Remote Senior NOC Engineer - 24/7 Network Operations

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan contributions

Paid time off

Professional certifications

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior NOC Engineer for a fully remote role based in South Africa. You will monitor vast network infrastructure, rapidly diagnose issues, and implement proactive measures to prevent outages across Gauteng and beyond.

The role requires 6+ years in network operations, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and experience with SolarWinds, Nagios or Zabbix. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to process improvements in a dynamic telecom environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years in network operations, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing (OSPF/BGP), switching and firewalls.
• Experience with monitoring tools: SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix.
• Experience Linux/Unix and Windows Server environments.
• Certs like CCNA/CCNP beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Monitor network performance and availability using NMS tools.
• Respond to and resolve critical network incidents and alarms.
• Perform root cause analysis for outages and degradations.
• Implement network configuration changes and upgrades.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures and documentation.
• Collaborate with Tier 2/3 support and vendors to resolve issues.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Mentor junior NOC engineers and provide training.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of NOC processes and tools.

Skills

Network monitoring

Incident response

Root cause analysis

On-call support

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

SolarWinds

Nagios

Zabbix

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior NOC Engineer for a fully remote role based in South Africa. You will monitor vast network infrastructure, rapidly diagnose issues, and implement proactive measures to prevent outages across Gauteng and beyond.

The role requires 6+ years in network operations, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and experience with SolarWinds, Nagios or Zabbix. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to process improvements in a dynamic telecom environment.