Network & Infrastructure Engineer (City of London)

Network / Infrastructure Engineer

4 days a week in the office in London

We are working with an Investment Manager in London who are seeking an experienced Infrastructure and Network Engineer .

The role will focus on maintaining the firm’s current hybrid cloud, network, Internet and server connectivity infrastructure, and the Palo Alto firewall estate for a demanding business environment. The individual will deal with various issues, including On-Prem/Cloud Infrastructure, networking problems, and routine scheduled network infrastructure upgrades. The candidate must be hands-on and have experience working with Azure, Juniper, PaloAlto systems, M365 and Windows Server. IaC concepts, with scripting know-how using PowerShell and Terraform to automate deployments and tasks.

You would be expected to:

• Maintain and monitor a highly available and complex hybrid cloud and network infrastructure
• Perform daily system and network monitoring
• Repair and recover from hardware and software failures across the entire infrastructure stack
• Identify issues proactively and suggest solutions
• Provide some end-user support including VIP support
• Manage switch and firewall software and update deployments
• Do occasional out-of-hours and weekend work
• Have strong interpersonal skills
• Be eager to learn and have attention to detail
• Produce and maintain documentation

Have a technical understanding of:

• The design and implementation of network solutions and improving the efficiency of current networks
• Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including, firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers and WiFi access points.
• Experience of Juniper/Cisco network switches and PaloAlto firewalls.
• Supporting Windows Services such as certificate services, AD, DNS, NTP, GPOs and DHCP
• Procuring network equipment and managing subcontractors involved with network maintenance and installation
• Configuring firewalls, routing and switching, to maximise network efficiency and security
• Maximising network performance through ongoing monitoring and troubleshooting
• Maintaining a schedule of updates to the latest firmware releases
• Investigating faults in a network
• Reporting network status to key stakeholders
• Azure cloud computing concepts and design
• Supporting all M365-related services, both backend and front end.
• Knowledge of Terraform and Powershell
• Azure AD/Entra ID and related services like Conditional Access.

Nice to have

• Endpoint management, SCCM, Intune, Defender
• Application deployment/patching