Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Location: Merthyr – 4 days on-site

Salary: £44,000 - £53,000 +12.5% Bonus

A defense and security corporation are recruiting a Network Engineer on a permanent basis. They are a world-leader in the integration of cutting-edge defence and security systems, delivering decisive advantage to military, government and civil customers worldwide.

What you will be doing

Responsible for the Analysis, Design and Build of Local Networks – LAN (including Cisco switch technology), Wide Area Networks, Security appliances, Wireless networking, telephony, firewalls and routers, including the planning of the implementation of these devices within an IT project framework.

Support and Maintain of the devices and software including monitoring, patching and maintenance to ensure continual security accreditation and compliance of the network estate.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes changes to the network, working under a strict change control process.
• Collaborates with the Network Architects on network optimization and efficiency.
• Coordinates and plays an advisory role in IT network development or implementation projects.
• Configuration of routing, switching and security devices in line with GDUK network policies, procedures and designs.
• Resolve complex problems and develop complex network solutions.
• Generates and presents ideas for improvements to management teams and other team members.
• Analyse, detect, identify and correct network fault investigations and deficiencies in the network (wide and local environments) working to pre-defined SLA’s.
• Provide remote trouble shooting, fault finding and support to all sites in GDUK as required.
• Determines installation parameters for software and hardware, for smooth integration, transition and efficiency of the network.
• Service request completion. Including updating and communicating customers.
• Undertake Patching, hot fixes and Maintenance of the network to ensure Security accreditation and compliance.
• Ensure hardware and software inventories are current and correct in the inventory application.
• Process and procedure creation and documentation.
• Monitor and collect data on system performance, including capacity management, making recommendations for investment when the network capacity thresholds are breached.
• Contribute to the design, implementation of new technologies.
• Ability to research errors using online resources.
• Self-maintain technical skill sets.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and maintenance of the disaster recovery plan for IT related applications and systems.
• Seeks to identify areas of improvements to the network to meet evolving users and customer requirements, challenges.
• Available for afterhours support (with prior agreement in line with support rota and arrangements) to ensure availability, integrity and introduction of new and existing services.

Experience

Technical knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

• MPLS/OSPF routing
• Border gateway protocol
• Wireless networking and protocols
• TCP/IP routing protocols
• ISCSI networking
• Cisco technologies
• Network + certification support skills
• Messaging/VOIP and Voice Technologies
• Analytical skills, to help analyze business requirements and relate them to appropriate IT infrastructure components and processes
• Firewalls (Cisco, Palo Alto)
• ITIL and IT processes
• Information risk concepts and principles
• Cabling standards
• Collaborative technologies (Skype for business)