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Lerato Radebe

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Network Specialist at Clover SA, defining enterprise wireless architecture and leading a national access-point deployment.

South Africa
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At Clover SA, I’m the technical owner for enterprise network infrastructure across South Africa and cross-border operations in Eswatini, Botswana, and Namibia. I defined the controller-based wireless architecture and standards, and lead a phased national access-point deployment using a repeatable site methodology developed with the engineering team.

I led the network workstream for relocating primary and secondary data centres to off-site facilities, and built a prioritised replacement roadmap based on lifecycle, operational, and security risks. I also created a validated network knowledge base covering the estate.

At BCX, I led technical delivery on a R120-million unified communications account across 22 national sites and contributed to securing a five-year renewal. My experience also includes supporting Standard Bank’s national branch and head-office network, carrier-environment support at Vodacom Business, and 24/7 managed-services operations at Dimension Data.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Network Support Engineer

Vodacom Business

Dec 2016 - Mar 2019 (2 years 3 months)

Supported enterprise customers across the African continent in a carrier environment, including Multichoice and Shoprite, focusing on WAN, routing, and managed connectivity.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Mercer Inter-Ed logoMI

Mercer Inter-Ed

Azure Administrator Associate, Cloud computing

2024 - 2024

Grade: Pass

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, earned in September 2024 by proctored examination. Covers implementing, managing and monitoring an Azure environment: identities and governance (Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, policy), storage, compute (virtual machines, containers, app services), virtual networking, and monitoring, backup and recovery.

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Mercer Inter-Ed

Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty, Cloud computing

2024 - 2024

Grade: Pass

Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty, earned in September 2024 by proctored examination. Covers planning, deploying and managing virtual desktop environments on Azure: host pools and session hosts, user profiles (FSLogix), identity and access, networking and connectivity, security, monitoring, and application delivery.

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Mercer Inter-Ed

Azure Network Engineer Associate, Cloud computing

2024 - 2024

Grade: Pass

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate, earned in September 2024 by proctored examination. Covers designing, implementing and managing Azure networking: virtual networks and IP addressing, hybrid connectivity (site-to-site VPN, ExpressRoute), routing, load balancing and application delivery, network security (firewalls, NSGs, DDoS protection).

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Mercer Inter-Ed

Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Cloud computing

2024 - 2024

Grade: Pass

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, earned in September 2024 by proctored examination. Expert-level certification covering the design of cloud and hybrid solutions on Azure: identity, governance and monitoring, data storage, business continuity and disaster recovery (backup and recovery), and infrastructure (compute, networking, migration).

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AndChange

ProSci Change Practitioner, Change Management

2023 - 2023

Grade: Pass

Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, issued in September 2023 after completing the Prosci change management programme (delivered by and Change). Covers the Prosci methodology and the ADKAR model (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement), the three-phase change process (prepare, manage, sustain), sponsor and stakeholder engagement, communication planning.

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Cisco

DevNet Specialist, Enterprise Automation and Programmability, Enterprise Network Automation

2022 - 2022

Grade: Pass

Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist, Enterprise Automation and Programmability, earned in January 2022 by proctored examination. Covers automating enterprise networks with code: Python scripting, REST APIs, NETCONF and RESTCONF, YANG data models, Ansible, Git version control, and programmability of Cisco controller platforms such as DNA Center and SD-WAN.

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Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Professional , Enterprise networking

2022 - 2022

Grade: Pass

Cisco Certified Network Professional, Enterprise (CCNP Enterprise), earned in August 2022 by proctored examination. Professional-level certification covering enterprise network architecture and design, advanced routing and switching (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), enterprise wireless (WLC architecture, RF, roaming), network virtualisation, security, assurance, and automation.

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Cisco

Specialist, Data Center Core, Enterprise Network Automation

2021 - 2021

Grade: Pass

Activities and societies: Computer Networking.

Cisco Certified Specialist, Data Center Core, earned in September 2021 by proctored examination (the DCCOR core exam). Covers data centre network design and operation: Cisco Nexus switching, VXLAN and fabric technologies, ACI, compute and storage networking, automation, and data centre security.

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Cisco

DevNet Associate, Enterprise Network Automation

2021 - 2021

Grade: Pass

Cisco Certified DevNet Associate (now renamed CCNA Automation), earned in July 2021 by proctored examination. Covers software development and design fundamentals, working with APIs (REST), Cisco platforms and their programmability, application deployment and security, infrastructure and network automation, and network fundamentals. It was my entry point into network automation

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Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Professional , Telephony networking

2016 - 2016

Grade: Pass

Cisco Certified Network Professional, Collaboration (CCNP Collaboration), earned in August 2016 by proctored examination. Professional-level certification covering the design, deployment and troubleshooting of enterprise unified communications: call control (Cisco Unified Communications Manager), IP telephony, voice gateways, QoS, video and collaboration applications.

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Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Associate , Computer Networking

2010 - 2010

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), earned in 2010 by proctored examination. Covers network fundamentals, IP addressing and subnetting, routing and switching (VLANs, OSPF, inter-VLAN routing), network access and security basics, and IP services.

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