Senior ISP Core Network & Peering Architect

Recruit-It; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit-It seeks a highly experienced Senior ISP Core Network Engineer in Centurion to own and optimize core routing, peering, and BNG management for a large service provider. You will drive performance and reliability across public peering, IXPs, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include monitoring IPT/IXP traffic, handling Tier-3/4 escalations, and ensuring AFRINIC/ISPA compliance with robust routing hygiene. Familiarity with Linux-based OSS tools and scripting is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of direct ISP/Large Enterprise experience.
• Master-level understanding of BGP, MP-BGP, ISIS, MPLS/SRv6 and traffic engineering.
• Hands-on AFRINIC portal management, ISPA compliance, IRR objects, and RPKI implementations.
• BNG platforms experience (Juniper MX, Nokia, MikroTik) and subscriber protocols (PPPoE, IPoE, RADIUS/TACACS+).
• Proven Linux-based OSS support, scripting and automation.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end public peering at IXPs and bilateral private peering agreements.
• Monitor, engineer and optimize traffic paths across IPT and IXP sessions to minimize latency and costs.
• Handle Tier-3/4 customer, peering and upstream capacity escalations promptly.

Skills

BGP

MP-BGP

ISIS

MPLS/SRv6

Traffic engineering

BNG management

Linux OSS

Automation scripts

Tools

Juniper MX

Nokia

MikroTik

Job description

Recruit-It seeks a highly experienced Senior ISP Core Network Engineer in Centurion to own and optimize core routing, peering, and BNG management for a large service provider. You will drive performance and reliability across public peering, IXPs, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include monitoring IPT/IXP traffic, handling Tier-3/4 escalations, and ensuring AFRINIC/ISPA compliance with robust routing hygiene. Familiarity with Linux-based OSS tools and scripting is essential.