Remote Senior Network Engineer — Global Infrastructure

Placements24; Pietermaritzburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work culture

Competitive compensation

Professional development opportunities

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Our client, a leading innovator in telecommunications, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable network solutions from a remote home office. You will work on global infrastructures, ensuring reliability and high performance while mentoring teammates and addressing incidents in a remote team.

The role emphasizes deep protocol knowledge, proactive problem-solving, and collaboration across IT systems to support enterprise-scale networks and remote workforces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 7+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs.
• Hands-on with firewalls, VPNs, and IDS/IPS concepts.
• Experience with SolarWinds or Nagios for monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable network architectures with high availability.
• Configure routers, switches, firewalls from multiple vendors.
• Develop and execute comprehensive network test plans.
• Monitor performance and security; address bottlenecks and threats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate networks with IT systems.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues; provide timely solutions.
• Document configurations, procedures, and standards.
• Stay updated on network technologies and propose improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge.
• Participate in on-call rotation for critical incidents.

Skills

Networking

TCP/IP

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VLANs

Firewalls

VPNs

Monitoring tools

Cloud networking

Education

CCNP

CCIE

JNCIP

JNCIE

Tools

SolarWinds

Nagios

Cisco ASA

Palo Alto

Job description

Our client, a leading innovator in telecommunications, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable network solutions from a remote home office. You will work on global infrastructures, ensuring reliability and high performance while mentoring teammates and addressing incidents in a remote team.

The role emphasizes deep protocol knowledge, proactive problem-solving, and collaboration across IT systems to support enterprise-scale networks and remote workforces.