Summary: The IT Cloud Network Engineer role involves defining strategies for networking within a hybrid cloud environment, focusing on service design and automation. The position requires collaboration with IT teams to ensure scalable and efficient solutions while staying informed about industry trends. The engineer will also be responsible for designing and developing automated networking solutions. This is a 6-month contract based in Havant, UK, with a hybrid working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define strategy across all aspects of the networking domain, supporting the adoption of hybrid cloud as a platform, providing service design and enhancements to improve automation and efficiency.
• Define standards for adoption of Public Cloud technology and provide input into hybrid cloud architecture and roadmaps.
• Aware of industry trends and direction that are defining the future state of the enterprise network.
• Design and development of solutions to automate delivery of core networking components and peripherals.
• Work closely with peer groups ensuring Group IT deliver consistent, stable, scalable and cloud ready solutions.

Key Skills:

• Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of all critical Production Support processes.
• Proven track record in IT Engineering, and a vision of infrastructure system architecture.
• Demonstrate an ability to work well as part of a global team, and on their own when required.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to cope well under pressure.
• Experienced network engineer or architect qualified to CCIE level or equivalent.
• Advanced level knowledge of Routing and Switching.
• Experience of WAN circuits and solutions (i.e. MPLS and VPN's).
• Exposure to Zero Trust Network Architecture, SASE concepts and implementation spanning solutions such as Cato Networks, Cloudflare, Zscaler.
• Knowledge of working with Firewalling technologies (Checkpoint, Fortinet, or CISCO).
• Knowledge of Application Delivery Controllers (e.g. F5, Citrix).
• Network programmability and frameworks (Ansible/Python).
• Experience of Public Cloud solutions (AWS / Azure).
• Proficient level knowledge of networking design and documentation (HLD/LLD).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Havant

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT