Business Unit: Discovery Central Services
Function: Information Technology
Date: 8 Aug 2025
Discovery – Technology Services
Network Specialist
About Discovery
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
Key Purpose
To manage and Support Network staff and deliver input to the overall Network strategy
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
- Vendor Contract Management
- Set SLA's with 3rd Party Line vendors
- Set staff KPIs and Peer reviews
- Report on Network Capacities within the BAU footprint
- Manage Operational Team
- Documentation
- Asset Management
- Skill Gap analysis
- Drive Automation back to NetDevOPS
- Ensure BAU Compliance against Technical Base Standards
- Automation and IAC (Infrastructure as cloud)
Technical skills
- All Popular Routing Protocols
- Advance IP Subnetting IPV4
- Cisco L2 and L3 Switches
- Configuration of Predefined Configs on all Cisco Hardware
- IPSEC
- Cisco ISE Skills
- QoS Troubleshooting
- Interrogate Wireshark Traces and identify packet issues
- Troubleshooting WIFI Issues
- Solid communication Skills
- F5 Configuration
- Network Monitoring like SolarWinds, Cisco Prime and NetFlow Tools
- Hardening of Network Devices and Cisco Software
- Cisco ACI Build and Maintain
- Project Management
- Task Management
Education and Experience
- CCNP or Above
- Matric
- ITIL
- Experience or Above Certs
- 10 Years Working for a large Corporate
- People Management
- AWS advanced networking certification
- Terraform certification
- People Management
- Project management experience
- Advanced Devops experience, Bitbucket, Python, Jenkins etc.
- Basic network solution architecture
Employment Equity
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.