Senior Network Engineer, Infrastructure — Remote-First

Placements24; Midrand; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Professional development & certs

Home office stipend

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer for a fully remote role based in Midrand, Gauteng. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable network infrastructure, ensure high availability, performance, and security across enterprise-level services for a growing client base.

The role requires 5-7 years of hands-on experience with routing, switching, firewalls, and network automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and resilient network infrastructure (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers).
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, standards, and procedures.

Skills

Network design & architecture

BGP/OSPF routing

Firewall management

Network monitoring

TCP/IP / DNS / DHCP

Remote collaboration

Industry certs (CCNA/CCNP/JNCIS)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

SolarWinds

Nagios

Cisco ASA

Palo Alto

Cisco IOS

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer for a fully remote role based in Midrand, Gauteng. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable network infrastructure, ensure high availability, performance, and security across enterprise-level services for a growing client base.

The role requires 5-7 years of hands-on experience with routing, switching, firewalls, and network automation.