Network Engineer L1

All jobs; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT solutions provider is seeking a dedicated network support professional in Cape Town. The role involves maintaining network availability, providing technical assistance, and ensuring high customer satisfaction. Candidates should have essential certifications, experience in networking/security, and strong communication skills. This position is ideal for individuals who are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment. Join us to contribute to our mission of delivering innovative IT solutions.

Benefits

Opportunities for personal development

Supportive and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• High command of the English language both written and verbal is essential.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised.
• Minimum 2 years of dedicated networking/security experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain network availability for customers by performing routine maintenance.
• Provide prompt technical assistance on customer incidents.
• Regularly update customers on progress of incidents by telephone and email.

Skills

Network infrastructure management

Technical troubleshooting

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

National High School Senior Certificate or equivalent

Cisco CCNA certification

ITIL v3 Foundation (preferred)

Tools

Cisco hardware

Fortinet firewall

Job description

Why choose Logicalis?

It’s not just IT solutions, It’s IT global know-how! Logicalis is an international multi-skilled solution provider providing digital enablement services to help customers harness digital technology and innovative services to deliver powerful business outcomes.

Our customers span industries and geographical regions; and our focus is to engage in the dynamics of our customers’ vertical markets; including financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, and apply the skills of our 4,500 employees in modernising key digital pillars; data centre and cloud services, security and network infrastructure, workspace communications and collaboration, data and information strategies, and IT operation modernisation. We are the advocates for our customers for some of the world’s leading technology companies including Cisco, HPE, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and ServiceNow.

Logicalis employees are innovative, smart, entrepreneurial and customer centric, with a shared ambition of making Logicalis the world’s leading IT Solutions provider!

We offer speedy decision-making, opportunities for personal development, and a supportive, inclusive environment that celebrates our diversity.

Join us and become a part of something epic!

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain network availability for customers by performing routine maintenance, failover testing, implementing best practices, etc.
• Perform project-related duties regarding new and changing infrastructure deployments required by LSA customers.
• Provide prompt technical assistance on customer incidents when the Shift team and Service desk have exhausted all possible avenues.
• Regularly update customers on progress of incidents, problems, and changes by telephone and email.
• Regularly update Logicalis ticketing systems Service Now / Autotask with quality notes detailing progress and actions completed on open incidents, problems, and change requests.
• Completing customer Change Requests, including impact and risk analysis, and implementing out-of-hours where required.
• Provide technical consultancy to all other areas of the business to ensure the integrity, performance, and support of new opportunities that involve network support.
• Find technical solutions to problems where necessary and practical, without compromising the commercial viability of a new product.
• Where required perform the ‘Lead Engineer’ role for some of LSA’s clients - for support and projects.
• To stay up to date and accredited with the current technologies.
• Capturing repeat faults and undertaking root cause analysis.
• Proactive identification of fault trends.
• Capturing time and maintaining a timesheet.

Qualifications

• National High School Senior Certificate (or equivalent)
• Graduate or qualified by experience.
• Cisco CCNA, Huawei HCIA, or Fortinet NSE 4 certified - mandatory
• Cisco CCNP, Huawei HCIP, or Fortinet NSE 4/5/6 – preferred, but not mandatory
• ITIL v3 Foundation - preferred, but not mandatory

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of general IT support experience.
• Minimum 2 years of dedicated networking/security experience.
• LAN, WAN, and network security experience.
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure, network hardware, and networking protocols.
• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including but not limited to routers, switches, access points, wireless controllers, and firewalls.
• Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols.
• Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning networks.
• Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions.
• Capable of providing specific and detailed information for hardware and software selection.
• Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology using documentation and internet resources.

PERSON REQUIREMENTS

• A high command of the English language both written and verbal is essential.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised.
• Good communicator with the user environment.
• Ability to work in a very busy and highly pressurized environment and deal with high-impact, high-profile incidents, problems, and changes.
• A structured and organized approach to complex problem determination and solving.
• Numerate and literate with an eye for detail.
• Punctuality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to remain flexible and adapt to changing priorities with promptness, efficiency, and ease.
• Possess proficient analytical and decision-making skills.
• Capacity for gathering and scrutinizing data to identify issues, opportunities, and patterns.
• A good listener, with the ability to communicate technical issues and resolutions to people of varying technical levels.
• Proficient relationship-building skills – predict customer behaviour and respond accordingly.
• A strong service-oriented (‘can-do’) culture, with a strong focus on the ‘internal customer’ approach, committed to exceeding customer expectations.
• Dynamic but aware of the views and feelings of others.
• Professional & diligent team player but able to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Enthusiastic, energetic, and confident.
• Demonstrate clear purpose, enthusiasm, and commitment.
• Ability to train users effectively.
• Code B driving license (or code that includes B) and own transport.