Lead Network & Security Operations Engineer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Durban North; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Durban North, South Africa, seeks a hands-on Network & Service Operations Engineer Lead to drive enterprise network and security operations, manage high-priority incidents, and coordinate vendors.

You will optimise WAN/SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, NAC, and cloud connectivity, deliver LLDs, risk registers, and technical documentation, while providing clear updates to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Network Security Engineering in large enterprise environments.
• Hands-on with WAN/SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, NAC, segmentation, monitoring.
• Experience leading P1/critical incidents.
• Experience working with multiple vendors and MSPs.
• Strong incident management and governance

Responsibilities

• Support and optimise enterprise WAN and SD-WAN environments.
• Manage firewalls, VPNs, secure remote access and NAC technologies.
• Monitor network security events, logs and suspicious traffic.
• Support cloud connectivity and hybrid network environments.
• Conduct firewall ruleset, network segmentation, VPN and security-hardening reviews.
• Identify security vulnerabilities, risks and control gaps and recommend improvements.
• Implement firewall policies, security changes and network segmentation.
• Coordinate SD-WAN security deployments and network/security changes.
• Lead and coordinate P1 and critical incidents, driving rapid service restoration.
• Provide clear, structured updates to technical teams, business stakeholders and executives.
• Support root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Coordinate multiple technology vendors and MSPs.
• Monitor vendor performance and escalated technical or service issues when required.
• Develop Low-Level Designs (LLDs), implementation plans, risk registers and technical documentation.
• Support network standards, governance, service assurance and operational reporting.

Skills

Enterprise WAN

SD-WAN

Firewalls

VPNs

NAC

Network segmentation

Security monitoring

Incident management

Vendor management

LLDs & documentation

Education

Matric + Tertiary Qualification

Cisco CCNP Enterprise

Cisco CCNP Security

CompTIA Security+

Job description

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Durban North, South Africa, seeks a hands-on Network & Service Operations Engineer Lead to drive enterprise network and security operations, manage high-priority incidents, and coordinate vendors.

You will optimise WAN/SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, NAC, and cloud connectivity, deliver LLDs, risk registers, and technical documentation, while providing clear updates to stakeholders.