Job vacancy - Network Engineer

Position: Network Engineer
Reference: acsEneen
Location: Crawley
Salary: £48,000 - £50,000 per annum
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Job Title: Network Engineer

Our client is seeking a Network Engineer who has exceptional technical expertise and customer service skills, to take initiative and should be capable of working in a demanding, fast-paced environment. As a senior member of their IT Infrastructure team, the Network Engineer is expected to independently install, deploy and upgrade network equipment; design and implement network optimization projects; support business teams on joint-initiatives as a technical advisor or resource.

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in major network initiatives, detailed network designs and deployments as well as coordinating technical issues with clients, vendors, and internal teams.
  • Design, installation, maintenance and monitoring of network systems including switches, routers, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and switch and firewall-based policies.
  • Responsible for expert-level troubleshooting of any problems relating to global networking issues.
  • Adhere to IT access-management incident response and change control procedures (ITIL).
  • Develop IT infrastructure project plan, technical specifications, design documents, roll-out and test plans.
  • Contribute to IT policies and process development using industry best practices.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years IT experience with on-going skills development
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Willingness to travel.
  • Vendor management; communicating with vendors globally.
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills. Ability to rapidly identify and resolve issues under pressure
  • CCNP certification preferred
  • Strong experience with networking and routing protocols such as, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, VxLAN, HSRP, Vlan, EtherChannel's, FCoE, fiber channel, PoE, wireless protocols.
  • Experience in (SD)WAN/LAN networking including routing, switching, security, load balancing (Citrix)
  • Working knowledge of Enterprise Datacenter environment
  • Recent knowledge of Cisco network equipment required, NAC, Cisco ISE, BYoD, Wireless controllers, Cisco Prime, UCS, Nexus 5K switches, Catalyst series, div Router series.

ACS are recruiting for a Network Engineer. If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Network Engineer, please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Network Engineer. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Network Engineer with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Network Engineer role you desire.