Network Engineer

Summary: The Network Engineer role based in Barrow In Furness requires a professional with SC security clearance to work full-time, including potential rotational evening shifts. The position involves creating and configuring network designs, performing impact assessments, and managing core infrastructure components. The role also includes responsibilities for installation and testing of network equipment. Expenses of up to £100 per day can be claimed for this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Inputting into High Level Designs
• Creating Low Level designs from approved High Level Designs
• Configuring core infrastructure components e.g. Data Centre Fabric, Access/Distribution Switches, routers, WAN, firewalls, load balancers, Authentication servers, Wifi controllers, management tooling.
• Performing impact assessments on large or complex networks.
• Performing testing to pre-determined plans and analyse results.
• Planning survey's / surveying for cross/site distribution areas (Fibre) - checking for cabling power/space (photo's to be taken)
• Installing new SDA switches in readiness for OOH work for installation/take on and testing of kit, providing ELS and decom/removal of old switches Installation/take on and testing of new SDA kit

Key Skills:

• Network Architecture / Architecture (Compute/storage/End User)
• Working in secure environments
• Network Design (HLD/LLD)
• Cisco Networking (Routing/Switching)
• Data Centre Networking
• Cisco ACI
• Firewalls (Palo Alto / Cisco)
• Authentication (802.1x / Cisco ISE / AD familiarity)
• Network management
• Load balancing (Netscaler)
• Cisco SDA (Software Defined Access)
• Meraki
• Wifi
• Remote access
• Encryption

Salary (Rate): £515 per day

City: Barrow In Furness

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Network Engineer

Barrow In Furness

6 months+

£515 per day inside ir35

SC security clearance is required for this role

Based in Barrow 5 days a week f/t - please be aware these roles will may involve rotational out of hours working, anticipating a 16:30 - 23:30 evening shift for 2 weeks, followed by 2 weeks on a standard 7.5 hr day shift - subject to change.

Expenses of up to £100 per day can be claimed

Role Description:

Inputting into High Level Designs

Creating Low Level designs from approved High Level Designs

Configuring core infrastructure components e.g. Data Centre Fabric, Access/Distribution Switches, routers, WAN, firewalls, load balancers, Authentication servers, Wifi controllers, management tooling.

Performing impact assessments on large or complex networks.

Performing testing to pre-determined plans and analyse results.

Planning survey's / surveying for cross/site distribution areas ( Fibre ) - checking for cabling power/space (photo's to be taken)

Installing new SDA switches in readiness for OOH work for installation/take on and testing of kit, providing ELS and decom/removal of old switches Installation/take on and testing of new SDA kit

Key Skills:

Network Architecture / Architecture (Compute/storage/End User)

Working in secure environments

Network Design (HLD/LLD)

Cisco Networking (Routing/Switching)

Data Centre Networking

Cisco ACI

Firewalls (Palo Alto / Cisco)

Authentication (802.1x / Cisco ISE / AD familiarity)

Network managementLoad balancing (Netscaler)

Cisco SDA (Software Defined Access)

Meraki

Wifi

Remote access

Encryption"