Network Engineer

Three Network Engineers are required by are required by prestigious organisation in their Farnborough offices.

As the Network Engineers you will be accountable for the technical management of all infrastructure including firewall, switches and routers. Plan and undertake planned maintenance activities (e.g. FW/Code Upgrades) on the Network Devices and ad-hoc tasks as defined by the IT Operations Manager. Provide out-of-hours support for CDP Services via the on-call rota. Attend site out of hours as required and ensure any retrospective actions relating to emergency solutions are completed without delay. Operational support of all Network Devices and Infrastructure within the CDP Estate and for corporate IS systems as required.

What's in it for the Network Engineers?

• Working for a recognised company with an excellent reputation
• Excellent benefits package including contributory pension, Life Cover, income protection and much more
• Competitive Salary
• Working in a company who invest in their team (including certifications & subscriptions)
• Excellent Career Development opportunities
• You will be working within industry leading teams and people

Essential Skills for the Network Engineers:

• Eligible for SC clearance
• Proven and in-depth experience and knowledge with at least 2 years' experience in the Network discipline.
• CCNA or equivalent experience
• Campus and Data Centre focused Cisco devices, namely Catalyst & Nexus 5xxx switches.
• Experience in delivering Network Security technology support or project delivery, with experience in Firewalls and ideally threat and vulnerability assessment.
• Edge and Branch Cisco devices, namely Cisco ISR (IOS) & ASR routers (XE) - knowledge of OSPF, HSRP, CoPP, VRF, VLANs, ACLs, STP, VTP.
• Firewalls namely Cisco ASA 55xx-X and Juniper ScreenOS (NSRP/Failover, VPN, NAT)
• BGP routing protocol.
• Palo Alto Firewall (PanOS).
• Monitoring tools, e.g. Nagios, Solarwinds.
• Reasonable Knowledge of Virtualisation platforms (e.g. VMware), Linux, Windows.

Company
One of the UK leading partners in Intelligence and National Security, Science and Technology that works on cutting edge research projects. A global organisation primarily established in the UK and the US, currently growing in international markets. They provide a wide range of services, such as technical, scientific and engineering expertise. This particular site provides scientific research and development and applies this to the commercial world making it viable for sale.

Company Culture

Currently staffed with problem solvers and analytically minded individuals, they pride themselves on being able to think outside the box. Passionate about technology and actively self-learn outside of core working hours, they are seen as some of the best minds in the UK.

If you have the essential skills and you are a Network Engineer wanting to work for a company who invest in their technology and staff, then please apply via the link.