Key Job Responsibilities:

• Assist with and/or lead network projects, installations, upgrades, troubleshooting and support, including participating in region network activities.
• Assist with technical consultation in the design and development of infrastructure network systems to ensure a robust and stable environment.
• Create bill of materials, recommendations for new and/or existing network installations around the mine site.
• Liaise with 3rd party vendors as required in order to manage delivery of work per FQM standards and procedures.
• Assist in maintaining network documentation to facilitate consistency, quality of installations, systems upgrades and recovery/ repair.
• Assist in developing and implementing processes to address problem management, change management and performance monitoring, in order to support effective operational management.
• Provide relevant feedback to team and effectively communicate project status and information to stakeholders.
• Completing wireless site surveys for Point to Point links and Wireless LAN implementations, including working at heights.
• Assist with fibre optic/GPON surveys, testing, installing and terminating new fibre optic cable, whilst ensuring documentation remains current.
• Ensure tactful communication of difficult/sensitive information.
• Provide support for network infrastructure in an on-call rotation.
• Ensure adherence to and implementation of Group ICT standards and policies.

Key Job Attributes:

• Must be creative and innovative
• Ability to acknowledge and appreciate each team member’s contributions
• Ability to effectively communicate with personnel at all levels of management
• Must be self-motivated and have the ability to motivate team members
• Good analytical & troubleshooting skills
• Able to work independently and within teams to tight deadlines

Experience & Qualification:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in network systems with a technical combination of structured cabling, network design/documentation, support and monitoring
• Cisco networking skills and experience
• Ubiquiti Unifi AP and Unifi Air Fibre knowledge and experience
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting issues within an IPv4 environment
• Competence in copper cable terminations and splicing/testing of fibre optic cables, including generating the associated reports and documentation
• Administrative experience with skills to support and maintain network infrastructure and documentation aligned to FQM requirements
• N+ Certification (required)
• CCNA (required)
• FOA Certified (preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent (preferred)
• Current driving license
• Member of ICTAZ