Snr Network & Telecoms Engineer

Description:

Who is Amey?

We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country. Your New Role  

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Network Engineer to join our Group IT Team on a full time, permanent basis. This role offers hybrid working with occasional travel to either Liverpool, Birmingham or London.

We are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Our purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

As a permanent full-time Senior Network & Telecoms Engineer you will support Amey’s data and voice infrastructure to enable our people to realise our purpose and demonstrate our values.

As Security Clearance will be required the successful candidate must be a British Citizen and willing to apply for and successfully receive Security Clearance (SC) as well as sign the Official Secrets Act.

The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday. On call will be required and offers a generous on call allowance.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

Following operating procedures and policies of both Amey and our clients.
Assisting in the planning, implementation and optimisation of the network infrastructure.
Developing and maintaining automated monitoring and recovery of network services.
Ensuring all elements of the network are properly secured, regularly patched and tidied up.
Creating operational support and process documentation.
Working closely with colleagues in Amey Group-IT to ensure stability, security and functionality of technical solutions.
Providing mentoring support to junior members of the team.
Ensuring adherence to industry and security governance frameworks/laws.
Providing out of hours support as part of a call out rota. Profile:

We want to hear from you if you have:

One or more relevant enterprise network qualification (e.g. CCNP) or ability to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge.
Full UK Driving License.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Technical analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to work as an individual as well as part of the team.
Supporting a large secure enterprise network infrastructure including change management, availability, performance and capacity planning.
Managing mutli-vendor firewall environments.
Managing large multi-site MPLS networks