At Avanti Communications, we’re transforming connectivity with multi-orbit satellite technology – bringing reliable, high-speed communications to the world’s most remote and underserved communities.
With a culture driven by our ‘Be More’ philosophy, we invest in our people, champion innovation, and empower talent across the globe. We’re proud to be recognised as a Best Place to Work in 2024.
The Role
We’re looking for a highly skilled and proactive Hub Engineer to join our Engineering team in South Africa. This role is critical to owning and evolving Avanti’s IP-to-RF hub infrastructure, ensuring it meets both current demands and future scalability needs.
As a Hub Engineer, you’ll serve as a product owner for critical infrastructure across our satellite gateways—designing robust systems, leading engineering improvements, resolving complex issues, and supporting 24/7 operations through an on-call rota.
If you have a strong technical foundation in satellite communications, IP networking, and systems integration—and you’re passionate about building resilient, high-performance platforms—this is your opportunity to thrive in a role with real impact.
Key Accountabilities
- Own the entire lifecycle of hub infrastructure – from design and deployment to optimisation and refresh.
- Provide advanced engineering support for service design, delivery, and operational readiness.
- Evaluate, select, and integrate new hub technologies to drive scalability and cost-effectiveness.
- Identify and implement improvements to resilience, performance, and customer experience.
- Act as a senior escalation point and lead root cause analysis (RCA) on complex issues.
- Collaborate with internal teams and partners to deliver end-to-end customer solutions.
- Define and maintain engineering standards, documentation, and best practices.
- Ensure smooth transitions of new services into operations with effective knowledge sharing.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers to support team growth and capability.
Skills & Qualifications
Essential: –
- Proven experience managing the design and lifecycle of communications infrastructure.
- Deep knowledge of satellite communications, VSAT hub platforms (including Newtec Dialog), and RF systems.
- Strong IP networking and diagnostic skills, including packet analysis (e.g., Wireshark).
- Comfortable managing configurations, applying updates, and executing change control.
- Ability to troubleshoot multi-tiered systems and virtualised environments.
- Skilled in adopting and mastering new technologies, becoming a subject matter expert.
- Excellent communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers.
Desirable: –
- Degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience with Linux server administration (CentOS, RHEL, Debian).
- Scripting (Bash, Python) for automation or incident response.
- Familiarity with clustering, failover, replication, and high availability.
- Knowledge of tools like Grafana, iPERF, DataMiner.
- CCNA or equivalent certification.
This role includes participation in an On-Call rota to support 24/7 operations and emergency maintenance.
What’s In It for You?
- Matching pension contributions up to 4.5%
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- 25 holiday days + 1 CEO Birthday Gift day
- Flexi Time and hybrid working
- E-learning and study support
- Employee wellness programs
- Team events, recognition schemes, and more
Ready to help shape the backbone of global satellite connectivity?
Apply now and Be More with Avanti.
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