Networking Platform and Observability Engineer (L2)
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Experience Required:
5years
Posted:
13 October 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
10 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As a Networking Managed Services Engineer (L2) youll take on a developing engineering role where your main goal is to ensure our clients IT infrastructure and systems remain operational.
Requirements:
- Adhere to IT security measures.
- Working knowledge of Ansible and Python is essential.
- Proven working knowledge of utilizing monitoring tooling to troubleshoot and recognise event/incident patterns.
- Understanding of Cisco and Aruba switching technologies.
- Understanding of enterprise wi-fi technologies (at least one of the following is essential Cisco Aruba Meraki).
- Understand firewalls and other network tools.
- Provide monitoring and related system documentation and diagrams.
- Implement or participate in change management procedures for monitoring system architecture changes.
- Document network areas to develop network monitoring system diagrams.
- Ensure monitoring systems are secure and operational.
- Understanding of SD-WAN technologies Fortigate Cisco Meraki.
- Identify and investigate risk and vulnerability issues relating to monitoring platforms deployed.
- Assist in developing and maintaining standards and procedures (such as naming conventions).
- Participate in security investigations and audits.
- Review client network policies and recommend monitoring platform changes to match requirements.
- Proven experience with deploying network monitoring systems.
- Basic understanding of security principles and design.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Familiarity with Linux environment and shell scripting.
- Prepare monthly work status reports and update technology-specific documents.
- Assist in designing and implementing network monitoring infrastructure.
- Basic Cisco device management skills.
- Understanding of installing configuring and troubleshooting networking equipment methodology.
- Understanding of Layer-2 switching VLANs and access lists.
- Basic understanding of routing protocols: OSPF EIGRP (advantageous).
- Understanding of OSI Model TCP/IP protocol suite.
- Understanding of IP addressing and subnetting routing concepts.
- Understanding of switch configuration and VLAN setup.
- Understanding of the implementation of SNMP on devices for network management.
- Perform troubleshooting between sites and on- net.
- Understanding of enterprise-level network design and implementations.
Advantageous Skills:
- Understanding of CISO and Fortinet SDWAN.
- Knowledge of incident management systems.
- Experience within Managed Services environments and teams.
- Familiarity with ticketing tools (Service Now 4Me/Xurrent).
Qualifications:
- Diploma degree or relevant qualification in IT/Computing (or equivalent work experience).
- NETSCOUT Enterprise nGeniusONE Core or Similar is a requirement
- Proven working knowledge of enterprise monitoring tools (NetScout LogicMonitor Prometheus Grafana) Essential
- Proven experience in producing monthly networking status and statistics reporting Essential
- Proven experience in utilizing network monitoring tools for governance asset tracking and management - Essential
- CCNA Enterprise - Essential
- CCNP Enterprise - Advantageous.
- Cisco DevNet Associate - Essential
- FortiNet NSE4 or Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (ENSDWI) - Advantageous
- ITILv4 or relevant ITIL certification (Foundation Level)
- Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) - Advantageous
- Certified Wireless Network Expert (CWNE) CWNA or CWNP Advantageous
Required Skills:
CCNA Ansible Python Fortinet SD Wan