Remote Senior NOC Engineer - Network Performance & Security

Placements24; Bloemfontein; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote role

Home office stipend

Flexible hours

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Remote Senior Network Operations Specialist to enhance the Network Operations Center for a geographically dispersed network, anchored near Bloemfontein. The role emphasizes proactive monitoring, rapid incident response and ongoing optimization from a home office.

The candidate will work with SolarWinds, Nagios, and Zabbix, ensuring high availability, performance and security across complex environments while collaborating with distributed teams in a fully

Qualifications

• 5+ years in network operations or similar in large-scale environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT.
• Proficiency with SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix or similar monitoring tools.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing (BGP/OSPF), switching, VLANs, VPNs.
• Scripting skills (Python/Bash) for automation are a plus.
• Strong analytical, communication and remote teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor network performance, availability and security using NMS tools.
• Respond to incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement fixes.
• Apply configuration changes under change-management procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering and support to troubleshoot complex problems.
• Develop runbooks and troubleshooting guides.
• Contribute to capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Improve NOC processes and automation scripts.
• Provide 24/7 on-call support on a rotating basis.

Skills

NOC operations

TCP/IP

BGP/OSPF

Scripting (Python)

Monitoring tools

Remote teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SolarWinds

Nagios

Zabbix

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Remote Senior Network Operations Specialist to enhance the Network Operations Center for a geographically dispersed network, anchored near Bloemfontein. The role emphasizes proactive monitoring, rapid incident response and ongoing optimization from a home office.

The candidate will work with SolarWinds, Nagios, and Zabbix, ensuring high availability, performance and security across complex environments while collaborating with distributed teams in a fully