Cisco Network Engineer

Description:

Cisco Network Engineer
Up to £52,600 per annum
Fully remote based role

Working for a global technology company we are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to look after the companies technical estate, ensuring that networks and firewalls are maintained and provisioned to support the business.

PLEASE NOTE

Due to the volume we will receive on this role please do not call to follow up on your application. You will receive confirmation your CV has been received and we will be in touch within 7 days if you are shortlisted.

Accountabilities within this role:

As the Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for all the networking infrastructure of both on prem and cloud network components
Your main day to day activities will be to assist the Network Team lead in day-to-day upkeep / project and cloud network migrations of the network services
You will also be working with a network engineer and helping to upskill them and to take design lead / technical delivery according to the plans
A vital key to this role is the constant review of the firewall policy's and to review the overall infrastructure and to make sure there are no potential risks / vulnerabilities which are not fully documented / evidenced / recorded.
As the Senior Network Engineer you will be responsible for all internal networks and external networks so a good knowledge and understanding of MPLS / VPN's is key the same as HA firewall solutions and network segregation leveraging strict VLAN's and network zoning
From a monitoring perspective we use SolarWinds and PRTG but will be moving towards Zabbix as the overall solution going forward
Network monitoring services are in place on all devices
Regular backups of switches / routers and firewalls are in place
Regular patching of network equipment is maintained / in place and CAB process followed.
Multi datacentre networking and multi-site networking globally

Skills and experience required:

Good knowledge of PowerShell
Good general knowledge of network protocols such as TCP / UDP port mappings and vlan's
Good understanding of the following technologies but not limited to just them - Cisco switches / Cisco routers / Cisco firewalls / Radware load balancers / Fortinet firewalls / OSPF/ MPLS
Exposure to Citrix NetScaler an advantage
VPN setup on both Cisco ASA / Fortinet firewalls
Understanding of core IT Concepts
Problem resolution and root cause analysis
Have a good understanding of ITIL practices
Solarwinds exposure an advantage
AWS / Azure / VMWare certifications or extensive experience beneficial
Help desk ticket interaction
Change process experience required
Solid Cisco Router / switch and Firewall knowledge essential
Fortinet Firewall knowledge an advantage
Radware NLB knowledge an advantage
Good background in Citrix NetScaler technology would be ideal