Infrastructure Network Engineer

Location: Swinton

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Infrastructure Network Engineer

LOCATION:

Manchester (Swinton)

SALARY: £50-60k Per annum, Hybrid working.

Our client , a UK based consulting company, has established an exciting new opportunity in a growing team for a Network engineer who can work within the infrastructure team. The successful candidate will ideally have solid previous experience in building and managing large multi-site Cisco and HP networks.

The role necessitates excellent understanding of complex network architecture, configuration, WAN and firewall technologies. Demonstratable experience of working within a busy and fast paced environment required.

Roles and Responsibilities

* Work with and be part of the Infrastructure team to ensure business objectives are achieved.

* Implement, manage and support the IT Infrastructure within Restore environments at an enterprise level.

* Proactively support the business and ensure hardware and software systems are patched and up to date.

* Troubleshoots and resolve network incidents and problems.

* Daily use of the company ticketing system to respond, communicate and document incidents, problems and service requests in a timely and professional manner.

* Create, update and maintain installation, implementation, maintenance and configuration documentation as needed.

* Support the wider business by ensuring system performance, uptime, customer SLA's and internal metrics are met.

* Abide by and comply with company compliance standards, policies, guidelines and or procedures.

* Support multiple environments; on-prem office, data centre, virtual environments, networks, physical and or cloud solutions as required.

* Ability to manage own time and work towards target deliverable timelines.

* Setup and manage Network Access Control across all sites.

* Participate in paid out of hours support as part of the On-call rota.

* Occasional travel required between offices and data centres.

Qualifications or Equivalent experience required

* Minimum CCNA certified with 5 years’ experience working with Cisco technologies.

* Pass background checks and attain necessary security clearance.

* Cisco Firepower and Cisco ASA configuration and management.

* Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switching configuration and management.

* Experience of routing, switching and load balancing techniques.

* Experience with at least one of the following:
Network, Firewall or Load balancer performance monitoring and troubleshooting.

* Experience working within a change management framework.

* Capable with command-line rule base creation and deployment.

* Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills.

* Ability to research and recommend solutions for technical issues.

* Must stay current in knowledge of IT technologies, solutions and best practices.

* Working experience with Azure cloud platforms.

* Excellent problem-solving skills.

* Be able to communicate complex technical details to a non-technical audience.

Desirable

Cisco Certified Specialist – Network Security Firepower.

Cisco Certified Network Professional.

Network design, implementation experience.

Experience with HP Aruba switches.

Experience with network design, implementation and automation.

Experience with IDS/IPS rule creation and deployment.

Comprehensive knowledge of Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Catalyst and Nexus IOS.

Administration of Load balancers.

Knowledge of Infrastructure and application security.

Working hours :
Monday to Friday (Hybrid working) 2-3 days office in Swinton depending on project work demands.

Salary £50-60k Per annum

25 days per year holiday