Network Engineers at Salt South Africa

Overview

• Our client is seeking highly skilled Senior Network Engineers to join their onsite infrastructure support and engineering environment. The successful consultants will provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support across enterprise networking environments while supplementing the existing permanent support team.
• This role will primarily focus on resolving 1st line support escalations, while also contributing to strategic networking projects, including network design, implementation, automation, security, troubleshooting, optimisation, and ongoing management of local and wide-area networks, including Cisco ACI environments.
• This is a hands-on engineering role suited to professionals with deep Cisco Data Centre expertise and strong operational support capability within complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide onsite Tier 2 and Tier 3 network support during business hours
• Support and resolve escalated 1st line networking incidents and service requests
• Participate in infrastructure and network transformation projects
• Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise network solutions
• Support Cisco ACI environments and related Data Centre technologies
• Assist with network troubleshooting, optimisation, monitoring, and performance tuning
• Contribute to network security, governance, and operational best practices
• Develop and maintain technical standards, operational guides, and support documentation
• Work closely with internal infrastructure teams, vendors, and stakeholders
• Support network automation, orchestration, and virtualisation initiatives
• Assist with WAN/LAN management and Data Centre networking operations

Minimum Requirements

• Active Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert certification – CCIE Data Centre
• Minimum 5 years of practical enterprise networking experience
• Strong hands-on experience supporting Cisco Data Centre technologies

Proven experience with:

• Cisco ACI
• Network Virtualisation
• Network Automation and Orchestration
• Data Centre Security

Minimum 5 years of practical working knowledge in:

• Cisco Prime
• Cisco DNA Centre (DNAC)
• Cisco Nexus Dashboard
• Experience in enterprise LAN/WAN environments
• Strong troubleshooting and incident resolution capability
• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure operational support environment
• Excellent documentation and communication skills

Advantageous Skills

• Cisco Wireless certification
• Experience with scripting and network automation tools
• Exposure to enterprise monitoring and observability platforms
• Experience within large-scale enterprise or regulated environments

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong operational discipline and ownership mindset
• Ability to balance support responsibilities with project delivery