Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

    The Senior IT infrastructure Engineer will form an integral part of the Infrastructure team, managing a multitude of technologies on various platforms, such as networking, Cyber Security, Virtualization platforms, and Microsoft infrastructure This role performs the following activities in order to prevent significant reputational, financial or other loss to the client and its customers: *Networking:* Establish network specifications by consulting with end-users. Perform routine maintenance activities required by PCI DSS. Analyse workflow and security requirements and design router administration. Look at network performance issues such as availability, latency, utilization and throughput. Installing, configuring and testing equipment, establishing connections and firewalls Defining the policies and procedures of the network are also key duties in this area. Capacity planning Analyse, design, build and configure local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN), including installation of network software, firewalls and security settings for all network endpoints to support business growth. Maintain established network. (Lan and WAN) Network monitoring and performance analysis. Troubleshooting network problems and ultimately enhancing performance for users via performance tuning.  All issues that cannot be solved must be escalated and or referred vendor. Maintain an inventory of IT property and assets. Troubleshoot and identify daily LAN and WAN network issues, including at the user and user group level, to ensure minimal connectivity problems and outage. Analyse all attempted or successful network security breaches daily to determine breach cause, resolve related issues and secure network to prevent future infiltration Implement secure network access protocols and then monitor and evaluate them for issues. Network documentation including LAN, WAN and more specific types network diagrams and record keeping. Prepare users to utilize the network safely by conducting relevant training sessions and providing helpful references and easily accessible support. Keep network up to date by upgrading the network. Keep network hardware up to date by keeping firmware’s and software’s up to date. Upgrades are performed by consulting with vendors about products to determine which ones would be best to purchase or what software to install. Test, evaluate and install network enhancements to ensure that they are the best choices. Networking knowledge including being familiar with the TCP/IP v4 and v6 protocol, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP as well as the ability to crimp CAT5e and install wall boxes *Cyber Security* Development, provisioning, and successful execution of Data Leakage incident management services. Define and clearly document the business requirements & processes associated with all aspects of Cyber Security. Perform routine maintenance activities required by PCI DSS.