Senior Network Operations Engineer

2 weeks ago

Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, United Kingdom OpticoreIT Full time £60,000 - £90,000 per year

*Opticore IT
are currently searching for
Senior
Network Operations Engineers
to join a well-established
Network Operations Team*
supporting one of the UK's largest hospitality businesses, with nearly 1,000 sites across the country. Key role in maintaining and evolving a large-scale, multi-technology Aruba network estate across wireless, wired, and SD-WAN environments.

This is an initial 6 month contract opportunity Inside IR35 with the prospect of extension. You will be required to be on site 3 days a week in Dunstable area.

Opticore IT
is a specialist
Network Engineer and Project Management
consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.

What you'll be doing:

  • Act as a senior member of the Network Operations team, providing expert support across Aruba Wireless, Wired, and SD-WAN (SilverPeak) technologies.
  • Troubleshooting, configuration, and optimisation of network services across corporate, retail, and data centre environments.
  • Support and maintain Aruba Central, ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM), and Aruba Orchestrator platforms.
  • Ensure network performance, resilience, and security are maintained in line with operational standards and SLAs.
  • Collaborate with architecture and project teams to support deployments, upgrades, and migrations.
  • Assist in capacity planning, performance analysis, and documentation of network topology and configurations.
  • Provide escalation support to junior engineers and help develop team technical capability.
  • Contribute to the support and maintenance of data centre POPs in Manchester and London, with no regular travel required.

What you'll bring:

  • Strong technical knowledge of Aruba Networks solutions (Wired, Wireless, and SD-WAN/SilverPeak).
  • Proficiency with Aruba Central, ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM), and Aruba Orchestrator.
  • Solid understanding of LAN/WAN technologies, routing, switching, and network security principles
  • Hands-on experience with large enterprise network environments.
  • Comfortable supporting data centre infrastructure and remote POPs.

Diversity:
At
Opticore IT
we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.

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