
developments and trends in technology that could impact current
projects and influence new projects, and conduct infrastructure
research, technical evaluations and POCs
Vendor/Tool Analysis : lead the evaluation of vendors targeted
for possible integration into the systems, networks or environment,
including strategic applications, tools and utilities
Architecture Principles : decisions need to be made based upon a
common direction, reviewing the company's written principles and
policies, requiring refinement, documentation and communication of
architectural principles, as well as the oversight and guidance of
new product initiatives ensuring adherence thereto
Governance : investigate business benefits of standards from
different organisations being followed, such as SOX or ISO
Project Management : assist and/or lead the architectural
portion of projects, providing project teams with insight and
assistance into technical issues, helping define the needs,
benefits and technical strategy, including any technical analysis
and design required
Enterprise Architecture : plan, contribute and help implement the
technical enterprise architecture, including both short and long
term strategies for retiring legacy systems/networks, integrating
existing systems/networks and new systems/networks implementation
recommendations
Engineering Liaison : high-level technical consulting with and
mentoring of the developers in terms of application and
architectural requirements from a network standpoint
Partner Liaison : managing enablement with networking partners for
ordering, sales enablement and delivery
Network Administration : assist the Systems team as needed with
operations and support, maintenance and security tasks as assigned
by your manager or agreed to with the senior systems
administrator
Core Competencies:
- understanding and experience of the primary enterprise
architectural frameworks and guidelines (e.g. POSIX, Zachman,
TOGAF, NIST EA, NEBS, etc.)
- must have a solid understanding of operating systems, from
bare steel to network services
- must have proven, solid understanding of and experience with
network architecture design and implementation, from LANS and WANS
to leased lines and MPLS/VPN interconnects to IP and BGP, etc.
- must have proven Unix or derivative proficiency, from user
perspective to systems and network management
- must have proven knowledge and experience of at least one
scripting language (preferably one of: bash, python, Perl, PHP)
- must have a solid understanding of backup methodology and
infrastructure
- ability to understand and contribute to the development of
Request for Information and Request for Proposal documentation
General Competencies:
- must have some degree of SS7 exposure and
experience
- must have solid experience with network
management solutions (i.e. build/buy, implement,
manage/maintain)
- must have solid work/infrastructure
experience with VPN and router devices (preferably Cisco)
- must have a good understanding of security principles,
specifically as they apply to network-level procedures
- must have an understanding of data management principles
(including database and storage)
- proven experience with architectural diagramming, including
understanding of the different techniques for modelling
- solid work experience and knowledge of web architecture and
technologies, including but not limited to: Linux, Apache, MySQL,
PHP, HTTP, LDAP, etc.
- experience with Service Oriented Architecture advantageous
Experience and Education:
- minimum of 10 years in the IT industry
- minimum of 5 years in a system/network administrative or
analyst position
- minimum of 3 years working experience with Unix or
derivative
- minimum of 3 years programming or scripting experience
- network-related diploma or degree will be advantageous
- familiarity with project management concepts and tools
advantageous
- experience with USSD/IN integration a
definite advantage
Personal Characteristics:
- strong interpersonal and communication skills, from managing
expectations and abundant feedback to written and verbal
intercourse, including enabling, collaboration, confidence and
ability to listen
- previous experience teaching or training others
advantageous
- free thinker, having the ability to try non-traditional,
intuitive or novel approaches to problems, and applying the
strongest approach in the solution of a problem regardless of
origin
- results-oriented, delivering activities to the best of ability
and being motivated by achieving and delivering excellence
- customer focused, able to identify and effectively respond to
the diverse needs of project customers and constituents
- team player, able to work reliably and responsibly with
internal and external colleagues, demonstrating cross-functional
paradigm: working, encouraging and supporting others to achieve
project and organisational goals
- initiative, able to work alone and reliably and responsibly
achieve departmental, organisational and company goals
- problem solver, able to reduce problems to manageable units,
hypothesizing and assembling solutions to overcome the broader
challenge in a reproducible and reliable manner
- assertive, being able to convince others of the right course
of action, and explain a point of view convincingly
- ability to learn and understand new products, technologies and
applications
- willingness to learn and change
- responsible, ability to take ownership and willingness to
assume accountability
- time management skills, ability to balance inbound priorities
while attending to those deemed most important, and able to clearly
justify those decisions
- productive mind, having analytical and logical abilities,
systematic and orderly attention to detail
- ability to work with a minimum of supervision, under stressful
conditions, maintaining a professional attitude
Special Requirements:
- punctual, regular and on time attendance
- standby, required to perform after hours on-call duties per
roster
- availability, after hours work if required
- travel, may be required to travel locally and abroad
Note:
- to perform this job successfully, the individual must be able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
- the requirements listed above are representative of the
knowledge, skill and or ability required and are not intended to be
an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated
with this job
- you will be required to perform all reasonable duties assigned
to you or related or incidental to the proper completion of your
job tasks
- during a colleague's leave of absence from the company or
during month end or peak business periods, you may be required to
perform other job tasks upon reasonable request from your line
manager
- relocation costs (if applicable) will be for own account