Inclusive Tech Recruitment
Preston, Lancashire
26/06/2024
Full time
Senior Network Engineer - Preston/remote - circa £65,000 plus package I have an exciting opportunity for a global organisation who are currently looking for a Senior Network Engineer based near Preston. The role is hybrid (3 days on-site, 2 days from home). In this role, you will be a key member of the Infrastructure team, ensuring the network infrastructure is secure, robust, resilient and compliant to PCI standards. Responsibilities: Ownership and leadership of technical resolution for Networking issues and modernisation initiatives. Adherence to company standards for change control, network security and network patterns. Lead the Network team during disaster recovery and business continuity operations. Define operational procedures and provide necessary documentation and diagrams. Lead and support network delivery requirements for Service Improvement, technical debt remediation and modernisation roadmap initiatives. Design and lead internal projects and deliveries aligned with the network roadmap. Support the architecture teams in developing the network roadmap. Identify new technologies and services to transform the network service. Work with Project Managers and IT Service Managers to ensure project delivery meets the estate requirements. Responsible for completing tasks, focusing on requirements and client needs which you will help to identify, advise and recommend technical solutions based on experience and industry knowledge. Support the implementation of strategy and policy issues by involvement in change and/or advice to other technical areas and make recommendations to improve procedures and working practices. Improve knowledge of the systems processes and technologies, infrastructure and service development processes, both current and emerging technology. Experience required: Expert knowledge of network administration on Cisco routing, switching and Cisco ASA Firewalls A good working knowledge of Checkpoint Firewalls Expert in multiple Cisco routing, switching and security technologies with a strong background in Cisco ASA and Cisco Nexus A good understanding of the business areas and application/service components used and an appreciation of applications from both a technical and business perspective Knowledge of MPLS, Software Defined Networks and WAN's (SDWAN, Zero Trust Network, SASE) Knowledge of Border Gateway Protocol Experience of Cisco CCIE, Cisco CCNP - Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP - Security,Cisco ASA Firewalls Desirable Knowledge of Cisco UCS Networking or Nutanix Hyperconverged environments An understanding of and extensive experience with Solarwinds and similar network monitoring & configuration tools such as Auvik Experience or knowledge of working with cloud virtual networks and gateways such as those found in Azure and AWS. CheckPoint CCSA Senior Network Engineer - Preston/remote - circa £65,000 plus package