Team Lead, Network & Voice

• Fosters a positive team culture, encourages professional growth, and promotes collaboration
• Collaborates with the team to design and architect network solutions, including LAN, WAN, data centre, and cloud networks
• Ensures that network designs align with business requirements and industry best practices
• Provides technical guidance and oversight to team members during the design, configuration, and implementation of network solutions
• Reviews and approves network designs and configurations
• Oversees the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of network devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers
• Leads network-related projects, establishes project plans, allocates resources, and ensures that projects are completed on time and within scope
• Leads efforts to optimise network performance by analysing traffic patterns, implementing QoS measures, and making configuration adjustments
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including systems administrators, security teams, application developers, and business stakeholders
• Communicates effectively to ensure smooth project execution and knowledge sharing
• Establishes and enforces technical standards, best practices, and governance processes for network engineering
• Ensures compliance with industry regulations and security policies
• Fosters skill development, encourages continuous learning, and promotes a culture of innovation
• Manages relationships with network equipment vendors, service providers, and technology partners
• Evaluates vendor offerings and negotiates contracts
• Ensures that network solutions meet security requirements by implementing effective security measures, access controls, and monitoring systems
• Plans network capacity and scalability to accommodate business growth and evolving needs

• Solid expertise in networking concepts, protocols, architectures, and services
• Proficiency in configuring and managing complex network devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers
• Knowledge of advanced network protocols and technologies such as BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPNs, QoS, and security protocols
• Good documentation and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Project management, resource allocation, and budget management abilities
• Good problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve complex network issues
• Developing people management capabilities with a focus on collaboration and fostering innovation
• Ability to manage and lead technical teams
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Solid experience in network engineering, including progressive roles in design, implementation, and leadership
• Solid experience working in a networking environment
• Solid experience with network security
• Solid WAN and LAN experience
• Solid experience in wireless equipment, protocols, standards, and wireless LAN design
• Relevant experience leading and managing a networking (or similar) engineering team

Solid familiarity with cloud networking (AWS, Azure, etc.) and network automation concepts is a plus