Job Description

We are partnering with a mission-driven organization and one of South Africa's leading multi-disciplinary healthcare providers. Renowned for its commitment to clinical excellence and patient-centric care, our client operates a vast national network of facilities. This is a unique opportunity to join a team where technology directly supports and enables life-saving services.
Profile for Success
The ideal candidate will have a history of achieving similar objectives. We are looking for demonstrated evidence of:

• Architecting and delivering a multi-year network technology roadmap for a large, complex enterprise environment.
• A proven track record of leading the end-to-end process of technology evaluation, vendor negotiation, and proof-of-concept projects for solutions like SD-WAN or cloud-native networking.
• Experience establishing technical governance, creating architectural standards, and acting as a senior mentor to engineering teams.
• In-depth, hands-on experience designing and implementing network security architecture, including multi-vendor firewall environments (Fortinet preferred) and segmentation strategies.
• Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree (NQF Level 7) in a relevant field like Computer Science or Information Systems.
• 10+ years of experience designing and managing enterprise-wide LANs, WANs, WLANs, and virtual networks.
• At least one of the following certifications: CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, CCDE, CCNP Enterprise, CCNA, CMSS, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700).

Skills Required