Network Engineer - DV Cleared

Description:

Network Engineer - DV Cleared

Location: West Midlands / Gloucestershire
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 depending on experience
Working Pattern: Full-time, 4-5 days p/w in Tewkesbury, occasional site visits in the West Midlands

Clearance: Current active DV clearance is essential

We are supporting a specialist organisation delivering complex projects across highly secure government and defence environments who are looking for a Network Engineer to join the team.

You must currently hold active DV clearance to be considered for this position. Unfortunately, SC clearance, DV eligibility or previously/lapsed DV cannot be considered due to the requirements of the projects.

However, you do not need to be a Senior Network Engineer or tick every technical box below.

If you have current DV, a solid foundation in networking and the ability and willingness to develop into some of the more specialist technologies, we would be very interested in speaking with you.

What you'll be doing

This is a hands-on engineering position supporting secure customer environments. Depending on your experience, your responsibilities could include:

Installing, configuring and supporting network infrastructure
Supporting switches, routers and firewalls
Troubleshooting network and connectivity issues
Supporting network upgrades and changes
Carrying out site installations, audits and technical health checks
Preventative maintenance and fault diagnosis
Working with customer and internal technical teams to resolve issues
Producing and maintaining network and implementation documentation
Developing your knowledge across more advanced networking and data-centre technologies
Technology environment
You do not need experience across all of the following, but experience and exposure to most would be ideal:

Cisco routing and switching
Cisco Catalyst switches
VLANs, STP and general Layer 2/Layer 3 networking
BGP and OSPF
HSRP / VRRP
Firewalls / network security
Cisco Firepower / FTD
IPv4 / IPv6
QoS and multicast
NVIDIA Mellanox switches / Cumulus Linux
EVPN / VXLAN / MLAG / leaf-spine networking
Linux
VMware
Ansible / network automation

What we're looking for

The ideal candidate will have:

Current and active DV clearance – essential
Some practical networking/infrastructure engineering experience
A foundation in routing, switching, network support or network infrastructure
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Experience working in, or an understanding of, secure environments
Willingness to work across customer sites and develop technically
Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel

So, if you hold current DV and have most of the technical requirements above, we want to hear from you