Network Specialist

BankservAfrica; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Johannesburg seeks a Network Specialist to provide support for a networked ecosystem. Responsibilities include designing network architecture, ensuring compliance with PCI requirements, and managing incident and risk. Candidates should have at least 5 years in networking and relevant certifications. The role demands excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in networking technologies, ideally across platforms.
• Experience with software defined networking, container networking, cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Provide persistent support of the networked ecosystem.
• Engage with external and internal clients to ensure network functionality.
• Manage incident and risk related to network operations.

Skills

Excellent Technical and Non-Technical communication skills

The ability to work in a team

Good reasoning and decision-making skills

Ability to work under extreme pressure

Experience in cloud computing

Cross vendor experience

Education

Appropriate certification, diploma and/or degree in Information Technology

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)

Knowledge of the Financial / Cloud Ecosystem

Job description

Job title: Network Specialist

Job Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline: December 11, 2025

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PURPOSE

The principal purpose of the Network Specialist is to provide persistent support of the networked ecosystem of PayInc and provide consultancy support associated to the networked environment to PayInc clients.

You will engage with the following stakeholders :

External clients

• Banks (South African and International)
• SARB and other Government related entities
• Vendors

Internal clients

• Exco
• Manco
• Testing Department
• Project office
• CNP Dev Department
• RealtimeSwitch Department
• Infrastructure Department
• Database Department
• EUC Support
• Security & Risk Department
• Human Capital
• Legal Department
• Architecture Department
• Operations
• Change Management
• Incident Management
• Cloud Infrastructure Department

Your key responsibilities include :

• Network Architecture
• Design vs. operation functionality
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure(ACI)
• Cisco Software defined networking(SDN)
• Container (micro-services) networking
• Cloud networking
• Network Configuration & Support (Firewalls, Switches, Routers, WAN, LAN, Spanning Tree,
• Protocols, IPS, Proxies, Load Balancers, Web Application Firewalls, Access control, VPN, Logging,
• Monitoring, Capacity Planning, System hardening techniques, Compression, Voice Recording
• mediums, Sniffer technologies, PEN Testing, Video Conferencing, Voice)
• Networked support (All devices that connect to a network and how they influence the network and how the network influences them.)
• Alignment to PCI requirements
• Ability to understand and apply security principles across the network
• Understanding, aligning and executing against divisional business strategy
• In-depth understanding of Networking products
• Change control
• Incident and Risk management
• Project management
• Understanding of system integration
• Cross technology integration

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE

• Appropriate certification, diploma and / or degree in Information Technology
• Certification in networking will be advantage – CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
• Knowledge of the Financial / Cloud Ecosystem advantageous

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in related field.
• Experience in networking technologies, preferably cross platforms, i.e. software defined networking, container networking, cloud networking, security, routing and switching, load balancers, web application firewalls, voice, storage.

SKILLS

• Excellent Technical and Non-Technical communication skills
• The ability to work in a team and to be part of a team
• Good reasoning and decision-making skills
• The ability to work under extreme pressure
• Experience in cloud computing - Deploys, debugs, and executes initiatives related to cloud computing
• Cross vendor experience required
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