Network Engineer

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Network Engineer

6 Months

Portsmouth

Please note: Candidates will be required to go through full SC level Security clearance prior to starting the role.

Accountabilities:

*Manages the Network Support Incident queue ensuring timely resolution of incidents to drive KPI target adherence, working with suppliers where necessary, effectively escalating critical incidents and participating/leading in major incident resolution.

*Lead/participate in the delivery of AOP Projects and/or significant RFC's in line with the clients Project methodologies.

*Act as a key member of the team for Network incident related activities including actively knowledge sharing and implementing best practices within the team.

*Maintain accurate and meaningful records relating to incidents to enable full audit analysis and problem management, as well as ensuring that a consistent approach to incident handling is maintained.

*Undertake incident lifecycle reviews to improve the efficiency of incident detection, diagnosis, repair and restore.

*Work closely with the Problem lead to identify reactive and proactive problems, analyse root cause and reduce incident volume.

Skills Required:

*Intermediate Network support experience, Cisco CCNP qualified or studying towards a Cisco CCNP.

*Experience in an ITIL IT support environment. ITIL Foundation certification is desirable.

*Develops back out/de-installation or contingency procedures and approach

*Defines system installation strategy (e.g., cut over and parallel)

*Executes deployment tasks without supervision

*Describes architectural complexities and factors them into decisions and recommendations

*Coordinates with other teams as necessary to complete necessary tasks to provide systems support (i.e., test, deployment, release management activities, training and disaster recovery)

*Facilitates remote meetings effectively via conference calls and/or Live Meeting

*Makes adjustments to content, mode and style of communication to enhance relevance and audience comprehension, both in preparation of content and during presentations

*Designs and develops effective presentations to convey complex topics, influence an audience and facilitate decision making

*Solicits feedback on own communication style from others and responds to it by tailoring style accordingly

*Has a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to all work undertaken.

*Demonstrates effective oral and written communication ability covering all routine activity and contacts.

*Resolves medium to complex issues/incidents and ensures priority resolution including on call support as needed

*Identifies need to improve infrastructure software and hardware performance and recommends modifications

*Manages the complex relationship between infrastructure hardware and software and analyzes the relationships between infrastructure software and various operating systems, layered products and application software to determine compatibility

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