Infrastructure Network Engineer

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, datacentre, 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 datacentres.

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