Network Systems Engineer - 2nd Line

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This role is Hybrid - Home based with 60% office work in SN6 8TY a month.

A bit about us

Do you want to be part of a very exciting and rewarding opportunity to design and develop technical solutions to support a number of key government agencies.

Do you want to be part of a team who provide leading edge secure solutions for customers in defence, blue light, science/medical and other industry research departments often within universities?

If you are passionate about technology and innovation with a strong desire to understand how different technologies operate and want to test your abilities then we are keen to talk to you.

Step forward and realise your full potential by joining an agile and talented team who is responsible for developing, building and supporting network systems and solutions within a secure managed services context along with diagnosing and resolving problems with existing infrastructure.

You will be a part of a great company, where you will be able to grow and develop your skills and experience

What you'll be doing

You will be part of a team responsible for all operational aspects of the networking estate. We're a versatile team, so you'll also have the opportunity to follow issues across other technologies in the platform at times.

A typical breakdown of your role would be:

Monitoring, managing and pro-actively enhancing the network estate

Responding to, investigating and resolving technical issues escalated from 1st line

Being an active member of the networking systems groups to discuss, plan, design, build and deploy innovative solutions using a range of vendor technologies

Providing an escalation point for scheduled operations such as firmware patching and for network configuration changes made by the wider team

Ensuring all network components meet the security and operational reference architectures and best practices

Enhancing and tuning the network technology stacks

Working with the monitoring teams to ensure all the correct metrics are being measured and analysing those measures to ensure the estate remains in a healthy and secure state

What we need from you

We need someone that is;

Strong at problem solving with excellent time management & organisational skills

Able to work autonomously or as part of a team

Ready to work under pressure and within strong security constraints

Prepared to work in technologies outside of your core skill set with the support and guidance from others

Prepared to travel, when necessary, to customer sites or other Prolinx locations

Able to obtain Security Clearance to SC level and potential to DV#

What skills and experience do you need?

From an experience perspective we are looking for a minimum of 2 years' experience working within a network engineering environment

Essential skills:

Network technologies (LAN, WAN, Cisco switching, Juniper and Fortinet security products)

Secure managed WLAN (e.g. Aruba, Meraki or similar)

Load balancing systems (Fortinet, Kemp)

VPN and encryption equipment

Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking

Configuration and firmware management in remote environments

Support/management of virtualised servers

Desired skills:

Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CCNA, JNCIA, NSE4+)

Voice systems and associated IP protocols (VOIP, SIP)

 Dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP

Knowledge / awareness of Hyper Converged Infrastructures and the Software Defined Networks

Microsoft Cloud solutions (Azure, O365 etc.)

Automation technologies such as Terraform

Microsoft operating systems (Server 2012, 2016, 2019) (Windows 10)

Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policies

Linux server OS' (RHEL/CentOS 6, 7, 8)

Database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB or InfluxDB)

Virtualisation management experience

What's in it for you?

You will be joining an exciting and growing company that operate with very exciting customers and partners.

Your benefits include, but are not limited to;

A competitive salary with discretionary bonuses

Flexible working with a mix or home and office locations but also flexible start and end times to suit

Company pension scheme

Private health benefits

24 days annual leave with additional loyalty days added

Social events and gatherings