# Graduate: Network Operations Engineer

Job Description PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Graduate Network Operations Engineer is an entry-level technical role within the NAPAfrica Internet Exchange team. The successful candidate will support the operation of Africa's largest Internet Exchange Point and associated interconnection services, ensuring an exceptional customer experience through timely technical support, monitoring and incident management. This role provides an excellent opportunity for graduates to develop expertise in Internet infrastructure, routing technologies, cloud connectivity and data centre networking. The role includes participation in a shift roster, including evenings, weekends and public holidays, to support the 24x7 operational requirements of the platforms under the NAPAfrica team. This role offers structured technical mentoring and exposure to some of Africa's largest Internet infrastructure platforms, including Internet Exchange operations, cloud interconnection, carrier networks and hyperscale connectivity. Successful candidates will have opportunities to develop towards Network Engineer and Internet Infrastructure Engineer roles. MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB Perform first-line technical support for NAP

- **Id**: 3627969
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/teraco-graduate-network-operations-engineer>
- **Role**: Networking
- **Role family**: Networking
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-21T12:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T11:38:13Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 108
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3059
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Information Technology, Real Estate, Data Centers & Colocation

## Company

- **Id**: 57366
- **Name**: Teraco
- **Domain**: teraco.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/teraco>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: MCI DirectHire

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 67
- **Open postings**: 20
- **Ghost share**: 0.55
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **MPLS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 107

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T20:15:38Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.228
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 107
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, ghost, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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