Senior Network Engineer

Sopra Steria Limited ,
Warrington, Cheshire
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum +3% cash flex fund + pension + life assurance

Overview

Senior Network Engineer – Excellent opportunity to grow your career Warrington Package: up to £45,000 3% flex fund 25 days holiday ( bank holidays) 5% Pension Bring your Senior Network Engineering knowledge skills to us In return, we will give you an amazing career with growth and learning opportunities. Come and work for one of the best kept secrets in I.T. We look after the private and public sector so have a need for people in critical roles during these unprecedented times. The company Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end to end service offerings in the market: Consulting, Systems Integration, Software Development and Business Process Services. Sopra Steria is trusted by leading private and public organisations to deliver successful transformation programmes that address their most complex and critical business challenges. This sits within a vertical that is committed to delighting its clients by helping them realise value and profitable growth through a high quality Digital customer experience. We design and deliver Digital services and solutions that are intuitive, reliable and responsive, allowing people to focus on their lives. The day job You will manage necessary resources for the expected production of the enterprise network in accordance with the latest rules, contracts with suppliers and service contracts. You will be one who provides second level assistance, with respect to quality, productivity and security, in order to ensure continuity of service to users. Our support engineers who are foremost problem-solvers passionate about networking, and we seek talented, enthusiastic and tech-savvy individuals to work within this team and build upon our rapidly expanding delivery of digital transformation and network automation. Key responsibilities To be an integral member of the support team. To investigate and resolve assign incidents. To action approved and designed changes. To communicate with customers to provide progress reports on Incidents. To identify and report on areas of known problems. To monitor relevant queues within the incident reporting tool. Measures and optimizes infrastructure network performance. Administers IT resources and networks (users, quality of service, site security, IT networks, telecommunications infrastructure, transverse applications) Provides Tier 2 support, in the framework of service level agreements (SLA) Must regularly inform the Team Leader or another manager regarding work and projects progress. Essential skills Network Security Engineer will have over 3 years relevant industry experience in a Service Provider environment Understanding of network security principals and basic network principles including: Firewalls Web Application Firewalls Load Balancing Routing and Switching WAN and LAN technologies Telephony and Video WiFi Direct experience in two or more the following security platforms: Firewalls - Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, Juniper, Checkpoint Web Application Firewalls - F5 ASM. Load Balancing - F5 LTM, Cisco ACE, Citrix Netscaler. Industry Standard Qualifications such as: Cisco CCNA/CCNP Security / Switching & Routing. Palo Alto PCNSE F5-CTS LTM/ASM Checkpoint CCSA Reasons why you should apply to us Excellent training, you’ll join a company where self-betterment is actively encouraged An enviable client list – we work with some of the biggest names out there We’re big – really big. With that comes excellent career growth opportunities Supportive and collaborative team environment Sustainability is really important to us, in fact we are within the top 1% of companies worldwide tackling climate change and managing our emissions The successful candidate must also be willing to undergo a SC Clearance We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89945988