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Network and Security Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Yearly Salary:
ZAR 836000 - 836000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Reference: JHB003360-RM-1
Network & Security Engineer Permanent Financial Services/ Insurance Industry Johannesburg North On-site
Network & Security Engineer Permanent Financial Services/ Insurance Industry Johannesburg North On-site
Duties & Responsibilities
Are you an experienced Network & Security Engineer ready to make a career move
Our client is looking for an experienced professional to support and enhance complex network and security environments across datacentres production systems cloud connectivity and disaster recovery.
Our client is a well-established South African financial services organisation operating in a highly regulated environment where technology plays an important role in delivering secure and reliable services to its customers. With a complex technology environment and a strong focus on security resilience and operational stability the organisation offers the opportunity to work with critical infrastructure and solve challenging technical problems.
As the Network & Security Engineer you will work with FortiGate Extreme Networks Azure networking routing and switching network monitoring and security infrastructure while collaborating with technical teams vendors and other stakeholders.
We are looking for a technically strong Network & Security Engineer who can work independently take ownership of complex incidents and act as an escalation point when critical network or security issues arise this could be your next opportunity.
If you enjoy solving challenging infrastructure problems and working in an environment where your expertise directly contributes to network resilience and security send your CV to .
Duties:
Job Experience & Skills Required:
Qualifications:
Experience:
Skills & Competencies:
If you have not had any response in two weeks please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.
Our client is looking for an experienced professional to support and enhance complex network and security environments across datacentres production systems cloud connectivity and disaster recovery.
Our client is a well-established South African financial services organisation operating in a highly regulated environment where technology plays an important role in delivering secure and reliable services to its customers. With a complex technology environment and a strong focus on security resilience and operational stability the organisation offers the opportunity to work with critical infrastructure and solve challenging technical problems.
As the Network & Security Engineer you will work with FortiGate Extreme Networks Azure networking routing and switching network monitoring and security infrastructure while collaborating with technical teams vendors and other stakeholders.
We are looking for a technically strong Network & Security Engineer who can work independently take ownership of complex incidents and act as an escalation point when critical network or security issues arise this could be your next opportunity.
If you enjoy solving challenging infrastructure problems and working in an environment where your expertise directly contributes to network resilience and security send your CV to .
Duties:
- Design implement support and maintain enterprise LAN WAN WLAN and datacentre network infrastructure.
- Configure and troubleshoot Extreme Networks switching including VLANs trunks STP link aggregation and resilient network designs.
- Manage and support FortiGate firewalls including firewall policies NAT VPNs security policies and troubleshooting.
- Support Azure networking and hybrid cloud connectivity including VNets subnets NSGs routing and VPN connectivity.
- Monitor network firewall wireless and cloud infrastructure and respond to performance availability and security alerts.
- Support datacentre and disaster recovery connectivity including network redundancy failover and DR testing.
- Investigate and resolve complex network firewall connectivity and production incidents.
- Work with infrastructure cloud security application and service desk teams to resolve technical issues.
- Manage network changes maintenance activities and configuration updates.
- Maintain accurate network diagrams firewall documentation configurations and operational procedures.
- Contribute to continuous improvement automation network resilience and security initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to junior engineers.
Job Experience & Skills Required:
Qualifications:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- Relevant IT Networking Computer Science or related qualification.
- Fortinet NSE4/NSE5 or current equivalent certification would be advantageous.
- CCNP Enterprise CCNP Security or equivalent practical experience would be advantageous.
- Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700) certification would be advantageous.
Experience:
- At least 7 years experience in enterprise network engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with FortiGate firewall administration policy management VPN NAT and troubleshooting.
- Proven experience supporting Extreme Networks switching environments.
- Strong knowledge of routing and switching including VLANs STP OSPF BGP and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking.
- Experience supporting enterprise datacentre connectivity high-availability environments and production incident response.
- Practical experience with network monitoring alerting and network health checks.
- Working knowledge of Azure networking and hybrid cloud connectivity including VNets NSGs routing VPN and private connectivity.
- Experience in financial services insurance or another regulated environment would be advantageous.
- Experience with FortiManager FortiAnalyzer or enterprise monitoring platforms would be advantageous.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong enterprise networking and network security skills.
- Advanced FortiGate and Extreme Networks troubleshooting capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of Azure networking and hybrid connectivity.
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills during network and security incidents.
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented particularly with network changes and documentation.
- Ability to work independently take ownership and remain calm under pressure.
- Proactive approach to improving network stability security and operational efficiency.
If you have not had any response in two weeks please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.
Package & Remuneration
R 836000 - R 936000 - Annually
Required Experience:
IC
