Current jobs related to Network Architect - Redhill, Surrey - Tiger Resourcing Group

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to join our team at Tiger Resourcing Group. As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for the management and operation of client-side networks, providing network design consultancy and operational support to all areas of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day network operations, including incident and service request management.
• Resolve or escalate incidents and service requests within Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Manage network change communications and procedures within the change control framework.
• Monitor and report on network health using management tools, including Solarwinds Network Performance Manager.
• Perform daily network health checks, identify, and rectify potential issues in a timely manner.
• Install and commission network infrastructure platforms, including switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Provide expertise in development, design, and deployment of WiFi and mobile (3G/4G) communications solutions to Enterprise and customer engineering projects.
• Administer network protocols and technologies, including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IPSEC, PVST, LCP.
• Create and maintain accurate, clear, and comprehensive network documentation.
• Assist in recommending new network equipment to meet project requirements.
• Work closely with other areas of the business to provide appropriate solutions and specialist support/advice for projects and variation orders as required.
• Take responsibility for customer project deliverables.
• Mentor and assist with the development of less experienced team members.
• Provide 3rd line support, including out-of-hours support in critical incidents, and participate in on-call support.
• Perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
• Ensure application availability, performance, scalability, and security throughout their networks by using traffic management, delivery, and acceleration techniques in conjunction with WAN optimisation, caching, and quality of service methods.

Qualifications and Experience:

Desirable:

• Current Cisco Certified Network Professional qualification or a recognised equivalent.
• Current full driving license and own car for travelling to and from data centres and their sites.
• Foundation in ITIL.
• University degree in a numerate subject (e.g. Computer Science, maths, or engineering).

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive and proven commercial experience in designing, installing, commissioning, and supporting large, complex, multisite voice and data LAN and WAN network solutions based predominantly on Cisco products.
• An in-depth understanding of network infrastructure design and best practice principles, including routing and switching concepts and technologies, advanced IP addressing, dynamic routing protocols.
• MPLS, Secure and resilient routing solutions, Unified communications, Load balancing and traffic management, Quality of Service (QOS), Wireless and Mobile communications.
• Experience of implementing and supporting remote access and legacy dial-up technologies.
• An in-depth understanding of end-to-end secure network concepts, technologies, and protocols, including Access control, Next generation Web application and Stateful firewalls technologies, Intrusion prevention, Encryption (IPSEC, SSL, PKI), Security event information management systems, Proxies services.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem diagnosis skills developed from experience.
• Experience of FCOE solutions.
• Experience of Storage Area Network implementation.
• An understanding of the principles of Datacentre Management.
• Unix/Linux knowledge.

Platform Technology Exposure:

Essential:

• Cisco Branch and Edge Routers.
• Cisco Datacentre SAN fabric and Campus LAN Switches including Nexus 57K.
• Cisco Adaptive security and IDP appliances.
• F5 Local and Global load balancers.
• Cisco ASA & Juniper (JUNOS) SRX Firewalls.
• Web Application or Next generation firewalls (Barracuda, Palo Alto, or similar).
• Ethernet, MPLS, DSL, Leased lines, ISDN.
• DHCP, Dynamic DNS/BIND, SNMPv3, ACS, Radius/TACACS.
• Fibre networks deployment (DWDM) and standards.
• CiscoWorks LMS, Solarwinds Orion (or similar), Netflow collection and analysis. Probes, packet sniffers, cable analysers.

Desirable:

• Cisco ACI.