Network Engineer - Bristol

Network Engineer

A leading consultancy is seeking a Network Engineer to undertake a range of network equipment installations and configuration activities for complex or high business impact solutions. Starting ASAP, paying between £50-55k base annum.

Contract Type: Permanent
Hybrid working: Bristol

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of preemployment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

• Performing infrastructure surveys, for both wired and wireless.
• Configuring core infrastructure components eg Switches, Routers, Firewalls, load balancers etc.
• Performing impact assessments on large or complex networks.
• Performing testing to pre-determined plans and analyse results.
• Compliance with a stringent change management process, where levels of accuracy of proposed implementation activities will be subject to the fullest review and delivery must follow the agreed plan.

Your skills and experience

• A good working knowledge of IP, Ethernet, routing and switching within LAN/WAN/Data Centre/Public Cloud environments is essential.
• Practical and demonstrable experience of implementing Cisco ACI would be beneficial.
• Significant experience of configuring network systems, switching, routing, Firewalling, load balancing.
• Demonstrable knowledge of networks including network security, virtual private networking (VPN) converged networks and broadband technologies.
• Will have the ability to install, configure and troubleshoot LAN/WAN/Voice network infrastructures for enterprise organisations.
• Will typically be qualified to Cisco CCNA level or vendor equivalent accreditations
• Experience of working in a secure, accredited environment with a strong governance model
• Experience of automation/Orchestration: Network stack integration, Terraform, Ansible, Python, JSON, APIs.
• Experience with key vendors, primarily Cisco (IOS, NX-OS, ACI), F5 (LTM, GTM, ASM), Palo Alto, Fortigate, Checkpoint, Juniper, Azure, Amazon and Google Cloud plus other vendor experience is welcome and beneficial.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.