We are currently looking for a senior RF engineer to support the business in achieving its strategic objectives.

Job description

The senior RF engineer is the most senior role in the networking wireless engineers job family. Their primary responsibility is to ensure the provision of a service to clients ensuring that their IT RF infrastructure and systems remain operational through proactively identifying, investigating and resolving technical incidents and problems and to restore service to clients by managing incidents to resolution. Their objective is to ensure zero missed service level agreement conditions. The Network Engineer / Senior RF Engineer focuses on ensuring all lines of support for complex incidents through the effective management and leadership of a team of field engineers. 

Minimum requirements:

• Cisco L1 TO L3 experience
• Routing
• Switching
• Fall arrest
• Wireless technology
• Advantage: health and safety, wireless technology, Ruckus knowledge, Cisco Meraki, Auroba, License and unlicensed spectrum, Mikrotik knowledge
• Engineering background with CCNA/CCNP/Wireless
• Personal attributes and skills required
• Skills and knowledge
• Demonstrate solution and service knowledge
• Possess sound knowledge of communications infrastructure and systems
• Demonstrate problem analysis and solution formulation skills
• Demonstrate service orientation
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrate proactive management
• Possess extensive knowledge and experience in Network Management including configuration and implementation
• Possess strong general knowledge of networking, IT systems, security, servers and firewalls
• Possess leadership skills
• Attributes
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt to change and to think innovatively
• Display good verbal and written communication ability
• Demonstrate the ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders
• Possess good planning and time management ability
• Demonstrate the ability to cope under pressure
• Passionate about enterprise-level IT solutions with a limitless willingness to learn
• Demonstrate attention to detail

Qualifications:

• At least 10 years’ relevant experience
• At least six years’ experience as a senior within the technology industry
• CCIP/CCNP qualification

If you are ready to take your career to the next level, then this may be the right opportunity for you!

Reference number for this position is LV38819-2017 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a salary of R650,000 to R700,000 per annum cost to company negotiable on experience.

The time for change is now! e-Merge IT recruitment are specialist niche recruiters with a wide range of positions available. We offer researched positions with top companies to strong technical candidates. Email Liza on

az.oc.egrem-e@azil

or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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If you haven’t heard from e-Merge IT within two weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful for this position. 

Posted on 02 Jun 17:06