Summary: The Lead Network Engineer role at Smartedge involves leading the Engineering function of the Whitbread Networks Team, focusing on mentoring staff and managing workloads. The position requires technical leadership in network design, implementation, and performance monitoring, while also ensuring disaster recovery and business continuity. The role emphasizes collaboration with vendors and service providers to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency. This is a hybrid contract position based in Dunstable, UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Engineering function of the Whitbread Networks Team.
• Assist in evaluating new requirements, technical design, and standards.
• Plan and manage Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity tests.
• Identify and implement improvements to enhance service and operational efficiency.
• Implement new network solutions and improve current networks.
• Monitor network performance to ensure system availability and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership during major incident scenarios.
• Manage relationships with major vendors and service providers.
• Mentor and coach junior team members and facilitate collaboration across teams.
• Provide technical training and ensure adherence to best practices.

Key Skills:

• Lead experience in network engineering.
• Proficiency in SD WAN, CISCO, BGP, and OSPF.
• Hands-on network engineering experience.
• Technical leadership experience.
• Experience managing external IT service providers.
• Familiarity with Aruba or Cisco infrastructure devices.
• Experience with network monitoring, diagnostic, and analytics tools.
• Solid understanding of SD Networking, including SD-WAN and SD-Access.
• Strong knowledge of network security, including firewalls.
• Deep understanding of networking protocols and technologies.
• Knowledge of 802.1x authentication.
• Awareness of industry trends and standards in enterprise networking.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Dunstable

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT