Lead Network & Security Operations Engineer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Durban North

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000

Full time

5 days ago
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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.

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