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