Network Engineer - Remote- Contract

NETWORK ENGINEER - REMOTE- CONTRACT

Leading Managed Services Provider in the Private, Public and Defence Sector looking for a Network Engineer to work on a new, large program and support the delivery of a complex IDS/IPS network solution. We are looking for a Network Engineer to work on delivery opportunities taking place within the secure Defence and National Security sector. Your role will involve providing understanding the project technical requirements, documenting network design and configuration details, hands on implementation/configuration work, supporting the test phases, troubleshooting technical issues, supporting live implementations, and ensuring a successful handover to service for all changes.

**A national security clearance is required for this role but candidates not holding this level of clearance might be considered**

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Remote working with occasional visits to Basingstoke

Mandatory Skills (Candidate must have all):

Good knowledge (2-3yrs+) of networking layer2 and layer3, IP protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and of IPSEC tunnels and able to troubleshoot them, and of Datacentre LAN topologies and solutions.

Experienced in producing low level designs including network diagrams and configuration build documentation.

Required to have a core focus and experience of Juniper based solutions, appetite to adopt other vendor platforms both hardware and software (Cisco, Gigamon, Firepower, etc).

Experience of firewall configuration, policy definition and fault finding.

Some experience of IDS/IPS/packet inspection devices, technologies and solutions.

Knowledge and experience of physical and virtual network devices and appliances.

Juniper JNCIA, or Cisco CCNA or equivalent experience.

Excellent communications skills with multiple stakeholders, able to take ownership and responsibility and make quick decisions.

Please apply via this ad in the first instance or send a CV with covering note or contact me on 07587743762 or Balla@projectpeople.com

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