Snr Spec: IT Unified Comms at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• As a Senior Cisco CCNP specialist your responsibility is to assist in the Architectural design and high-level support of the Networks environment which includes the optimisation of connectivity to  AWS, Azure, Amazon Connect and MS Teams Telephony in support of our digital transformation strategy

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and understand business requirements in order to support the development and improvement of organizational IT systems.
• Identify, diagnose, and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Research and evaluate network technology and make informed recommendations related to the purchase of network equipment.
• Advise on and ensure the effective installation, layout and maintenance of network components in an area of technical specialization.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Assist in Architectural design discussions and troubleshooting on Application performance etc.
• Plan for the organization of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialization.
• Proactively identify area of specialization related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Information Technology and Computer Sciences.
• Skilled in Agile methodology Preferred - SAFe for Teams (SFT)Preferred - AWS/ MS Azure Foundation.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional Certification (CCNP)
• Cisco Certified Network Internetwork Expert (CCIE)

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years' experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the following technology is essential:Routing.
• Experience working on Infoblox and must have knowledge on monitoring in the Network space.
• F5,Switching, Detail Packet Capturing and analyzing (expert), Network Security and Firewalls,WiFi
• SD-WAN experience, ACI experience, EVPN, ERSPAN, BGP, OSPF, Nexus range, Nexus VPC, Qos