Role: Cisco ACI Engineer
Location: JHB, Hybrid
Are you a hands-on Network Engineer with Cisco ACI expertise who’s ready to step up into a leadership role — or an experienced Team Lead seeking a more dynamic, end-to-end challenge?
We’re looking for a versatile Network Engineer / Team Lead to take ownership of a complex enterprise and data centre network environment. You’ll lead a talented team of 5 network engineers and 3 interns, oversee daily operations, and drive forward key ACI-focused initiatives across the business.
This role blends technical depth, team leadership, and architectural thinking — ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, mentoring others, and shaping the evolution of a modern, scalable network infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and mentor a team of network professionals to ensure smooth, high-performing network operations.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents across LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, firewalls, load balancers, and data centre infrastructure.
- Own Cisco ACI environments: manage APIC, spine/leaf nodes, and tenant policy configurations.
- Conduct root cause analysis of recurring network issues and implement preventive measures.
- Support and manage configuration changes, patching, and upgrades across all network platforms.
- Design and implement scalable ACI policies (tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, contracts) that meet business and security requirements.
- Lead ACI fabric expansion, migrations, and integrations (including multi-site or hybrid cloud environments).
- Contribute to broader networking projects involving routing/switching, wireless, firewalls, WAN optimization, and load balancing.
- Maintain up-to-date network documentation, standards, and diagrams.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of professional networking experience.
- 2–3 years of hands-on experience with Cisco ACI (APIC, spines, leaves, tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, and contracts).
- Strong generalist knowledge across LAN/WAN, routing/switching, firewalls (Cisco or Checkpoint), wireless, load balancers (F5), and VPN technologies.
- Solid understanding of L2/L3 protocols (VLANs, VXLAN, OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP EVPN).
- Demonstrated leadership or team management experience, ideally managing small to medium-sized teams.
- A proactive problem solver with strong communication skills and a passion for mentoring others.
Why This Role?
- Opportunity to own and shape an evolving enterprise network environment.
- Work with cutting-edge Cisco ACI technologies in a complex, high-impact setting.
- Lead a capable team and be a key influencer in technical and strategic decisions.
- Exposure to multi-site and hybrid cloud network architectures.
If you’re looking for the next step in your networking career — combining leadership, innovation, and hands-on ACI delivery — this is the ideal opportunity to make a lasting impact
