Matthew Bezuidenhout Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, WC, ZA

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Seasoned Senior Network Engineer with a proven track record in leading technical initiatives and driving successful outcomes. Recognized for expertise in designing and implementing complex wireless infrastructures, ensuring seamless connectivity and optimal performance for clients.Possessing in-depth knowledge of Cisco networking technologies, including.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Technical Lead for Client Wireless Infrastructure (Design, Configuration, Optimization and Troubleshooting).
• Design Wireless deployments and additions using Ekahau tools, as well as onsite investigations.
• Configuration of routers and switches for new deployments, and daily operation requirements, within the Cisco portfolio including Catalyst, Viptela SD-WAN, Nexus products.
• Complete BAU requests for client within the general networking space.
• Provide reporting and fault analysis using Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and other tools/monitoring services.
• Perform proactive investigations to locate and mitigate faults (bugs) before they become business impacting.

Durban Metropolitan Area

• Technical Lead for KZN Professional Services Network Team.
• Provide general networking services for multiple clients, in the Retail, Medical and Manufacturing Industries, including Large Distribution Center's, Hospitals and Factories.
• Operate on a multitude of vendor equipment, mainly Cisco, Meraki, and HPE Aruba switching and wireless products.
• Perform annual maintenance of client networks, providing discovered risk and resolutions.
• Perform wireless surveys for large warehouses, to maintain clear communications for mobile reach trucks and scanners.
• Troubleshooting of general networking issues, both onsite and remote, and in some situations traveling large distances to resolve faults.

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Operate networks for multiple ISP's in the United Kingdom and South Africa this included:
• Investigating level 3 escalations of faults.
• Reviewing the design and capabilities of ISP networks, locating bottlenecks, and poor performing network segments.
• Completing network design and maintenance, usually using products from HPE, Netonix, Cambium, Ubiquiti, Siae Microelettronica and Mikrotik.
• Training other members of the team on wireless and networking.

Nelspruit Area, South Africa

• Managed internal company IT systems, acting as a system administrator.Designed and aided in the large scale IT projects for clients, with a key focus on large networking infrastructure, and surveillance systems.
• Design, Implemented, Operate and Troubleshoot for multiple customers in the Mining, Manufacturing, Farming, Mills and Retail Industries, as well as Higher Education and Universities

White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Installation and configuration of computer hardware, networking hardware, operating systems and applications.Troubleshooting computer and networking problems.Provide help-desk support face to face, over a phone and or using remote support applications, to resolve issues.Installation and Troubleshooting of backbone infrastructure, this included enterprise.

Nelspruit Area, South Africa

• A 2 month internship where I learnt the core principles of technical support including:
• PC sales and markups
• Purchasing from suppliers
• Quotations and invoices
• Computer Hardware
• Troubleshooting