Technical Lead - Digital Networks - Capital Edge Recruitment

Technical Lead – Digital Networks

Permanent

Cape Town

Posted 3 years ago

The main purpose of this role is to provide technical guidance to the teams and to management on best practices and to lead technical teams in projects and escalations.

Main purpose of Job/role

Natural leadership skills with a positive attitude and the ability to self-motivate.
Be team oriented, as our environment requires constant knowledge transfer and mentoring.
The ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and written.
The ability to communicate technical issues to non- technical shareholders in a very professional manner.
Fluency in English is a must. German is desirable.
Ability to adapt to change.
Embrace new challenges well.
Dependability – complete tasks on time, call out issues in a timely manner, take ownership of tasks and provide feedback regularly without having to be micro managed.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the following regarding his/her technical ability:

Provide technical guidance and advice on problem resolution approach.
Provide technical guidance and knowledge based on more complex issues across a wide range of technologies.

– Routers (Cisco IOS & IOS XE);
– Switches (Cisco IOS, Cisco Nexus NX-OS, Dell MXL);
– Firewalls (Cisco ASA/Firepower, Checkpoint, Juniper SRX);
– Load Balancers (F5 LTM, Citrix ADC, Cisco ACE);
– Wireless (Cisco AP);
– Fabric Interconnect (UCS 6248UP);
– Management Systems (SolarWinds, BNA, Entuity, Cisco WLC, Citrix ADM);
– Technologies – VXLAN, VPC, VSS, FCoE/FC.
– Applications: DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SSL Certificates.
– Basic Linux and Windows CLI commands and the ability to run and analysis of packet captures.
– Keep up to date by attending training for new technologies. Maintain existing certifications.

Able to demonstrate commercial awareness
Be a natural leader

Knowledge/Skills

Experience: 10+ years at professional level.
Thorough understanding of Switching, Routing, VPN, Security/Firewall, Load Balancing and IP Subnetting.

Qualifications

Professional level certifications: CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Core (CCS-ECore), Cisco Certified Specialist – Security Core (CCS-Score), CCNP Enterprise (CCNP-Enterprise), Cisco SD-WAN Solutions, Cisco Certified Specialist ‑ Data Center Core

Desirable Knowledge/Skills

5-10 years experience of enterprise Datacentre environments
Load Balancing especially on Citrix ADC and F5 LTM
Wireless especially Cisco WLC.
Management platforms especially Cisco ACS

Desirable Qualifications

CCIE (R&S) / CCIE (Data Centre)

Deadline for applications is 2022/05/30

For more information, call Nova Buchan on 073 393 9731 or send your CV to Nova@capitaledgerecruitment.co.za

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