Network Engineer

Network Engineer – UK CIO

Programme Name: UK CIO

Location: Whiteley Hampshire or Glasgow; with flexibility to work from home depending on business demands.

Salary: £41,300 – £53,000

We are in search of a Network Engineer to join Leidos UK within the CIO Team, based in Whiteley, UK.

• Maintaining network infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Monitor network performance and proactively resolve issues.
• Take ownership of vulnerability management for all network devices.
• Deliver day‑to‑day network operations service in line with agreed policies, processes and procedures.
• Implement changes to the network environment.
• Part of a team responsible for engineering of SD‑WAN, WLAN, LAN, NAC, IPAM and other Network Services (e.g. Splunk, PRTG).
• Configure, manage and troubleshoot Palo Alto Firewalls and Authentication services.
• Provide network support for UK‑wide projects working closely with multiple teams.

• Hands on experience in configuring and troubleshooting VPC, VDC, BGP, EIGRP, VRF and other key mainstream protocols.
• Hands on experience in deploying, configuring and troubleshooting Palo Alto firewalls.
• Thorough and demonstrable understanding of Cisco Enterprise LAN and Data Centre environments, 3rd line support level including deployment, administration and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of WAN connectivity and routing protocols and experience with the implementation, configuration and management of virtual and physical networking solutions.
• Experience focusing on secure accredited environments, including security boundaries and rulesets.
• Experience planning changes and communicating plans with project management and wider team (e.g., consolidating networks, changing IP addressing schemes).
• Hands on experience in troubleshooting Layer 2/3 switching, routing and IPSEC tunnels.
• Excellent communication skills, organisational skills and autonomous working.
• Ability to tackle complex problems and incidents often with limited detail.
• Experience working under pressure to meet deadlines while handling multiple priorities.
• Keen interest in investigating and proposing new products and solutions and staying current through training opportunities.
• Ability and desire to help less experienced colleagues learn and develop.

• Hands on experience deploying and troubleshooting SDWAN.
• Hands on experience with SDDC, NSX, VXLAN and virtual firewalls.
• Experience working in global companies and ensuring global standards and requirements are met.
• Understanding of load balancers and global server load balancing.
• Experience or desire to learn automation techniques for network tasks.
• Understanding/experience of Network Access Controls.
• Understanding/experience of TACACS authentication.
• Understanding of wireless networking.
• Experience in ITIL ICT service delivery on critical infrastructure.
• Understanding of MFA and PKI.

• Clearance to StartBPSS
• Clearance for Role SC

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to flexible benefits (life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy/sell holidays, cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi‑Time Working

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.