Senior Technical Lead - Cisco Networking & Security

Cyberpro Consulting; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

CyberPro Consulting (Pty) Ltd in Johannesburg, South Africa, seeks a Senior Technical Lead with deep Cisco networking and security expertise for a 12-month contract. The role requires hands-on leadership, complex problem solving, and delivery assurance across enterprise networks, VPNs, and security platforms.

Immediate availability is essential. The ideal candidate will lead technical implementations, oversee Cisco Secure Access/Zero Trust, and coordinate with internal teams and MSPs, ensuring

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise networking and security experience
• CCIE or equivalent senior Cisco expertise demonstrated
• Strong hands-on Cisco Secure Access and Zero Trust implementations
• Experience leading complex technical implementations from planning to handover
• Ability to coordinate internal teams and MSPs, ensure quality and security standards

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and assurance across enterprise networking and security platforms.
• Translate architecture into practical deployment and testing plans.
• Troubleshoot complex network, firewall, VPN, routing, and authentication issues.
• Oversee Cisco Secure Access and Zero Trust implementations (identity integration, access policies).
• Provide oversight of ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Microsoft Intune deployments.
• Coordinate internal teams and MSPs to meet technical and security standards.
• Drive root-cause analysis and ensure production readiness and handover.

Skills

Cisco networking

VPN/IPsec

Zero Trust

Active Directory / Entra ID

PowerShell scripting

Troubleshooting complex issues

Technical leadership

Documentation & handover

Tools

ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Microsoft Intune

Job description

Senior Technical Lead - Cisco Networking & Security

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 10/27/2026

CyberPro Consulting is looking for an exceptional Senior Technical Lead with deep Cisco networking and security expertise for a 12-month contract based in Johannesburg.

This opportunity is for a technically strong specialist who can do more than oversee delivery. You must understand complex enterprise networking, troubleshoot difficult security and connectivity issues, challenge technical decisions and ensure implementations are delivered, tested and ready for operational handover.

Immediate availability is essential. Candidates with notice periods will unfortunately not be considered.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead technical implementation and assurance across enterprise networking, secure access and endpoint-management platforms.
• Translate approved architecture into practical implementation, testing and deployment plans.
• Troubleshoot complex network, firewall, VPN, routing, authentication and connectivity issues.
• Oversee Cisco Secure Access and Zero Trust implementations, including access policies, identity integration and secure application connectivity.
• Provide technical oversight of ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Microsoft Intune deployments and configurations.
• Coordinate internal technical teams and managed-service providers, ensuring delivery meets agreed technical and security standards.
• Drive root-cause analysis, resolve technical gaps and ensure production readiness.
• Ensure technical documentation, operational procedures, knowledge transfer and service handover are completed.

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive enterprise networking and security experience, with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Expert-level Cisco networking knowledge, including routing, switching, firewalls, VPN/IPsec and complex troubleshooting.
• Hands-on Cisco Secure Access experience, including Zero Trust, Secure Internet Access, Cisco Secure Client and access-policy implementation.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA and certificate-based authentication.
• Experience with ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Microsoft Intune.
• Practical PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Proven experience leading complex technical implementations from assessment and planning through testing, deployment and operational handover.
• Experience coordinating technical teams and holding managed-service providers accountable for delivery and quality.
• Strong technical documentation, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• Certification requirement: CCIE is mandatory, or candidates must demonstrate equivalent senior-level Cisco expertise through substantial hands‑on experience delivering and troubleshooting complex enterprise Cisco environments.
• Location: Johannesburg, hybrid at the client's head office
• Rate: Open, dependent on experience and technical capability