Network Engineer

Network Engineer
Mauritius, Hybrid
September 1, 2026
Full - Fixed Term Contract
Urgent
Application ends: October 1, 2026
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Job Description

Network Engineer

Location: Mauritius (Hybrid) Contract Type: Permanent, Full‑Time Sector: HR Services, Recruitment & Selection Function: IT & Telecommunication Vacancies: 1

About SD Worx

SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll and HR services with a strong global footprint across Europe and Mauritius. Our mission is simple yet powerful: to bring people solutions to life and transform HR into a true value driver for our clients and their people.

Our solutions support the entire employee journey — from salary payments to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. If you’re ready to make an impact and help shape the future of HR technology, we’d love to meet you.

About the Role

As a Network Engineer, you will join our Network team, responsible for the operation, design, configuration, and implementation of SD Worx’s entire network infrastructure. Customer centricity is at the heart of everything we do.

You will work within a complex, multidisciplinary environment featuring Cisco switches and routers, Checkpoint firewalls, and F5 load balancers, supporting both day‑to‑day operations and strategic projects across the business.

Your Responsibilities

  • Business Alignment — Align with business and project teams on requests and new services.
  • Application Assessment — Evaluate new applications against architectural standards, policies, and regulations.
  • Design Collaboration — Align network designs with other technical engineering teams.
  • Incident RCA — Perform Root Cause Analysis of major incidents with senior engineers.
  • Level 3 Support — Resolve complex network issues and provide advanced operational support.
  • Change Preparation — Prepare network changes for CAB approval and deployment.
  • Change Deployment — Deploy approved network changes.
  • Documentation — Document solutions and ensure knowledge transfer within the team.
  • Environment Optimisation — Continuously optimise the current network environment.
  • Project Support — Maintain and support projects, including data centre initiatives.
  • Advanced Feature Design — Design and develop advanced features in a business context.
  • Technical Leadership — Lead new designs/features within the network team, fostering collaboration.

Our Expectations

Customer Centricity

  • Proactively identify new developments and translate them into improved methods, processes, and services.
  • Challenge existing expertise and introduce new knowledge to the team and value chain.

Agility

  • Support a diverse portfolio of internal and external clients with complex needs.
  • Deliver long‑term customer satisfaction, especially when challenges arise.
  • Share expertise across teams, cultures, and languages.

Networking & Influence

  • Build productive networks within and outside SD Worx.
  • Act as a trusted expert, coach, and mediator for complex topics.
  • Inspire open knowledge sharing across the organisation.

Your Profile

  • 5–10 years of experience, including at least 5 years in multinational enterprise networks.
  • Deep knowledge of routing and switching.
  • Expertise in WAN/LAN/Wireless LAN/MPLS/Cisco L3/ISE.
  • Strong understanding of Static, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP protocols.
  • Experience with F5 load balancers.
  • Cloud network experience (Azure, Google, Amazon).
  • Knowledge of VMware NSX (data centre projects).
  • Firewall expertise (ASA, Palo Alto Panorama).
  • Understanding of automation, IaC, and scripting (PowerShell, C#, Ansible, Nomad).
  • Excellent incident management and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience implementing change requests and leading new design/feature rollouts.
  • High integrity, transparency, and compliance with policies and regulations.
  • Ability to deliver high‑quality, fast, cost‑effective results.
  • Willingness to implement changes outside business hours and participate in 24/7 on‑call duty.
  • Excellent communication skills in English.
  • Strong teaching and mentoring skills for junior and intermediate team members.

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary based on experience and achievements.
  • Dynamic working environment with flexible hours and hybrid working.
  • Individual development plan and professional training opportunities.
  • Clear career growth pathways — deepen your expertise or broaden your knowledge.
  • Workation: Work from any SD Worx location in Europe for up to 4 weeks per year.
  • Strong team spirit: team‑building events, sports tournaments, employee evenings.
  • A culture of collaboration — moving from better to best, together.
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion across all backgrounds and identities.