Senior Networking Engineer

Senior Networking Specialist required for ongoing 6 month contract,

Role requires an experienced Engineer with exceptional technical deployment and troubleshooting skills covering a wide range of technologies.

Strong understanding of network security and associated technologies and be able to demonstrate a logical and methodical approach to design, implementation and troubleshooting.

Role provides

• Provide expert level support to multiple sites and acts as an internal point of escalation for all support related incidents
• Troubleshooting and diagnosis of all network and security related incidents
• Change management and risk assessment for all managed service clients
• Implementation of changes across all managed service clients
• Aid with project engineering as and when required
• Input into policy and procedures and ensure documentation is kept up to date and to a high standard
• Vendor escalation and case management
• Assisting the Technical Services Manager with creation of major incident reports, service reports and root cause analysis
• Performing regular maintenance and patching of managed service clients network and security systems
• Identifying and suggesting service improvements
• Mentoring other members of the team
• Participating in the on-call rota

Requirements

• Extensive experience in a similar role or field based / consulting role
• CCNP Certification would be desirable
• Driving License is essential for the role as the role may involve travel
• Experience of troubleshooting complex enterprise networks and associated technologies
• Knowledge of Wide Area Networking technologies and associated routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF and BGP is essential to this role
• Experience of using tools such as Wireshark and other troubleshooting tools is essential to this role
• Experience of administering and troubleshooting the following technologies and platforms is essential o Cisco ISR and ASR Routers (2900/4000/1000ASR) o Cisco ASA Firewalls and Cisco FirePOWER / Threat Defence o Cisco Nexus Switching (9K) and Catalyst (3850/3650/2960X/4500X) and associated technologies such as VTP, STP, VSS
• Experience of administering and troubleshooting the following would be beneficial but not essential o Cisco Wireless Technologies Including Meraki and Cisco Controller Based products o Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) o Palo Alto Firewalls

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