Work-Force
Looking for your next move as a Network Administrator in Cradock? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Eastern Cape.
About This Position
The organisation is investing in its Cradock operation, and this Network Administrator position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the it jobs function and contribute to the wider Eastern Cape business.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the it jobs group in Cradock.
What Your Day Looks Like
Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you’ve shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.
On top of that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Crucially, the Cradock office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
Why This Role
Equally, the company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in it jobs from your base in Cradock. Many colleagues across Eastern Cape have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.
Practically speaking, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Cradock keep progressing.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Cradock teams.
Your Workplace
Practically speaking, the environment is hybrid-friendly where the role allows, with collaborative tooling, modern source-control workflows and a strong emphasis on shared ownership of code and incidents.
Importantly, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Cradock site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
- Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
- Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
- Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
Essential Criteria
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to mentor junior team members on best practices
- Understanding of secure development principles aligned with POPIA
- Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
- Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.