Network Engineer

Main Duties & Responsibilities: - Creation and maintenance of network diagrams and documentation across the group. - Regular maintenance of network asset inventory, firmware & OS versions. - Ensuring availability, Integrity of core network services to meet agreed SLA’s and KPI are achieved. - Undertaking all activities with a primary focus on risk mitigation and data security. - Carrying out day to day tasks relating to network workload on core systems and provisioning/de-provisioning including maintenance and monitoring. - Network LAN & WAN capacity and optimisation across the group. - Monitoring and management for Company’s core network and perimeter alerts related to capacity – response times - utilisation resources. - Producing regular reports, using monitoring tools, on overall Network/Firewall health and providing remediation actions and recommended improvements. - Coordinating with 3rd party providers to ensure regular security and platform upgrade cycles are maintained. - Troubleshooting complex network issues using protocol analysers and diagnostic tools. - Building a strong working relationship with colleagues within the Infrastructure Services Team and the wider IT function located at multiple sites across the group. - Planning, managing, documenting, and delivering infrastructure changes to support business and IT projects. - Following ITIL best practices for Change Management. - Enabling the effective transition of services to BAU support. - Supporting additional technologies as and when required. - Staying abreast of latest technology trends and identifying new technologies that could provide additional efficiencies and benefits. - Providing coaching and guidance to Service Desk Team members as and when required. - May be required to support a rotational on-call posture after normal working hours in response to technical support. Communication: - Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong peer relationships. - Excellent written and communication skills, with the ability to articulate clearly and concisely under pressure. - Ability to communicate technical information effectively and clearly to a non-technical audience as well as a technically minded group. - Ability to communicate clearly in larger team functions such as Change Management meetings to enable timely review of information being presented. Working relationships: - Reporting to the Senior Network Engineer (Team Lead). - Ability to establish and maintain a good team relationship for example mentoring junior members of the team. - Ability to build strong relationships across the extended IT team and key business areas. Disposition & Attitude: - Ability to successfully manage the prioritisation of issues and projects. - Focused on attention to detail, with a desire to see things through to completion. - Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining composure. - Ability to work independently with a clear focus on ownership and accountability. - Highly motivated, driven and results focused, able to embrace change at fast pace. Skills & Knowledge: Essential Desirable - Accredited - Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and proven experience working with: - Cisco Nexus 9000 core datacentre switches. - Checkpoint Firewall Administration. - Meraki MS250/MS350 switches/stacks. - Meraki Cloud Portal Switch/WAP mgmt. Firmware updates etc. - Wi-fi – Meraki (e.g. MR46 Series). - Routing, DIA circuits/MPLS circuits, BGP/OSPF. - NAT/PAT - VPNs (site to site, client VPN etc). - Azure (Networking Skills) - VMware vCenter (Networking Skills) - Accredited - Check Point Certified Security Admin (CCSA) and proven experience working with: - Checkpoint (R81.10 min) - Smart-1 Management Console - GAIA & Checkpoint CLI - Proven experience working with network protocol analyser and diagnostics tools. - Working knowledge and understanding of best practice IT Frameworks such as ITIL. - Working knowledge of current IT trends in Cloud and on-premises technologies. - Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex tasks using available resources, as needed. - Excellent technical documentation (Inc. L3 Diagrams) skills. - Excellent analytic and troubleshooting skills. - Knowledge of fibre/stack connections such as SFP, SFP+, QSFP, trunks, aggregated ports etc. - Checkpoint Certified Security Expert (CCSE) or equivalent. - Experience of Checkpoint Maestro Solutions. - Experience of Checkpoint Harmony Orchestrator. - Experience of Checkpoint 6600 appliances and clustered configurations. - Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent. - Experience working with vendor technology partners such as: - Citrix NetScaler. - O365 - Azure - Experience working with a Microsoft technology stack including AD-DS, DNS, DHCP and Server operating systems 2019. - Automation / Scripting for Network Devices e.g. Meraki API. - Enhanced Monitoring for Network Devices (PRTG/WUG). - Skilled in Vendor/Supplier/Consultancy management. - Versed in supplier service reviews. - Architectural and design level certification in relevant technologies. Budget- 15 lpa