Network Engineer

The Takealot Group, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Network Engineer to join our team.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!

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This position reports to the Engineering Manager

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Design, install, and rebuild networking infrastructure, configuring LAN, WAN, Wireless, and Security hardware and services in accordance with standards and project or operational requirements.
• Lead network installation, support, and maintenance using Cisco and Huawei technology.
• Configure, manage, and support Fortinet firewalls, including policy management, VPNs, and security hardening.
• Design, deploy, and maintain SD‑WAN solutions, ensuring optimal routing, redundancy, and performance across sites.
• Apply strong working knowledge of networking protocols and functions (e.g. BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, STP, QoS) to design and troubleshoot complex network environments.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures, standards, and documentation.
• Contribute to and continuously improve networking standards and best practices.
• Research and recommend innovative approaches and emerging technologies for network services.
• Identify approaches that leverage existing resources and provide economies of scale.
• Perform daily network monitoring, verifying the availability of all hardware, networking resources, and key processes, and reviewing logs proactively.
• Provide senior‑level support and act as an escalation point for complex issues raised by various functional areas. Investigate and troubleshoot advanced network problems.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior network engineers.
• Coordinate and manage vendor tasks, deliverables, and relationships.
• Travel to offices and warehousing locations as required.
• Have a valid driver's license and your own reliable transport.
• Be contactable after hours and able to respond to critical incidents outside normal working hours.

The skills we need:

• Solutions‑oriented, can‑do attitude and high energy.
• Demonstrates a passion for optimal systems and simple procedures.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to make informed decisions.
• Ability to disaggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems.
• Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people.
• Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally.
• Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing.

Qualifications &

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a Network Engineering related field and a minimum of 5 years of network engineering experience in a software/technology environment is required.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a bachelor’s degree or an advanced diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a Network Engineering related field), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 8 years of network engineering experience in a software/technology environment.
• At least a CCNP certification is required.
• At least 5 years experience in a senior or lead network engineering role.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Cisco and Huawei networking equipment (switches, routers, wireless).
• Solid experience configuring and troubleshooting Fortinet firewalls (2FA, MFA).
• Practical experience designing and implementing SD‑WAN solutions.
• Strong understanding of core networking protocols and functions (routing, switching, security, QoS).
• Excellent understanding of TCP/IP and network communications.
• Excellent understanding of LAN, WAN, QOS and Routing Protocols.
• Excellent understanding of Wireless networking.
• Has experience with Network Monitoring Tools and…