CNI Infrastructure Network Analyst (SC Cleared)

CNI Infrastructure Network Analyst (SC Cleared)

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires an experienced CNI Infrastructure Network Analyst with valid UK SC Clearance to be based in their client's office in Wokingham, UK.

This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Wokingham office 3 days per week.

This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start ASAP.

Day rate: Competitive Market rate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a focal point for business service liaison (including projects and service transition)
• Manage all of the resources including third party service providers in the provision of operational management and control of CNI and CNI networks, ensuring that they are fully resilient, safe and secure
• Work with IS, the business and all third-party stakeholders to ensure that any changes to the networks and associated hardware are not going to affect the safe operational control of the networks
• Work with audit, security and any other outside government organisations to ensure that the support operations are compliant with policies and standards expected of critical CNI networks
• Participation in the management of incidents on CNI networks ensuring that resilience is brought back into operations quickly as possible
• Lead root cause analysis investigations to ensure that learning is fed back to prevent reoccurrence
• Responsibility for annual budget and track actuals against an approved budget plan
• Ensure that disaster recovery plans are in place and tested appropriately

Key Requirements:

• Operational experience in IP/MPLS/Ethernet/SDH networks ideally in a Utilities environment
• Ability to manage all of resources required to run best in class network & telemetry operations, ensuring that outsourced services and partners effectively deliver to very high standards
• Experience of managing outsourced services in an ITIL environment is required, effectively, setting direction, control and standards, ideally in operational network environments
• Strong knowledge of appropriate technology and systems that make up the network, telemetry and SCADA infrastructure would be an advantage
• Experience in use of network monitoring tools and fault finding in these networks
• Understand and interpret both security and external regulations that impact upon the operation and effective running of operational networks
• Experience of managing critical major incidents out of hours is also required for this role. This will be through participation in an out of hours rota
• Educated to degree level in computing or relevant engineering discipline
• SC clearance is mandatory
• Relevant industry certification (eg ITIL Practitioner, CCNA/DA, CCNP, Security) desirable

Person specification:

• Excellent stakeholder management at all levels
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and say 'no' politely
• Leadership qualities: ability to mentor junior personnel and provide guidance on work packages
• Ability to work with little or no guidance
• Attention to detail in all aspects of the analysis and ability to draw conclusion quickly in a limited timeframe
• Ability to balance multiple tasks without a negative impact on quality
• Experience of working effectively both individually and as part of highly productive teams in an Infrastructure/Application ITIL based support environment
• Appreciation of business-critical Real Time systems
• Strong verbal and written skills

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately we cannot respond to everyone.

If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.