Technical Engineer (Networks) 

About Us:
We are the tech company with people at heart.

At Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. As one of Microsoft's leading partners in the UK, specialising in Azure, Security, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, we have a proven track record of success in delivering transformational IT services.

Position Overview:
We are looking for a Technical Engineer to join our team in Cape Town. This role would suit an experienced support engineer, or engineer with networking experience, that can work across a range of technologies. 

Responsibilities:
Some of the day-to-day activities in this role include:

• Working with internal and external stakeholders to resolve network and security tasks
• Taking ownership and performing prompt and effective incident investigation applying sound problem-solving methods to determine scope, urgency, and potential impact across a wide range of IT systems
• Assisting with scoping and design tasks 
• Creating, updating & maintaining and review client network documentation
• Managing of risk and downtime during maintenance windows

Qualifications & Experience:

For this role, the right candidate will have experience of:

• CNA (Routing & Switching) | CCNP
• Fortinet Certified Associate (FCA) or higher
• VOIP - Teams Voice

• Firewalls: Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper, Cisco Meraki
• Switching: Cisco, Cisco Meraki
• Wireless: Cisco Meraki
• Routing: OSPF, BGP, VPN, SSL VPN
• Cloud: Azure Express Route, Azure NSG
• WAN/LAN Networking: MPLS, TCP/IP, DNS, SNMP, VPN

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The budgeted salary for this role is between 40,000 and 55,000 ZAR monthly, depending on experience. 

Hybrid working:

This hybrid role, with a remote-first emphasis, necessitates being in the office or at a client site for 4 days each month. Each team within our organisation can decide how to implement this policy. If you have any questions after applying, please reach out to our recruitment team.

Our Selection Process:

We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Please do let us know if you’ll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form.

As part of our commitment to our clients we will need to carry out background checks, including a criminal record check, for all offers of employment. If you have any unspent criminal convictions or questions about the screening process, please notify your recruiter once the application has been submitted.