Description
We are IT Recruitment Specialists partnered with a prestigious Global Consultancy who required an Infrastructure Engineer- 40% hybrid Manchester, Peel Park, Newcastle for one of their public sector clients based in the UK.
- IR35: This role is inside of IR35
- Initial duration: 12 Months
- Clearance required: Must be SC cleared
Role and tasks
Minimum Requirement:
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will be a skilled Practitioner and a role model in Infrastructure solutions. Responsible for ensuring best practices are adhered to across the department and guiding teams on how to deliver quality Infrastructure products.
You will assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. With a focus on operational stability, robustness, resilience, availability and quality you will be accountable for infrastructure solutions.
Summary of the Role and key responsibilities
- Experience in designing, building, and supporting
- Enterprise Data Centre Network solutions, specifically on Cisco Nexus infrastructure.
- Successful Meraki WIFi campus designs and installations.
- 802.1x and network Segmentation technologies.
- Secure private gateway solutions to AWS, Azure, O365.
- Expert in TCP/IP routing protocols, including OSPF and BGP
- Cisco CCIE/CCNP/CCDP certification or equivalent experience/skills
- Knowledge of next-generation Firewalls/application Firewalls, specifically Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto.
- Knowledge of the F5 product suite
Overall skilled in project management methodologies and managing the implementation of complex technical solutions recognizing and managing dependencies and risks, driving through to successful implementation working to tight timescales and challenging deadlines Understanding of network security, security products, and accreditation techniques. Technical authoring of Knowledge Articles and operational working practices.
Technical Skills required
Please list in priority of order the 3 or 4 most important key criteria, this will be used by PSR for sifting
This should also include the Levels of skills you require
1. Cisco Technologies - CCNP or above
2. F5
3. Palo Alto
Knowledge and Experience required:
eg Previous experience of working for a government dept.
- Experience in network project delivery
- Experience and successful track record of the operation of products, services and techniques used to operate network services in large scale organizations
- Knowledge of the techniques of the operation for network services to support data at protective marking levels
- Experience of routing, switching and load balancing techniques
- Experience of network security products and countermeasure techniques, including Firewalls, Virtual Private Networks (VPN's), encryption and authentication techniques
- Knowledge of Cisco data-centre, SD-WAN, LAN and NAC products/technologies, including Cisco CCNP/CCDP certification or equivalent experience/skills.
- SC clearance.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.