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Network & Service Operations Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Durban - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Experience Required:
5years
Experience Required:
Posted:
24 September 2026 (10 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
22 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Network & Service Operations Engineer
Lead. Secure. Restore. Optimise.
We are looking for an experienced Network & Service Operations Engineer to take a hands-on leadership role in enterprise network and security operations. Youll be responsible for keeping critical infrastructure secure resilient and available while leading high-priority incidents coordinating technology vendors and driving service restoration across complex enterprise environments.
What Youll Be Doing
- Support and optimise enterprise WAN and SD-WAN environments.
- Manage firewalls VPNs secure remote access and NAC technologies.
- Monitor network security events logs and suspicious traffic.
- Support cloud connectivity and hybrid network environments.
- Conduct firewall ruleset network segmentation VPN and security-hardening reviews.
- Identify security vulnerabilities risks and control gaps and recommend improvements.
- Implement firewall policies security changes and network segmentation.
- Coordinate SD-WAN security deployments and network/security changes.
- Lead and coordinate P1 and critical incidents driving rapid service restoration.
- Provide clear structured updates to technical teams business stakeholders and executives.
- Support root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
- Coordinate multiple technology vendors and managed service providers.
- Monitor vendor performance and escalate technical or service issues when required.
- Develop Low-Level Designs (LLDs) implementation plans risk registers and technical documentation.
- Support network standards governance service assurance and operational reporting.
Requirements
What Were Looking For
- 5 years experience in Network Security Engineering ideally within large enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Enterprise WAN / SD-WAN
- Firewalls
- VPNs
- NAC
- Network segmentation
- Security monitoring and logging
- Enterprise routing & switching
- Cloud connectivity
- Proven experience supporting or leading P1/critical incidents.
- Experience working with multiple vendors and managed service providers.
- Strong understanding of incident management service assurance and operational governance.
- Ability to provide technical direction and remain composed during high-pressure incidents.
- Strong stakeholder communication and vendor-management skills.
- Experience producing LLDs network/security standards change plans and risk documentation.
Qualifications
- Matric Tertiary Qualification
- Cisco CCNP Enterprise
- Cisco CCNP Security
- CompTIA Security
Required Skills:
LLDS Enterprise WAN/SD-WAN Firewalls VPN
Required Education:
Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Finance or related discipline
