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Network Design Engineer

Employer
Sopra Steria Ltd
Location
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Salary
Market Rates
Closing date
17 Jul 2019

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Clearance Level
DV, SC
Sector
Information Technology
Job Type
Permanent

Network Design Engineer 

Salary: Up to £60,000 plus 5% flexible benefit fund

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire 

 

Role overview

This is a great opportunity to provide hands-on technical leadership, in the development, operation and ongoing improvement of complex services for one of Sopra Steria’s prestigious Defence customers. You will be tasked to ensure that high level analysis and design work for new initiatives is carried out in order to estimate resource requirements, decide on feasibility and produce high level costs. 

Key responsibilities 

  • Work with delivery teams and partners to break technical requirements down into appropriate pieces, and to identify key API requirements for integration with internal and external systems.

  • Ensure that new and updated platforms, products and transactions are thoroughly tested for performance, are able to handle specified load, and can be maintained over the long-term.

  • Advise on, technically lead and implement delivery projects, providing guidance and mentoring in technical delivery and software architecture but also continuing on as an embedded DA resource within the project team or service.

  • Ensure the service offer thoroughly considers customers’ needs and a broad range of available methods to meet this, including new technology where relevant

  • Review, challenge and adjust performance levels to ensure quality outcomes are delivered on time, rewarding success

Essential skills 

  • Good knowledge of core Cisco Networking technologies covering switching, routing, Unified Communications

  • Knowledge of Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems

  • Firewall Configuration and Management

  • IT Security Solutions (Policy Based, Physical, Environment Hardening & Software) & Provisioning and Implementation)

  • Security monitoring platforms such as SEIM

  • Endpoint Management (Device Control, Data Protection, Application Control etc.)

  • Microsoft Exchange

  • Microsoft Infrastructure covering Windows Server 2012 / 2016 administration, Active Directory design , SCCM / SCOM deployment

  • Linux based OS Administration

  • Experience of new WAN technologies such as Ectocrypt blue and Nexus switches.

  • ACI, NSX 

Desirable skills

  • Currently holding full Government DV Clearance 

Security clearance

Applicants must be eligible for Government DV Clearance 

About us

Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end to end service offerings in the market: Consulting, Systems Integration, Software Development and Business Process Services. Sopra Steria is trusted by leading private and public organisations to deliver successful transformation programmes that address their most complex and critical business challenges. 

Sopra Steria has been a key provider of specialist systems and services to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for over 30 years. Independence, broad capability and knowledgeable people with a reputation for operational and commercial flexibility have secured our position as one of the MOD’s top ten ICT suppliers 

Sopra Steria is committed to establishing and maintaining a working environment which is free from discrimination and which values all employees as individuals. All employees and prospective employees are selected, recruited, trained and promoted solely on the basis of their skills and behaviour.

 

Find out more

Visit the Sopra Steria website and Sopra Steria LinkedIn company page.

 

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