Junior Network Engineer

Octotel

Job Information

  • Date Opened 05/06/2026
  • Job Type Full time
  • Industry Network Infrastructure
  • Work Experience 3 years
  • Education Level Grade 12 or equivalent
  • City Cape Town
  • Province Western Cape
  • Country South Africa
  • Postal Code 7405

Join the Ramp Group – Where Innovation, Growth & Fun Collide!

At Ramp Group, we’re the powerhouse behind two of South Africa’s top-rated brands: RSAWEB & Octotel.

More than just a shared services company, we’re known for our amazing culture, where people feel valued, empowered, and inspired every day.

What Drives Us?

  • Openness & Honesty – Transparency and trust ensure everyone has a voice.
  • Learning & Growing – Advance professionally while rubbing shoulders with industry leaders.
  • Innovation at Our Core – We thrive on cutting-edge tech, fresh ideas, and creative thinking.
  • Employee Wellness Matters – We invest in initiatives that support both personal and professional well-being.
  • We Make It Fun! – Hard work pays off, and we celebrate our wins together.

A Growing Business with Agile Roots Despite being rated among the top industry, we've kept our entrepreneurial spirit which ensures we are agile and able to move fast! Long-Term Careers, Not Just Jobs Our strong values, dynamic culture, and continuous growth mean people love working here—and they stay! Join Ramp Group and build a career in a company that truly values you!

Where will the successful candidate fit in?

We are looking for a dynamic Network engineer to manage and maintain our access, GPON and metro network. Someone who is not scared to get stuck in, get innovative all whilst being super-attentive to details.

Your primary focus will be the expansion/deployment and maintenance of our ever-growing GPON and access network. We need someone who can proactively problem solve and oversee the activities involved in quality resolution of complex technical issues, responding with an appropriate sense of urgency to problems escalated to Network Engineer’s level.

Whilst this is a standard Monday to Friday, 8 to 5 job, we pride ourselves on exemplary customer service and will need you to provide support on a rotational shift basis in order to achieve this. One of the many things that sets us apart is the service level that our clients have come to expect, appreciate, and love.

What will you get out of working for us?

Probably more than we could put on paper. We provide an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on technical and personal skills in a fast-paced environment. We encourage you to think on your feet and challenge yourself daily to reach new heights.

Job Duties

  • Rollout access network according to predefined standard
  • Maintain existing access networks
  • Rollout and maintain GPON network
  • Implementing monitoring systems to track the network
  • Proactively action and address items which might affect network performance
  • Help design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability networks
  • Action tickets or faults highlighted by NOC or customers
  • And any other reasonable task

Requirements

  • Mikrotik MTCNA or higher Certificate Valid [obtained in the last 2-4 years]
  • 3+ year experience working with Mikrotik Routers
  • 3+ years working in ISP/network based environments or similar type network
  • Good knowledge of Mikrotik products and capabilities
  • Experience and knowledge of IP addressing and subnetting (IPv4 &IPv6)
  • Experience and knowledge in basic routing and switching (Static Routing, Dynamic Routing, VLANs, Switching Technologies)
  • Experience and knowledge consumer connectivity protocols (DHCP and PPPoE)
  • Experience and knowledge of Hotspot and VPN, NAT technologies
  • Experience and knowledge of Radius (AAA)
  • Experience and knowledge of monitoring systems (Zabbix, IRIS)
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving ability
  • Valid driver license and own transport
  • Self motivated and driven, ability to work alone and within a team

Benefits

  • Company contribution to Medical Aid
  • Retirement Annuity contribution
  • Discounted Internet Connectivity
  • Free Barista prepared coffee, breakfasts and snacks.
  • Employee Wellness Programme (Lyra). Providing free 24/7/365 counselling for you and your family in your household, as well as other health and wellbeing resources, provided by registered professionals.
  • Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards
  • Lastly, a work environment that rivals the very best!

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

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