Network Engineer

Role Title: Network Engineer

Duration: 6 Months

Location: 2/3 days in Knutsford

Rate: £580 - Umbrella only

Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation?

Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.

Mandatory Skills

• Proven detailed experience in designing mid to large-scale network solutions
• Capable of bringing together expert knowledge from across the organization and consolidating into a cohesive end-to-end solution
• Experience in participating in virtual teams in a complex network environment
• In Depth knowledge of routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Experience in Software Defined Network implementation
• Handling Cisco products like Routers, switches, Firewalls
• Hands-on experience in Cisco ACI, Nexus platforms, firepower/ASA
• Hands-on experience with F5 BIGIP load balancers, virtualization platform VMware/AWS.
• Fortinet Juniper, Checkpoint and Cisco ASA firewalls

Preferred certifications:

• Cisco - CCIE/CCNP (R&S/security) certified
• FortiGate - FCNSA
• F5 - CTS-LTM, CTS-GTM
• Python, Ansible, shell scripting
• Change management
• ITIL process awareness - change, incident, and problem management

Roles & Responsibilities:

• To work for the Connectivity Delivery Center to ensure efficient delivery of the projects in Core Networks area.
• Solutions Engineer is responsible for ensuring that any designs produced are in line with the current network architecture and infrastructure strategy documentation and are fit for purpose.
• Be responsible for end-to-end delivery of the Project tasks.
• Compliance to regulatory and mandatory policies
• Audit findings and Issue Assurances are fully addressed Key Accountabilities
• Working with designers, Project Service Architects and Architecture, Governance & Standards for input and to understand and influence changes in architectures policies and strategy.
• Candidate will work with the client internal stakeholders and with external vendors to achieve his project objectives.
• Timely update and whenever necessary timely escalation of issues to right stakeholders.
• Accurate estimation of workload and timelines for delivery. Decision-making and Problem Solving
• Candidate should have excellent analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!