Internship: Network Engineer at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Key responsibilities:

Under supervision, the Intern will be required to:

• Develop and maintain an in-depth and working knowledge of broadband networking technologies, standards, policies and market trends.
• Develop and maintain network scripts with respect to network monitoring.
• Take a supporting role in planning and design project to grow the reach and/or capacity of the SANReN network on a national level.
• Take a supporting role in the functional requirement development and evaluation of large-scale SANReN network engineering-related tender spanning multiple network regions.
• Take responsibility for the quality assurance of the technical solutions and associated documentation for network engineering efforts is his/her domain of responsibility.
• Contribute to the network engineering body of knowledge by participating in relevant conferences, symposiums, etc.
• Configure networking equipment for client deployments.
• Travel throughout South Africa to roll out or maintain networking equipment and infrastructure. 

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electronic engineering or related engineering field; 
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or JNCIA-Junos or equivalent would be advantageous;
• Coursework in computer programming
• Coursework in Computer Networks
• Demonstrated interest in scripting languages (bash, Perl, Python, for example)
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Driver's Licence