ICT Senior Network Engineer

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Are you a Cisco Certified Network Associate, looking for a role where you can grow and take the lead in delivering enterprise level network projects, yet also have the opportunity to work flexibly? 

Are you looking for an employer that can offer further investment in you via support of further Certification and Training?

There's a lot of great things happening at Your Housing Group making it a good time to join the business and get involved. We are currently implementing significant investment into Digital and Organisational transformation and our ICT Team is growing and evolving significantly.

As part of this growth and investment, our Infrastructure team has recently completed a large-scale transformation project and we are continuing to decommission our legacy network infrastructure in favour of new enterprise level systems.

Due to this, we now have an opportunity for a capable Network Engineer to join our collaborative ICT function to maintain and develop the network infrastructure at YHG encompassing Cisco firewall, switching and Meraki Cloud technologies.

As our Senior Network Engineer, you will help shape further change for the business and play a key role in upgrading networks across the group with projects such as On-Domain Wi-Fi implementation, and work with our technical partner in the configuration of our new Nexus and Catalyst systems, so there's a lot of significant network projects here at YHG to keep you challenged, interested, and further develop your experience.

Ideally you will be a time-served CCNA, certified (Routing & Switching or Security preferred), and either working towards or wanting to work towards CCNP. You will also have some experience of working at a high level of autonomy supervising, mentoring and collaborating with other Network Engineers on major projects.

If you have a majority of the following experience, we would really like to hear from you:

 Time-served Cisco Certified Network Associate and working towards CCNP

Implementing, supporting and managing LAN, WAN and secure wireless network environments

Resolving technical problems in accordance with policies & processes

Responsible for a network technical maintenance programme, resolving failures in hardware and software and ensuring appropriate "housekeeping" tasks are implemented

Enterprise level firewalls and network security applications/appliances

Working knowledge of AD, DHCP, TCP/IP and DNS configuration and all relevant protocols

Ability to maintain and support VoIP Telephony systems from a networking perspective

Assisting in the delivery of ICT infrastructure projects to deliver the required solution, ensuring that appropriate controls are in place and that the solution is handed over to the Service Desk

Working knowledge of change control methodologies and the production & maintenance of technical documentation in a timely and accurate manner for implemented changes

Design and plan for releases & major upgrades applying suitable test methodologies as required

Being a point of escalation for network related issues escalated from Service Desk

Work with 3^rd party support and delivery partners, ensuring that they work to the Group's internal standards and procedures.

In return, we offer our Senior Network Engineer a competitive salary of £42,000 - £55,500 dependent on experience. Plus, a great benefits package including - Flexible working, Support for further relevant qualifications or certifications, 25 days holiday (22 contractual/3 non-contractual) plus all bank holidays, (plus an option to buy further holidays), pension (matched up to 8%), Life insurance, medical benefits scheme, subsidised gym memberships, a discounted shopping scheme and half price cinema tickets.