IT Network Engineer - Contract role (AW2080) Oxfordshire, England
| Salary: | GBP550 - GBP650 per annum |
IT Network Engineer – Contract role
Oxfordshire - Hybrid
£550 £650 pd – Outside IR35
4-6 Months
Role Purpose:
• Responsible for the design and maintenance of our network infrastructure and provide technical support and troubleshooting for operations and projects.
Job Responsibilities:
• Proactive monitoring and management of the network Cisco LAN. WAN and Wireless environment to ensure maximum uptime, reporting any downtime in a timely manner to the ICT Infrastructure & Operations Manager
• Provide day-to-day network and general IT support.
• Support, configure and manage the Palo Alto, and Cisco active equipment.
• Act as networking technical project lead within the infrastructure team for the delivery of a range of projects and work streams
• Act as a point of escalation for site IT issues escalating these to the relevant IT team members, IT Management Team, or Head of IT.
• Implement network security measures and ensure compliance with industry best practices and relevant regulations.
• Perform network capacity planning to meet future growth requirements.
• Identify opportunities for rationalisations and savings where possible.
• Support Incident/Major Incident Management processes as required.
• Due to the nature of this role some out of hours and weekend work may be required.
• Other ad-hoc duties as required.
Experience & Qualifications:
• Proven experience as a Network Engineer or in a similar role. – Essential
• Understanding of network security principles and best practices. – Essential
• Knowledge of computer hardware and software, including some of the following vendor technologies: Cisco, Dell, Pure, IBM, Paolo Alto, FortiGate, Crowdstrike, VMware, NetSkope, CyberArk Microsoft, M365, Meraki, MS Dynamics 365, Siemens etc - Essential
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills – Essential.
• Excellent communication & teamwork skills – Essential.
• Experience working within the engineering and/or manufacturing industry – Desirable.
• A team player used to learning new skills & taking on new challenges – Essential.
• Recent CCNA - Essential
• Higher level education or equivalent professional qualifications (e.g. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Desirable
• ITIL Foundation Qualified – Desirable
• A friendly and approachable disposition – Essential
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