Job Description

Business Unit:

Discovery Central Services

Function:

Information Technology

Date:

8 Aug 2025
Discovery - Technology Services

Network Specialist

About Discovery

Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Key Purpose

To manage and Support Network staff and deliver input to the overall Network strategy

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Vendor Contract Management Set SLA's with 3rd Party Line vendors Set staff KPIs and Peer reviews Report on Network Capacities within the BAU footprint Manage Operational Team Documentation Asset Management Skill Gap analysis Drive Automation back to NetDevOPS Ensure BAU Compliance against Technical Base Standards Automation and IAC (Infrastructure as cloud)

Technical skills

All Popular Routing Protocols Advance IP Subnetting IPV4 Cisco L2 and L3 Switches Configuration of Predefined Configs on all Cisco Hardware IPSEC Cisco ISE Skills QoS Troubleshooting Interrogate Wireshark Traces and identify packet issues Troubleshooting WIFI Issues Solid communication Skills F5 Configuration Network Monitoring like SolarWinds, Cisco Prime and NetFlow Tools Hardening of Network Devices and Cisco Software Cisco ACI Build and Maintain Project Management Task Management

Education and Experience

CCNP or Above Matric ITIL Experience or Above Certs 10 Years Working for a large Corporate People Management AWS advanced networking certification Terraform certification People Management Project management experience Advanced Devops experience, Bitbucket, Python, Jenkins etc. Basic network solution architecture

Employment Equity

The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY



The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.