Network Engineer - Aws at Vodacom

The AWS Network Engineer will be responsible for leading a variety of engineering activities including the design, deployment and support of cloud networking solutions. . In this role you will combine your skills of routing & switching with emerging AWS networking technologies and use automation and scripting to deliver AWS services to our growing cloud centric customer base.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Plan, implement and document solutions in a complex network environment in support of new and existing cloud technology architectures.
• Automate and monitor various cloud services.
• Work with Development and Operations teams to automate solutions and integrate with other services/products/solutions.
• To develop state of the art solutions which are technically sound.
• Define, implement and document operational processes and procedures, with periodic review for efficiency and improvement
• Support complex projects from inception to completion.
• Work collaboratively with customers and technology teams to ensure high quality of solution delivery.
• Encourage best practice and knowledge sharing with partners and cross-functional groups
• Provide recommendations as they pertain to improvements in support/development initiatives and facilitate implementation with partners and cross-functional groups within the Business.
• Participate in high level technical solution definition and design during the implementation phase with the goal of providing reliable, stable and operationally sound applications that meet the Business requirements.
• Ability to understand and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Provide level 2 and level 3 support to internal staff and top customer.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation supporting systems to meet SLAs.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification.
• Minimum of 5 years networking experience of which 2 years in a complex routing and switching environment and at least 1 year with a Service Provider.
• Minimum Cisco CCNP certification.
• Advanced experience with internet routing protocols and concepts: TCP/IP, VPN, MPLS, ISIS and/or OSPF, BGP.
• Experience with network operating systems such as Cisco IOS-XR
• Understanding of AWS networks and experience implementing best practices
• Knowledge of AWS technologies (Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, Virtual Private Cloud and Direct Connect).
• Proficient in Linux administration
• Certifications in system administration, system architecture, virtualization or cloud technologies.
• Experience with VMware products
• Knowledge of cloud networking architecture, cloud operations, security, automation and orchestration.
• Excellent teamwork, time-management and organizational skills.
• Perform other duties as deemed necessary and assigned by management
• Strong interpersonal skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent documentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of IP/Telecommunications/ICT Industry
• Understanding of Hosted solutions, virtual and physical
• Understanding of Security technologies
• Understanding of NFV (Network Function Virtualization) and the MANO architectural framework.
• Understanding of SDN (Software Defined Networking) technology and the architecture.