Network Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated Network Engineer to join a thriving team in the leisure, travel and tourism industry. The successful candidate will be expected to ensure the smooth and efficient running of network operations in the bustling city of Plymouth. The ideal engineer will have a deep understanding of SDWAN, CISCO Environment and checkpoint firewalls.

Client Details

Our client is a well-established player in the leisure, travel and tourism industry, boasting a sizeable team of dedicated professionals. Located in Plymouth, they pride themselves on their commitment to providing the highest quality of service to their customers.

Description

• Monitoring network performance and ensuring system availability and reliability.
• Configuring and installing various network devices and services.
• Troubleshooting network problems and outages.
• Scheduling updates and upgrades.
• Collaborating with network architects on network optimisation.
• Securing network systems by establishing and enforcing policies.
• Reporting network operational status by gathering and prioritising information.
• Supporting and administering firewall environments in line with IT security policy.

Profile

A successful Network Engineer should have:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Proven hands-on Network Engineering experience, most importantly CISCO SDWAN (Viptela)
• Deep understanding of networking protocols.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools.
• Hybrid working, 3 days on site, 2 days from home - Expected to travel to Europe occasionally.

Tech Stack:

• Understanding of network infrastructures: communication protocols, LAN, VLAN, WLAN, Satellite (VSAT), WI-FI, WAN / MPLS, fixed and mobile telephony (France) + MDM, GSM and embedded PABX, CISCO network equipment, monitoring software tools (Nagios, Centreon or others).
• Knowledge of languages used to set up networks: IEEE communication protocols, models (ISO, etc.), network security standards.
• Working knowledge of Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Checkpoint and Fortinet equipment.
• Security knowledge of Firewall (Checkpoint, Fortinet), proxy (Trend Iwsva), Anti spam (Trend Imsva, Checkpoint), Trend DDA and DDI, Waf (Netscaler), Anti virus (Officescan), WSUS, Active Directory, Radius.
• Knowledge of NAC (Network Access Control)
• Knowledge of cloud security (AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, O365)

Job Offer

• A competitive annual salary (negotiable based on experience)
• A positive and inclusive company culture.
• The opportunity to work in the exciting leisure, travel and tourism industry across UK & Europe.
• Additional benefits to be discussed.

If you are a Network Engineer looking for an exciting new challenge near Plymouth, please do not hesitate to apply today.