Network Technician (Fibre and Wireless) – Permanent

You'll keep servers, networks and cloud services up and secure for an university IT department in Prospecton. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Prospecton. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Review security logs and investigate suspicious sign-ins
• Monitor servers, links and firewalls and act on alerts
• Troubleshoot load-shedding related outages and UPS failures
• Run and test backups, and do regular restore drills
• Apply monthly patches to servers and network devices
• Handle access requests and keep records that support POPIA compliance
• Build and maintain virtual machines on Hyper-V, VMware or Azure

• Clear change management and documentation habits
• At least 3 years in systems, network or cloud administration
• Degree or diploma in IT, plus relevant certifications
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python
• Strong Windows Server, Active Directory and Microsoft 365 skills, or Linux for Linux posts
• Willing to do standby and after-hours maintenance

• Experience with SIEM tools such as Microsoft Sentinel or Wazuh
• CCNA, Fortinet NSE or MikroTik certification

• Medical aid and provident fund
• Funded certification path
• Standby allowance and overtime for maintenance windows

• Include your certification verification links, since many employers check them before the interview.
• Be ready to talk through an outage you fixed, step by step; it's a common interview question.