Senior Infrastructure Consultant (Networks)

Hampshire County Council is one of the best performing local authorities in the country; as a forward-looking local authority, we provide high quality public services to over a million customers. Our IT teams are central to that success - building and delivering smart, fast and cost-effective solutions with a national reputation for IT excellence, innovation and value.

We require a Senior Infrastructure Consultant specialising in Networking, to join our diverse and talented IT Infrastructure Delivery Team. With a strong technical background in IT infrastructure and networking, the successful candidate will be responsible for the technical delivery and critical support of IT solutions to meet business requirements, corporate strategies, and architectural standards. We are seeking a passionate individual who wants to move their career to the next level. You will work alongside high performing, motivated and supportive colleagues.

As a Senior Infrastructure Consultant (Networks), you'll lead on transformational projects and business as usual tasks, designing and delivering great solutions using a range of exciting technologies. You'll have proven experience of working with technology architects to design and deliver solutions to a varied audience. You will be a self-motivated individual with an ability to deliver excellence.

Working across a range of enterprise technologies to deliver and maintain solutions including Firewalls (managing security policy, NATs and IPSec VPNs), Network switching and routing, SD-WAN networks, Load balancing, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Wireless, DevOps (Coding, automation and Infrastructure as code) and Networking aspects of Windows and Linux servers.

You will be a trusted advisor to senior management teams, providing consultancy and guidance on IT strategies and solutions. You will draw on your wide range of experience, in the context of corporate IT strategy, as well as being a valued subject matter expert in one or more of our key technologies. You will promote awareness of IT policies, technologies, systems and processes through coaching, mentoring and recommendations for training. You will play a key role in the development of less experienced colleagues, giving direction and providing peer review.

If you are ready to move to a senior level or are already working at a senior position, then we would love to hear from you.

We offer both a flexible working environment, competitive pension and annual leave entitlement, as well as great opportunities to enhance your existing skill set and knowledge. This role will be based at our Winchester offices, however as part of Hampshire County Council's Open Workplace Policy, the successful candidate can undertake the majority of their work at home.