3 of 3 Permanent Cisco IOS Jobs in the Thames Valley

network patching practices. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Manage the firmware/software lifecycle for routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless controllers across multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto, F5, Fortinet). Assess vendor advisories (Cisco PSIRT, Juniper JSA, Palo Alto Security Advisories) and map CVEs to required … runbooks including pre-check scripts, upgrade procedures, rollback steps, and post-validation checks. Automate network patch workflows using Ansible, Netmiko, NAPALM, or vendor APIs (Cisco NSO/DNA Centre). Lead maintenance window planning: impact analysis, rollback testing, stakeholder communication, and CAB submission. Oversee configuration backup integrity (RANCID/ ...

Management tools, F5 Load Balancers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Palo Alto Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls, and other network related technologies* In-depth knowledge of Cisco IOS, NXOS, PANOS, STP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VXLAN, access-lists* Experience with Datacenter virtualization technologies.* Experience with cloud (Azure or AWS) network …/infrastructure technologies.* Experience with Cisco and similar VOIP telephony infrastructure.* Possess a thorough understanding of 802.11 wireless principles.* Strong ability to troubleshoot end-user device connectivity at a firewall level.* Knowledge of 802.1X and SAML/SSO implementation strategies.* You should possess excellent communication and client service skills ...

solutions consulting, designing large-scale AI, Cloud Data Center in Hyperscale networking environments. 15+ years of industry experience applying technical expertise with JunOS, EOS, IOS and hyperscale network architecture frameworks. JNCIE or equivalent certification. Deep hands-on expertise with hyperscale routing, MPLS traffic engineering, switching, SDN overlays (EVPN/… automation and monitoring (Apstra, Paragon, NETCONF/REST APIs, YANG), and Familiarity with major networking silicon, hardware platforms and related software (e.g., Juniper, Arista, Cisco, SONiC, Cumulus etc.) SME in Virtualization technologies on x86 and scaling using technologies such DPDK, SR-IOV, SmartNICs etc. Proven success in complex ...