Hayley Dexis has an exciting opportunity available for a driven Infrastructure Engineer - Cyber Security Engineer to support the busy team at our headquarters in Halesowen. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary. Hayley Dexis is the largest independent distributor of engineering products and consumables (hydraulics, bearings, fasteners, fluid power, PPE, tools, lubricants etc) in the UK. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, we provide cutting-edge solutions to our clients across various industries, ensuring the efficient and reliable operation of fluid power systems. We are an equal opportunities employer, currently employing over 1,300 people who continue to be a cornerstone of our business and are fundamental to providing industry-leading customer service. About the Cyber Security Engineer role. We are seeking a dedicated Infrastructure Engineers focusing on Cyber Security to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and protecting our organisation s digital infrastructure by identifying and remediating vulnerabilities and threats, implementing security measures, and monitoring network activity. Key responsibilities include: Monitor Networks and Systems: Continuously monitor the organisation s networks and systems for security breaches or intrusions. Threat Detection and Response: Detect and respond to threats or security incidents by analysing data from various incident reports and alerts. Security Audits: Perform regular audits to ensure that systems and networks are operating securely. Security Tools Implementation: Implement security tools to enhance network and system security. Penetration Testing: Work with 3rd Parties to conduct penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities in the system. Stay Updated: Stay updated on the latest intelligence, including hackers methodologies, to anticipate security breaches. Reporting: Prepare reports that document security breaches and the extent of the damage caused. Cyber Security Incident Response: Work with the IT Manager to maintain and update cyber incident response plans and procedures. Conduct Security Attack Simulations: Undertake security assessments such as Phishing attacks. Change Management: Participate in the change management process. Training: Train staff in security awareness and procedures. Working Arrangement & Hours: Monday to Friday, working 40 hours per week, with occasional on-call duties for security incidents. This is an on-site role based at our headquarters in Halesowen. What we re looking for in our Cyber Security Engineer: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Experience in IT Infrastructure including security. Proficiency in supporting Active Directory, server, network and security technologies such as firewalls, antivirus, and intrusion detection systems. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. What you ll get in return. From 23 days annual leave (plus public/bank holidays) increased with length of service. Training provided through our own Hayley Academy. Company pension (if eligible). Life Assurance cover (x2 salary). Invitation to healthcare schemes. Wellness programmes. Uniform and PPE provided. Excellent opportunities and career prospects available. The recruitment process. Adverts will close on Sunday 14th December Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to complete online testing. Video interviews will be completed by our Talent Acquisition Partner. Face to face interviews will take place on site in Halesowen. Finally We know sometimes you might feel that you don't meet the criteria or have a question that you would like to ask - we're here to help so please ask us! You can contact us here; (url removed) We aim to get back to everyone that applies and are super keen to speak to talented people for upcoming positions. Please inform our careers team if you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Don t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join the team at Hayley Group please click apply now to become our Infrastructure Engineer - Cyber Security - we'd love to hear from you!
28/11/2025
Full time
Hayley Dexis has an exciting opportunity available for a driven Infrastructure Engineer - Cyber Security Engineer to support the busy team at our headquarters in Halesowen. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary. Hayley Dexis is the largest independent distributor of engineering products and consumables (hydraulics, bearings, fasteners, fluid power, PPE, tools, lubricants etc) in the UK. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, we provide cutting-edge solutions to our clients across various industries, ensuring the efficient and reliable operation of fluid power systems. We are an equal opportunities employer, currently employing over 1,300 people who continue to be a cornerstone of our business and are fundamental to providing industry-leading customer service. About the Cyber Security Engineer role. We are seeking a dedicated Infrastructure Engineers focusing on Cyber Security to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and protecting our organisation s digital infrastructure by identifying and remediating vulnerabilities and threats, implementing security measures, and monitoring network activity. Key responsibilities include: Monitor Networks and Systems: Continuously monitor the organisation s networks and systems for security breaches or intrusions. Threat Detection and Response: Detect and respond to threats or security incidents by analysing data from various incident reports and alerts. Security Audits: Perform regular audits to ensure that systems and networks are operating securely. Security Tools Implementation: Implement security tools to enhance network and system security. Penetration Testing: Work with 3rd Parties to conduct penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities in the system. Stay Updated: Stay updated on the latest intelligence, including hackers methodologies, to anticipate security breaches. Reporting: Prepare reports that document security breaches and the extent of the damage caused. Cyber Security Incident Response: Work with the IT Manager to maintain and update cyber incident response plans and procedures. Conduct Security Attack Simulations: Undertake security assessments such as Phishing attacks. Change Management: Participate in the change management process. Training: Train staff in security awareness and procedures. Working Arrangement & Hours: Monday to Friday, working 40 hours per week, with occasional on-call duties for security incidents. This is an on-site role based at our headquarters in Halesowen. What we re looking for in our Cyber Security Engineer: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Experience in IT Infrastructure including security. Proficiency in supporting Active Directory, server, network and security technologies such as firewalls, antivirus, and intrusion detection systems. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. What you ll get in return. From 23 days annual leave (plus public/bank holidays) increased with length of service. Training provided through our own Hayley Academy. Company pension (if eligible). Life Assurance cover (x2 salary). Invitation to healthcare schemes. Wellness programmes. Uniform and PPE provided. Excellent opportunities and career prospects available. The recruitment process. Adverts will close on Sunday 14th December Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to complete online testing. Video interviews will be completed by our Talent Acquisition Partner. Face to face interviews will take place on site in Halesowen. Finally We know sometimes you might feel that you don't meet the criteria or have a question that you would like to ask - we're here to help so please ask us! You can contact us here; (url removed) We aim to get back to everyone that applies and are super keen to speak to talented people for upcoming positions. Please inform our careers team if you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Don t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join the team at Hayley Group please click apply now to become our Infrastructure Engineer - Cyber Security - we'd love to hear from you!
Are you an Infrastructure Engineer looking for a new challenge? This role will provide 3rd / 4th Line support in a BAU environment, responding to incidents. You will be part of a 6 person technical team within our Network Security department. You will work within the Delivered Service line providing daily incident resolution and administration, deliver demand and project work while providing guidance and support in areas of key expertise. You will be encouraged to feed into processes to ensure the service offered is relevant and up to date whilst working on end to end projects from outlining business case stages through to implementation and contract management. If you are an outstanding and highly motivated individual with passion and desire to contribute to the positive reputation of our business, we would love to hear from you! What you will be doing: Working inside a Security Services environment Performing administration duties across: Windows and Linux based Server Infrastructure Security Appliances Network Infrastructure Virtual Environments and Storage What you'll bring: Networking background ideally with experience in Gateway security, Firewalls and IDS Windows Servers - 2012 or 2016 or 2019 VMware - vSphere Linux Web proxies SMTP Email It would be great if you had: Knowledge of ITIL (ITIL Foundation certificate or experience working in ITIL environments). Previous experience of project delivery & implementation of detailed designs. Knowledge of MoD, CESG and other mandated government IT legislation. Certified Information Systems Security Professional or other security certification. CCNA cert If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full-time Location: Salisbury OR Portsmouth - This role is hybrid - 2 3 days on site Security Clearance level: You must be eligible to obtain SC and DV clearance Internal Recruiter: Josh Huggins-Smith Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We 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. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. 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. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
24/09/2022
Full time
Are you an Infrastructure Engineer looking for a new challenge? This role will provide 3rd / 4th Line support in a BAU environment, responding to incidents. You will be part of a 6 person technical team within our Network Security department. You will work within the Delivered Service line providing daily incident resolution and administration, deliver demand and project work while providing guidance and support in areas of key expertise. You will be encouraged to feed into processes to ensure the service offered is relevant and up to date whilst working on end to end projects from outlining business case stages through to implementation and contract management. If you are an outstanding and highly motivated individual with passion and desire to contribute to the positive reputation of our business, we would love to hear from you! What you will be doing: Working inside a Security Services environment Performing administration duties across: Windows and Linux based Server Infrastructure Security Appliances Network Infrastructure Virtual Environments and Storage What you'll bring: Networking background ideally with experience in Gateway security, Firewalls and IDS Windows Servers - 2012 or 2016 or 2019 VMware - vSphere Linux Web proxies SMTP Email It would be great if you had: Knowledge of ITIL (ITIL Foundation certificate or experience working in ITIL environments). Previous experience of project delivery & implementation of detailed designs. Knowledge of MoD, CESG and other mandated government IT legislation. Certified Information Systems Security Professional or other security certification. CCNA cert If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full-time Location: Salisbury OR Portsmouth - This role is hybrid - 2 3 days on site Security Clearance level: You must be eligible to obtain SC and DV clearance Internal Recruiter: Josh Huggins-Smith Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We 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. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. 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. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
Job Summary This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing business as a Support Engineer who specialises in our Cross-Domain range of products. We are looking for an enthusiastic and intelligent engineer to join our team to support our growing number of diverse projects. We deliver next generation Cross-Domain solutions for Government and Defence customers. This role will involve supporting a key International customer, based from BAE Systems offices in Guildford or Gloucester. The role requires a UK national who holds a current SC clearance. The candidate will be required to travel occasionally between the BAE Systems offices for collaboration and training purposes. The successful candidate will be trained to provide remote support for this Cross-Domain customer as part of a wider Cross-Domain support team. The candidate will liaise with our 3rd and 4th line product support teams, for resolution of complex incidents, patches and to identify opportunities for improvement of our products through future releases. The candidate may also be required to travel alongside colleagues to the customer site outside of the U.K. in order to carry out maintenance, updates and installations. The candidate will have the opportunity develop their career within the Cross-Domain domain, gain experience of the wider Cross-Domain suite of solutions, working on systems for secure UK customers, and in time progress to working on implementation and commissioning of solutions for other customers. Role Responsibilities Responsible for third level technical support for our customers. Investigation and diagnosis of technical issues raised by customers on their live deployments. Liaise with customers to inform of progress, request information, manage expectations and close out issues in a timely manner. Log, track and update tickets in our ITSM. Creation of procedures for customer implementations where the customer will run the procedure but be supported remotely. Be a significant contributor to our knowledge base/FAQ. Maintain and manage/support test environments for problem replication. Work with Product Engineering and Project teams on customer issues. Work closely with key customers to provide a premium level of support and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction. Provide feedback on the product and make suggestions for improvement. Prepare test cases, release notes, and test releases. Contribute ideas toward process improvements to improve the customer experience. Able to cover 1 week in 4 for OOHs on call rota. Knowledge Essential: Experience working in a technical support or similar environment (Level 3 support). Good understanding of customer service. Infrastructure experience. CCNA or Networking experience. Ability to achieve UKIC DV. Desirable: ITIL Foundation. Good understanding of cyber security principles. Skills Essential: Ability to juggle conflicting priorities and demands on time. Ability to be able to manage customer expectations. Be able to self-manage and work autonomously. Excellent communication skills in English (oral and written). Strong analytical skills and experience in resolving challenging technical support issues. Strong organizational skills. Technology Desirable: Network Firewall Principles. Web Application Servers (e.g. one of Jetty, Apache). Database (Oracle). Unix/Linux. Hypervisor Technologies (e.g. VMWare). Fair understanding of IT hardware principles. Future Career Progression Opportunities Beyond your first project assignment, there are opportunities to work with a range of Cross-Domain products, solutions and customers. It will be expected that the candidate be willing to travel to other customer sites to work on installation projects, to provide support and maintenance. You will be assigned a Career Manager to assist you in your development and training within the business. This role provides an excellent opportunity to experience a wide range of projects and technologies, with customer-facing involvement, allowing you to enhance your skills and knowledge to become a future engineering lead within the business. There are opportunities to follow career paths in Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Service Delivery. Possible Future Roles include: Support Specialist, Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Engineer, Solution Architect, Service Delivery Manager, or Technical Consultant. Become a recognised subject matter expert (SME) in Cross-Domain Solutions and actively participate in client engagements. About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence We use our intelligence-led insights to help defend Governments, Nations and Societies from cyber-attacks and financial crime. Our customers depend on our evolving capabilities to help them safely grow their organisations. Our unprecedented access to threat intelligence, world-leading analysts and market-leading technology means we can help them to adapt, evolve and stay ahead of the criminals. Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. We also welcome discussions about flexible working.
22/09/2022
Full time
Job Summary This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing business as a Support Engineer who specialises in our Cross-Domain range of products. We are looking for an enthusiastic and intelligent engineer to join our team to support our growing number of diverse projects. We deliver next generation Cross-Domain solutions for Government and Defence customers. This role will involve supporting a key International customer, based from BAE Systems offices in Guildford or Gloucester. The role requires a UK national who holds a current SC clearance. The candidate will be required to travel occasionally between the BAE Systems offices for collaboration and training purposes. The successful candidate will be trained to provide remote support for this Cross-Domain customer as part of a wider Cross-Domain support team. The candidate will liaise with our 3rd and 4th line product support teams, for resolution of complex incidents, patches and to identify opportunities for improvement of our products through future releases. The candidate may also be required to travel alongside colleagues to the customer site outside of the U.K. in order to carry out maintenance, updates and installations. The candidate will have the opportunity develop their career within the Cross-Domain domain, gain experience of the wider Cross-Domain suite of solutions, working on systems for secure UK customers, and in time progress to working on implementation and commissioning of solutions for other customers. Role Responsibilities Responsible for third level technical support for our customers. Investigation and diagnosis of technical issues raised by customers on their live deployments. Liaise with customers to inform of progress, request information, manage expectations and close out issues in a timely manner. Log, track and update tickets in our ITSM. Creation of procedures for customer implementations where the customer will run the procedure but be supported remotely. Be a significant contributor to our knowledge base/FAQ. Maintain and manage/support test environments for problem replication. Work with Product Engineering and Project teams on customer issues. Work closely with key customers to provide a premium level of support and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction. Provide feedback on the product and make suggestions for improvement. Prepare test cases, release notes, and test releases. Contribute ideas toward process improvements to improve the customer experience. Able to cover 1 week in 4 for OOHs on call rota. Knowledge Essential: Experience working in a technical support or similar environment (Level 3 support). Good understanding of customer service. Infrastructure experience. CCNA or Networking experience. Ability to achieve UKIC DV. Desirable: ITIL Foundation. Good understanding of cyber security principles. Skills Essential: Ability to juggle conflicting priorities and demands on time. Ability to be able to manage customer expectations. Be able to self-manage and work autonomously. Excellent communication skills in English (oral and written). Strong analytical skills and experience in resolving challenging technical support issues. Strong organizational skills. Technology Desirable: Network Firewall Principles. Web Application Servers (e.g. one of Jetty, Apache). Database (Oracle). Unix/Linux. Hypervisor Technologies (e.g. VMWare). Fair understanding of IT hardware principles. Future Career Progression Opportunities Beyond your first project assignment, there are opportunities to work with a range of Cross-Domain products, solutions and customers. It will be expected that the candidate be willing to travel to other customer sites to work on installation projects, to provide support and maintenance. You will be assigned a Career Manager to assist you in your development and training within the business. This role provides an excellent opportunity to experience a wide range of projects and technologies, with customer-facing involvement, allowing you to enhance your skills and knowledge to become a future engineering lead within the business. There are opportunities to follow career paths in Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Service Delivery. Possible Future Roles include: Support Specialist, Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Engineer, Solution Architect, Service Delivery Manager, or Technical Consultant. Become a recognised subject matter expert (SME) in Cross-Domain Solutions and actively participate in client engagements. About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence We use our intelligence-led insights to help defend Governments, Nations and Societies from cyber-attacks and financial crime. Our customers depend on our evolving capabilities to help them safely grow their organisations. Our unprecedented access to threat intelligence, world-leading analysts and market-leading technology means we can help them to adapt, evolve and stay ahead of the criminals. Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential. We also welcome discussions about flexible working.
Are you an experienced Senior Network Engineer ? Have you provided 3rd & 4th level support as well as worked on projects ? Do you have CCNP / CCIE or equivalent knowledge ? Would you like to work for a global company who operate from prestigious offices in the centre of Glasgow ? My client is looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineers to join them on both a permanent and 12 month fixed term contract basis (PAYE- salaried) *NOT A DAILY RATE CONTRACT* Main responsibilities include: · 3rd -4th Line support of all core Infrastructure Systems across all Global Datacentres & office locations · Proactive maintenance of all Core Network Infrastructure Systems · Resolution of logged Incidents & Service Requests. · Supporting Major Incident resolution activities. · Maintains high level of security awareness working proactively with CyberOps Team to protect IT Systems. · Working proactively with Vendors to resolve Incidents and Problems · Providing and maintaining internal procedural and technical documentation. · Acts as SME across key areas of our Technology Stack · Works on assigned Projects deliver them to agreed design and standards Your skills will include: · Strong troubleshooting skills of complex network, system, and/or security problems. · Be able to demonstrate in-depth network experience especially in the implementation & support of multi-site LANS and WANs. · Comprehensive experience of Cisco switching, Cisco Nexus 3k & 9k. · Strong F5 LTM, GTM, APM and BIG-IP client. · Solid understanding of routing protocols including BGP\EIGRP\OSPF · In-depth knowledge of wireless technologies with experience of global Aruba deployments. · In-depth experience of NAC Systems - preferably Aruba Clearpass · In-depth experience with leading Firewall technologies Palo Alto & Fortinet · Strong understanding of network security to implement Layer 7 technologies · In-depth knowledge of Riverbed/Steelhead WAN accelerators · Experienced in implementing QoS and troubleshooting QoS issues in a Cisco environment · Experienced in liaising with 3rd parties Vendors for troubleshooting and fault resolution · In-depth knowledge of Solarwinds NPM & NTA, Cisco Prime, For more information please get in touch asap.
01/02/2022
Full time
Are you an experienced Senior Network Engineer ? Have you provided 3rd & 4th level support as well as worked on projects ? Do you have CCNP / CCIE or equivalent knowledge ? Would you like to work for a global company who operate from prestigious offices in the centre of Glasgow ? My client is looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineers to join them on both a permanent and 12 month fixed term contract basis (PAYE- salaried) *NOT A DAILY RATE CONTRACT* Main responsibilities include: · 3rd -4th Line support of all core Infrastructure Systems across all Global Datacentres & office locations · Proactive maintenance of all Core Network Infrastructure Systems · Resolution of logged Incidents & Service Requests. · Supporting Major Incident resolution activities. · Maintains high level of security awareness working proactively with CyberOps Team to protect IT Systems. · Working proactively with Vendors to resolve Incidents and Problems · Providing and maintaining internal procedural and technical documentation. · Acts as SME across key areas of our Technology Stack · Works on assigned Projects deliver them to agreed design and standards Your skills will include: · Strong troubleshooting skills of complex network, system, and/or security problems. · Be able to demonstrate in-depth network experience especially in the implementation & support of multi-site LANS and WANs. · Comprehensive experience of Cisco switching, Cisco Nexus 3k & 9k. · Strong F5 LTM, GTM, APM and BIG-IP client. · Solid understanding of routing protocols including BGP\EIGRP\OSPF · In-depth knowledge of wireless technologies with experience of global Aruba deployments. · In-depth experience of NAC Systems - preferably Aruba Clearpass · In-depth experience with leading Firewall technologies Palo Alto & Fortinet · Strong understanding of network security to implement Layer 7 technologies · In-depth knowledge of Riverbed/Steelhead WAN accelerators · Experienced in implementing QoS and troubleshooting QoS issues in a Cisco environment · Experienced in liaising with 3rd parties Vendors for troubleshooting and fault resolution · In-depth knowledge of Solarwinds NPM & NTA, Cisco Prime, For more information please get in touch asap.
Infrastructure Engineer / 3rd Line Senior Infrastructure Engineer Lincoln Up to £40,000 Your new role You will assist in supporting business critical IT systems and implement new Infrastructure projects across my clients UK and European operations. The successful candidate will provide support to the 1st & 2nd line functions of the IT Infrastructure Team in addition to project activities. This role requires strong experience with VMware, Microsoft Windows Server (2012/16/19), Active Directory, Enterprise Wintel technologies and experience with the Microsoft Azure platform. Responsibilities As well as providing day-to-day 3rd and 4th line support for business-critical applications, you will also have a good all-round understanding of back-office infrastructure, with strong practical experience in managing, monitoring and maintaining a large, UK & European dispersed server estate. Actively contribute to continuous application and process improvement through product and documentation review, process refinement and systems configuration and implementation Handle, prioritise and effectively respond to a wide variety of user request encompassing issues including laptops, networks, backups, servers and software Contribute to service improvement through the monitoring and tracking of case closure to ensure SLAs are met Support the implementation of new technologies, solutions and services, in line with current industry standards and business strategy Providing 3rd and 4th line support of Physical and Virtual Windows Servers and associated Wintel back-office infrastructure e.g., AD, DFS, DHCP, DNS, ADFS, WDS, WSUS. Ongoing maintenance of standards and processes relating to Systems Engineering's services. Proactive scheduled maintenance, BCP, DR and capacity planning. Experience needed VMware ESXi v6.7/7.0, Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2 Experience administering the O365 Microsoft stack Have extensive Microsoft OS Platform and Active Directory support experience Good understanding of Microsoft Azure as well as mail hygiene solutions such as Mimecast Experience of managing a mixture of physical, virtual/cloud and hybrid datacentre environments, along with experience of managing DR environments and managing failover DR environments, as well as substantial experience of troubleshooting and problem solving Windows patch management Knowledge of end point security/protection/encryption Good working knowledge of network infrastructure Experience of producing detailed documentation Accustomed to working within the ITIL framework Accustomed to working within an ISO 27001 accredited organisation Have a minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role Have achieved Microsoft Certified Professional status and VMWare certified professional Veeam Backup Technologies Linux Technologies PKI Certificate infrastructure Avaya telephony platforms An understanding of HPE enterprise architectures around compute & storage (Simplivity Hyperconverged Platform) Experience of supporting Aruba Infrastructure - switches and access points Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
14/09/2021
Full time
Infrastructure Engineer / 3rd Line Senior Infrastructure Engineer Lincoln Up to £40,000 Your new role You will assist in supporting business critical IT systems and implement new Infrastructure projects across my clients UK and European operations. The successful candidate will provide support to the 1st & 2nd line functions of the IT Infrastructure Team in addition to project activities. This role requires strong experience with VMware, Microsoft Windows Server (2012/16/19), Active Directory, Enterprise Wintel technologies and experience with the Microsoft Azure platform. Responsibilities As well as providing day-to-day 3rd and 4th line support for business-critical applications, you will also have a good all-round understanding of back-office infrastructure, with strong practical experience in managing, monitoring and maintaining a large, UK & European dispersed server estate. Actively contribute to continuous application and process improvement through product and documentation review, process refinement and systems configuration and implementation Handle, prioritise and effectively respond to a wide variety of user request encompassing issues including laptops, networks, backups, servers and software Contribute to service improvement through the monitoring and tracking of case closure to ensure SLAs are met Support the implementation of new technologies, solutions and services, in line with current industry standards and business strategy Providing 3rd and 4th line support of Physical and Virtual Windows Servers and associated Wintel back-office infrastructure e.g., AD, DFS, DHCP, DNS, ADFS, WDS, WSUS. Ongoing maintenance of standards and processes relating to Systems Engineering's services. Proactive scheduled maintenance, BCP, DR and capacity planning. Experience needed VMware ESXi v6.7/7.0, Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2 Experience administering the O365 Microsoft stack Have extensive Microsoft OS Platform and Active Directory support experience Good understanding of Microsoft Azure as well as mail hygiene solutions such as Mimecast Experience of managing a mixture of physical, virtual/cloud and hybrid datacentre environments, along with experience of managing DR environments and managing failover DR environments, as well as substantial experience of troubleshooting and problem solving Windows patch management Knowledge of end point security/protection/encryption Good working knowledge of network infrastructure Experience of producing detailed documentation Accustomed to working within the ITIL framework Accustomed to working within an ISO 27001 accredited organisation Have a minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role Have achieved Microsoft Certified Professional status and VMWare certified professional Veeam Backup Technologies Linux Technologies PKI Certificate infrastructure Avaya telephony platforms An understanding of HPE enterprise architectures around compute & storage (Simplivity Hyperconverged Platform) Experience of supporting Aruba Infrastructure - switches and access points Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
Salary £55k+ (negotiable)
Permanent, full time
London, Blackfriars
Reporting to senior management, this is a new hands on technical role with global accountability for all production systems. The ideal candidate will possess a broad range of technical experience, be highly motivated and will likely come from a role with similar responsibilities.
About us
Sensical is a small and growing IT MSP and consultancy based in the City of London. Our customers are SMEs within financial services and other sectors that value expert advice, system reliability and high-quality support that is a cut above the average. We are a friendly close-knit and supportive team of experts.
Role Summary
Accountable for availability and performance of IT systems for Sensical and its customers.
Technologies: VMware, SANs, Windows & Linux Server + much more.
Hands on highly technical role.
Monitoring of all IT systems.
Developing and executing IT system maintenance plans.
Identifying IT system risks and maintain IT system risk log (security, capacity, resilience etc.).
Planning and carrying out projects to improve IT systems.
Role Description
Reporting to director level and working alongside heads of department for support and project delivery, this highly technical role will have sole responsibility for planning and executing the discovery, documentation, monitoring, ongoing maintenance, and continual improvement of all internal and customer production systems under support.
The ideal candidate must be highly organised, possess expert technical knowledge and be able to quickly master complex technical systems, their component parts, and interdependencies. The role will suit a highly motivated individual with a passion for quality and the drive to seek out and own potential issues and opportunities for system improvement.
This role has no direct reports but will work closely with existing engineering resources, who can take responsibility for systems as directed.
Job Role
Ownership of all production infrastructure.
Responsible for infrastructure management standards and discovery:
Accountable for the creation and refinement of the standards for in-life infrastructure management (including support documentation, monitoring, risk & optimisation identification, backup, patching and maintenance schedules).
Accountable for ensuring existing in-life systems meet the infrastructure management standards.
Accountable for discovery of new systems and ensuring they meet the infrastructure management standards.
Responsible for infrastructure health & maintenance:
Accountable for the ongoing health, availability, and performance of all production infrastructure.
Accountable for timely maintenance of all production infrastructure, i.e., developing and implementing proactive maintenance tasks and schedules.
Accountable for suitable vendor support contracts being in place.
Accountable for proactive infrastructure monitoring, backup and DR.
Accountable for ongoing identification and prioritisation of infrastructure risks and optimisations.
Teamwork:
Development and maintenance of a production infrastructure knowledge and skills matrix, identifying gaps for resolution.
Clear delegation of infrastructure management responsibilities to engineers in the Support and Delivery departments where appropriate.
Support:
Responsible for Major Incident Resolution and Root Cause Analysis.
Relevant Skills and Experience
Experience of directly delivering 3rd and 4th line support of complex systems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail. Past experience of documenting complex systems for the purposes of in-life management.
Ability to continually and quickly become a technical expert in new systems and vendors.
Familiarity with asset management, CMDB and documentation systems.
Great team player.
Required technologies: Sensical is technology agnostic, however the main technologies in use for which we require expert knowledge are: Windows Server, VMware, iSCSI and FC SANs, Veeam, RDS, Citrix and Microsoft Exchange. The majority of systems are in private cloud but an increasing proportion are in public cloud.
Desirable technologies: Networking and Linux Server OS, AWS and Azure / Office 365.
29/04/2021
Full time
Salary £55k+ (negotiable)
Permanent, full time
London, Blackfriars
Reporting to senior management, this is a new hands on technical role with global accountability for all production systems. The ideal candidate will possess a broad range of technical experience, be highly motivated and will likely come from a role with similar responsibilities.
About us
Sensical is a small and growing IT MSP and consultancy based in the City of London. Our customers are SMEs within financial services and other sectors that value expert advice, system reliability and high-quality support that is a cut above the average. We are a friendly close-knit and supportive team of experts.
Role Summary
Accountable for availability and performance of IT systems for Sensical and its customers.
Technologies: VMware, SANs, Windows & Linux Server + much more.
Hands on highly technical role.
Monitoring of all IT systems.
Developing and executing IT system maintenance plans.
Identifying IT system risks and maintain IT system risk log (security, capacity, resilience etc.).
Planning and carrying out projects to improve IT systems.
Role Description
Reporting to director level and working alongside heads of department for support and project delivery, this highly technical role will have sole responsibility for planning and executing the discovery, documentation, monitoring, ongoing maintenance, and continual improvement of all internal and customer production systems under support.
The ideal candidate must be highly organised, possess expert technical knowledge and be able to quickly master complex technical systems, their component parts, and interdependencies. The role will suit a highly motivated individual with a passion for quality and the drive to seek out and own potential issues and opportunities for system improvement.
This role has no direct reports but will work closely with existing engineering resources, who can take responsibility for systems as directed.
Job Role
Ownership of all production infrastructure.
Responsible for infrastructure management standards and discovery:
Accountable for the creation and refinement of the standards for in-life infrastructure management (including support documentation, monitoring, risk & optimisation identification, backup, patching and maintenance schedules).
Accountable for ensuring existing in-life systems meet the infrastructure management standards.
Accountable for discovery of new systems and ensuring they meet the infrastructure management standards.
Responsible for infrastructure health & maintenance:
Accountable for the ongoing health, availability, and performance of all production infrastructure.
Accountable for timely maintenance of all production infrastructure, i.e., developing and implementing proactive maintenance tasks and schedules.
Accountable for suitable vendor support contracts being in place.
Accountable for proactive infrastructure monitoring, backup and DR.
Accountable for ongoing identification and prioritisation of infrastructure risks and optimisations.
Teamwork:
Development and maintenance of a production infrastructure knowledge and skills matrix, identifying gaps for resolution.
Clear delegation of infrastructure management responsibilities to engineers in the Support and Delivery departments where appropriate.
Support:
Responsible for Major Incident Resolution and Root Cause Analysis.
Relevant Skills and Experience
Experience of directly delivering 3rd and 4th line support of complex systems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail. Past experience of documenting complex systems for the purposes of in-life management.
Ability to continually and quickly become a technical expert in new systems and vendors.
Familiarity with asset management, CMDB and documentation systems.
Great team player.
Required technologies: Sensical is technology agnostic, however the main technologies in use for which we require expert knowledge are: Windows Server, VMware, iSCSI and FC SANs, Veeam, RDS, Citrix and Microsoft Exchange. The majority of systems are in private cloud but an increasing proportion are in public cloud.
Desirable technologies: Networking and Linux Server OS, AWS and Azure / Office 365.
A Network Engineer position has become available to join one of the fastest growing companies in the country that offer tailor-made cloud hosted solutions and managed IT services.
Purpose of Job:
• Design, implementation and early life support of customer solutions.
• Development of data centre and core network infrastructure according to business needs and technology factors.
•4th line incident support, problem investigation and remediation.
Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of customer network solutions using a variety of technologies. Includes:
Gathering and interpreting customer requirements.
Producing technical recommendations that meet customer needs.
Engineering network infrastructure to supply local and wide area connectivity that supports our managed service delivery.
Implementing new technology into existing environments or as part of new solutions.
Providing early life support for new customer systems and facilitating training and handover to the Service Desk.
Development of new and existing technologies to meet current and future business and customer needs.
Taking ownership of escalations from the Service Desk to provide 4th line support for incidents and changes.
Problem management investigation and application of permanent fixes to reduce incidents and prevent recurrences of known issues.
Particular Focus on design, deployment and life cycle support for cloud and on premises IP Telephony deployments
Skills and Knowledge base:
Network engineers must cover a wide range of skills and must be willing to maintain and develop knowledge regularly. Proven ability in the following areas within a data centre environment is
essential.
Solid understanding and troubleshooting of IPv4 including:
Routing (Static and OSPF)
Switching (VLANs and LAGs)
Firewalls including SonicWALL; Cisco ASA and pfSense
DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPNs
Cisco IOS / NX-OS, Comware, Brocade, Procurve, VYOS and Ubiquiti
WAN technologies such as MPLS, VPLS and PWAN.
IP telephony or Unified Communications preferably ShoreTel.
Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, Observium, Solar Winds or other SNMP inspection methods.
Proficiency in the following areas may be useful to the role.
Practical understanding of Windows Server, Unix or Linux operating systems
Wireless technologies such as Aruba, SonicPoint and Cisco.
IPv6 and BGP.
Hypervisor technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
Enterprise hardware for servers and storage including SAN.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates should demonstrate competency for the following.
Effective planning of mixed workloads with ability to monitor objectives and escalate as necessary.
Independent problem solving and the ability to work around blockages.
Self-sufficient workload management including prioritising and executing tasks.
Achieving positive outcomes through communication.
Collaborative team working and participation in meetings.
Maintaining a professional attitude with consideration for company reputation at all times.
Communication Skills:
A Network Engineer must demonstrate competency at communicating with a variety of audiences in both written and verbal forms.
Regular interaction with customers should be expected therefore the ability to manage and develop relationships positively is required.
Engineers are responsible for achieving positive results by driving cooperation with colleagues.
Representation of technical teams at customer meetings should be professional and enhance company reputation.
Competency at translating technical language for different audiences should be demonstrated.
If you have the key skills and experience then send in your CV today
09/09/2016
A Network Engineer position has become available to join one of the fastest growing companies in the country that offer tailor-made cloud hosted solutions and managed IT services.
Purpose of Job:
• Design, implementation and early life support of customer solutions.
• Development of data centre and core network infrastructure according to business needs and technology factors.
•4th line incident support, problem investigation and remediation.
Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of customer network solutions using a variety of technologies. Includes:
Gathering and interpreting customer requirements.
Producing technical recommendations that meet customer needs.
Engineering network infrastructure to supply local and wide area connectivity that supports our managed service delivery.
Implementing new technology into existing environments or as part of new solutions.
Providing early life support for new customer systems and facilitating training and handover to the Service Desk.
Development of new and existing technologies to meet current and future business and customer needs.
Taking ownership of escalations from the Service Desk to provide 4th line support for incidents and changes.
Problem management investigation and application of permanent fixes to reduce incidents and prevent recurrences of known issues.
Particular Focus on design, deployment and life cycle support for cloud and on premises IP Telephony deployments
Skills and Knowledge base:
Network engineers must cover a wide range of skills and must be willing to maintain and develop knowledge regularly. Proven ability in the following areas within a data centre environment is
essential.
Solid understanding and troubleshooting of IPv4 including:
Routing (Static and OSPF)
Switching (VLANs and LAGs)
Firewalls including SonicWALL; Cisco ASA and pfSense
DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPNs
Cisco IOS / NX-OS, Comware, Brocade, Procurve, VYOS and Ubiquiti
WAN technologies such as MPLS, VPLS and PWAN.
IP telephony or Unified Communications preferably ShoreTel.
Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, Observium, Solar Winds or other SNMP inspection methods.
Proficiency in the following areas may be useful to the role.
Practical understanding of Windows Server, Unix or Linux operating systems
Wireless technologies such as Aruba, SonicPoint and Cisco.
IPv6 and BGP.
Hypervisor technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
Enterprise hardware for servers and storage including SAN.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates should demonstrate competency for the following.
Effective planning of mixed workloads with ability to monitor objectives and escalate as necessary.
Independent problem solving and the ability to work around blockages.
Self-sufficient workload management including prioritising and executing tasks.
Achieving positive outcomes through communication.
Collaborative team working and participation in meetings.
Maintaining a professional attitude with consideration for company reputation at all times.
Communication Skills:
A Network Engineer must demonstrate competency at communicating with a variety of audiences in both written and verbal forms.
Regular interaction with customers should be expected therefore the ability to manage and develop relationships positively is required.
Engineers are responsible for achieving positive results by driving cooperation with colleagues.
Representation of technical teams at customer meetings should be professional and enhance company reputation.
Competency at translating technical language for different audiences should be demonstrated.
If you have the key skills and experience then send in your CV today
Infrastructure Engineer (Wintel/ Storage/ VMWare) - up to £44,000
Milton Keynes - Perm
My client pride itself in offering exciting opportunities based in excellent facilities with the knowledge of belonging to one of the UK's market leading financial organisations. This is a fantastic opportunity for the chosen Support Engineer to work with up to the minute advances in technology whilst gaining a fascinating insight into the company and the industry as a whole. The IT Infrastructure team are currently involved in a strategic programme of work, to grow the business and improve Technology.
The ideal candidate will have experience working within the financial services sector. The candidate would be Microsoft certified and have spent several years specialising in supporting Windows on both VMWare and Citrix Platforms, with a solid understanding of Cisco Network Administration (CCNA or CCNP Required). As well as all the expected qualities of an experienced Wintel support engineer the following skills are critical to the role.
My client is looking for the following;
*
Wintel Experience needed
*
Significant experience supporting a Citrix XenApp Farm
*
Port of call for 3rd line escalations (4th Line Support)
*
Network trouble shooting, TCP/IP and general WAN/ LAN trouble shooting
*
Maintain security infrastructure including antivirus software, firewalls and endpoints.
*
Deploy ESX hosts
*
Build new servers, physical and virtual.
*
SAN Storage administration (NetApp)
*
Troubleshooting skills with VMWare Performance issues.
*
Microsoft Exchange Administration
*
CCNA or CCNP (Required)
09/09/2016
Infrastructure Engineer (Wintel/ Storage/ VMWare) - up to £44,000
Milton Keynes - Perm
My client pride itself in offering exciting opportunities based in excellent facilities with the knowledge of belonging to one of the UK's market leading financial organisations. This is a fantastic opportunity for the chosen Support Engineer to work with up to the minute advances in technology whilst gaining a fascinating insight into the company and the industry as a whole. The IT Infrastructure team are currently involved in a strategic programme of work, to grow the business and improve Technology.
The ideal candidate will have experience working within the financial services sector. The candidate would be Microsoft certified and have spent several years specialising in supporting Windows on both VMWare and Citrix Platforms, with a solid understanding of Cisco Network Administration (CCNA or CCNP Required). As well as all the expected qualities of an experienced Wintel support engineer the following skills are critical to the role.
My client is looking for the following;
*
Wintel Experience needed
*
Significant experience supporting a Citrix XenApp Farm
*
Port of call for 3rd line escalations (4th Line Support)
*
Network trouble shooting, TCP/IP and general WAN/ LAN trouble shooting
*
Maintain security infrastructure including antivirus software, firewalls and endpoints.
*
Deploy ESX hosts
*
Build new servers, physical and virtual.
*
SAN Storage administration (NetApp)
*
Troubleshooting skills with VMWare Performance issues.
*
Microsoft Exchange Administration
*
CCNA or CCNP (Required)
A Network Engineer position has become available to join one of the fastest growing companies in the country that offer tailor-made cloud hosted solutions and managed IT services.
Purpose of Job:
• Design, implementation and early life support of customer solutions.
• Development of data centre and core network infrastructure according to business needs and technology factors.
•4th line incident support, problem investigation and remediation.
Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of customer network solutions using a variety of technologies. Includes:
Gathering and interpreting customer requirements.
Producing technical recommendations that meet customer needs.
Engineering network infrastructure to supply local and wide area connectivity that supports our managed service delivery.
Implementing new technology into existing environments or as part of new solutions.
Providing early life support for new customer systems and facilitating training and handover to the Service Desk.
Development of new and existing technologies to meet current and future business and customer needs.
Taking ownership of escalations from the Service Desk to provide 4th line support for incidents and changes.
Problem management investigation and application of permanent fixes to reduce incidents and prevent recurrences of known issues.
Particular Focus on design, deployment and life cycle support for cloud and on premises IP Telephony deployments
Skills and Knowledge base:
Network engineers must cover a wide range of skills and must be willing to maintain and develop knowledge regularly. Proven ability in the following areas within a data centre environment is
essential.
Solid understanding and troubleshooting of IPv4 including:
Routing (Static and OSPF)
Switching (VLANs and LAGs)
Firewalls including SonicWALL; Cisco ASA and pfSense
DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPNs
Cisco IOS / NX-OS, Comware, Brocade, Procurve, VYOS and Ubiquiti
WAN technologies such as MPLS, VPLS and PWAN.
IP telephony or Unified Communications preferably ShoreTel.
Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, Observium, Solar Winds or other SNMP inspection methods.
Proficiency in the following areas may be useful to the role.
Practical understanding of Windows Server, Unix or Linux operating systems
Wireless technologies such as Aruba, SonicPoint and Cisco.
IPv6 and BGP.
Hypervisor technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
Enterprise hardware for servers and storage including SAN.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates should demonstrate competency for the following.
Effective planning of mixed workloads with ability to monitor objectives and escalate as necessary.
Independent problem solving and the ability to work around blockages.
Self-sufficient workload management including prioritising and executing tasks.
Achieving positive outcomes through communication.
Collaborative team working and participation in meetings.
Maintaining a professional attitude with consideration for company reputation at all times.
Communication Skills:
A Network Engineer must demonstrate competency at communicating with a variety of audiences in both written and verbal forms.
Regular interaction with customers should be expected therefore the ability to manage and develop relationships positively is required.
Engineers are responsible for achieving positive results by driving cooperation with colleagues.
Representation of technical teams at customer meetings should be professional and enhance company reputation.
Competency at translating technical language for different audiences should be demonstrated.
If you have the key skills and experience then send in your CV today
09/09/2016
A Network Engineer position has become available to join one of the fastest growing companies in the country that offer tailor-made cloud hosted solutions and managed IT services.
Purpose of Job:
• Design, implementation and early life support of customer solutions.
• Development of data centre and core network infrastructure according to business needs and technology factors.
•4th line incident support, problem investigation and remediation.
Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of customer network solutions using a variety of technologies. Includes:
Gathering and interpreting customer requirements.
Producing technical recommendations that meet customer needs.
Engineering network infrastructure to supply local and wide area connectivity that supports our managed service delivery.
Implementing new technology into existing environments or as part of new solutions.
Providing early life support for new customer systems and facilitating training and handover to the Service Desk.
Development of new and existing technologies to meet current and future business and customer needs.
Taking ownership of escalations from the Service Desk to provide 4th line support for incidents and changes.
Problem management investigation and application of permanent fixes to reduce incidents and prevent recurrences of known issues.
Particular Focus on design, deployment and life cycle support for cloud and on premises IP Telephony deployments
Skills and Knowledge base:
Network engineers must cover a wide range of skills and must be willing to maintain and develop knowledge regularly. Proven ability in the following areas within a data centre environment is
essential.
Solid understanding and troubleshooting of IPv4 including:
Routing (Static and OSPF)
Switching (VLANs and LAGs)
Firewalls including SonicWALL; Cisco ASA and pfSense
DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPNs
Cisco IOS / NX-OS, Comware, Brocade, Procurve, VYOS and Ubiquiti
WAN technologies such as MPLS, VPLS and PWAN.
IP telephony or Unified Communications preferably ShoreTel.
Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, Observium, Solar Winds or other SNMP inspection methods.
Proficiency in the following areas may be useful to the role.
Practical understanding of Windows Server, Unix or Linux operating systems
Wireless technologies such as Aruba, SonicPoint and Cisco.
IPv6 and BGP.
Hypervisor technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
Enterprise hardware for servers and storage including SAN.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates should demonstrate competency for the following.
Effective planning of mixed workloads with ability to monitor objectives and escalate as necessary.
Independent problem solving and the ability to work around blockages.
Self-sufficient workload management including prioritising and executing tasks.
Achieving positive outcomes through communication.
Collaborative team working and participation in meetings.
Maintaining a professional attitude with consideration for company reputation at all times.
Communication Skills:
A Network Engineer must demonstrate competency at communicating with a variety of audiences in both written and verbal forms.
Regular interaction with customers should be expected therefore the ability to manage and develop relationships positively is required.
Engineers are responsible for achieving positive results by driving cooperation with colleagues.
Representation of technical teams at customer meetings should be professional and enhance company reputation.
Competency at translating technical language for different audiences should be demonstrated.
If you have the key skills and experience then send in your CV today
Infrastructure Engineer (Wintel/ Storage/ VMWare) - up to £44,000
Milton Keynes - Perm
My client pride itself in offering exciting opportunities based in excellent facilities with the knowledge of belonging to one of the UK's market leading financial organisations. This is a fantastic opportunity for the chosen Support Engineer to work with up to the minute advances in technology whilst gaining a fascinating insight into the company and the industry as a whole. The IT Infrastructure team are currently involved in a strategic programme of work, to grow the business and improve Technology.
The ideal candidate will have experience working within the financial services sector. The candidate would be Microsoft certified and have spent several years specialising in supporting Windows on both VMWare and Citrix Platforms, with a solid understanding of Cisco Network Administration (CCNA or CCNP Required). As well as all the expected qualities of an experienced Wintel support engineer the following skills are critical to the role.
My client is looking for the following;
*
Wintel Experience needed
*
Significant experience supporting a Citrix XenApp Farm
*
Port of call for 3rd line escalations (4th Line Support)
*
Network trouble shooting, TCP/IP and general WAN/ LAN trouble shooting
*
Maintain security infrastructure including antivirus software, firewalls and endpoints.
*
Deploy ESX hosts
*
Build new servers, physical and virtual.
*
SAN Storage administration (NetApp)
*
Troubleshooting skills with VMWare Performance issues.
*
Microsoft Exchange Administration
*
CCNA or CCNP (Required)
09/09/2016
Infrastructure Engineer (Wintel/ Storage/ VMWare) - up to £44,000
Milton Keynes - Perm
My client pride itself in offering exciting opportunities based in excellent facilities with the knowledge of belonging to one of the UK's market leading financial organisations. This is a fantastic opportunity for the chosen Support Engineer to work with up to the minute advances in technology whilst gaining a fascinating insight into the company and the industry as a whole. The IT Infrastructure team are currently involved in a strategic programme of work, to grow the business and improve Technology.
The ideal candidate will have experience working within the financial services sector. The candidate would be Microsoft certified and have spent several years specialising in supporting Windows on both VMWare and Citrix Platforms, with a solid understanding of Cisco Network Administration (CCNA or CCNP Required). As well as all the expected qualities of an experienced Wintel support engineer the following skills are critical to the role.
My client is looking for the following;
*
Wintel Experience needed
*
Significant experience supporting a Citrix XenApp Farm
*
Port of call for 3rd line escalations (4th Line Support)
*
Network trouble shooting, TCP/IP and general WAN/ LAN trouble shooting
*
Maintain security infrastructure including antivirus software, firewalls and endpoints.
*
Deploy ESX hosts
*
Build new servers, physical and virtual.
*
SAN Storage administration (NetApp)
*
Troubleshooting skills with VMWare Performance issues.
*
Microsoft Exchange Administration
*
CCNA or CCNP (Required)
A Network Engineer position has become available to join one of the fastest growing companies in the country that offer tailor-made cloud hosted solutions and managed IT services.
Purpose of Job:
• Design, implementation and early life support of customer solutions.
• Development of data centre and core network infrastructure according to business needs and technology factors.
•4th line incident support, problem investigation and remediation.
Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of customer network solutions using a variety of technologies. Includes:
Gathering and interpreting customer requirements.
Producing technical recommendations that meet customer needs.
Engineering network infrastructure to supply local and wide area connectivity that supports our managed service delivery.
Implementing new technology into existing environments or as part of new solutions.
Providing early life support for new customer systems and facilitating training and handover to the Service Desk.
Development of new and existing technologies to meet current and future business and customer needs.
Taking ownership of escalations from the Service Desk to provide 4th line support for incidents and changes.
Problem management investigation and application of permanent fixes to reduce incidents and prevent recurrences of known issues.
Particular Focus on design, deployment and life cycle support for cloud and on premises IP Telephony deployments
Skills and Knowledge base:
Network engineers must cover a wide range of skills and must be willing to maintain and develop knowledge regularly. Proven ability in the following areas within a data centre environment is
essential.
Solid understanding and troubleshooting of IPv4 including:
Routing (Static and OSPF)
Switching (VLANs and LAGs)
Firewalls including SonicWALL; Cisco ASA and pfSense
DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPNs
Cisco IOS / NX-OS, Comware, Brocade, Procurve, VYOS and Ubiquiti
WAN technologies such as MPLS, VPLS and PWAN.
IP telephony or Unified Communications preferably ShoreTel.
Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, Observium, Solar Winds or other SNMP inspection methods.
Proficiency in the following areas may be useful to the role.
Practical understanding of Windows Server, Unix or Linux operating systems
Wireless technologies such as Aruba, SonicPoint and Cisco.
IPv6 and BGP.
Hypervisor technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
Enterprise hardware for servers and storage including SAN.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates should demonstrate competency for the following.
Effective planning of mixed workloads with ability to monitor objectives and escalate as necessary.
Independent problem solving and the ability to work around blockages.
Self-sufficient workload management including prioritising and executing tasks.
Achieving positive outcomes through communication.
Collaborative team working and participation in meetings.
Maintaining a professional attitude with consideration for company reputation at all times.
Communication Skills:
A Network Engineer must demonstrate competency at communicating with a variety of audiences in both written and verbal forms.
Regular interaction with customers should be expected therefore the ability to manage and develop relationships positively is required.
Engineers are responsible for achieving positive results by driving cooperation with colleagues.
Representation of technical teams at customer meetings should be professional and enhance company reputation.
Competency at translating technical language for different audiences should be demonstrated.
If you have the key skills and experience then send in your CV today
09/09/2016
A Network Engineer position has become available to join one of the fastest growing companies in the country that offer tailor-made cloud hosted solutions and managed IT services.
Purpose of Job:
• Design, implementation and early life support of customer solutions.
• Development of data centre and core network infrastructure according to business needs and technology factors.
•4th line incident support, problem investigation and remediation.
Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of customer network solutions using a variety of technologies. Includes:
Gathering and interpreting customer requirements.
Producing technical recommendations that meet customer needs.
Engineering network infrastructure to supply local and wide area connectivity that supports our managed service delivery.
Implementing new technology into existing environments or as part of new solutions.
Providing early life support for new customer systems and facilitating training and handover to the Service Desk.
Development of new and existing technologies to meet current and future business and customer needs.
Taking ownership of escalations from the Service Desk to provide 4th line support for incidents and changes.
Problem management investigation and application of permanent fixes to reduce incidents and prevent recurrences of known issues.
Particular Focus on design, deployment and life cycle support for cloud and on premises IP Telephony deployments
Skills and Knowledge base:
Network engineers must cover a wide range of skills and must be willing to maintain and develop knowledge regularly. Proven ability in the following areas within a data centre environment is
essential.
Solid understanding and troubleshooting of IPv4 including:
Routing (Static and OSPF)
Switching (VLANs and LAGs)
Firewalls including SonicWALL; Cisco ASA and pfSense
DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPNs
Cisco IOS / NX-OS, Comware, Brocade, Procurve, VYOS and Ubiquiti
WAN technologies such as MPLS, VPLS and PWAN.
IP telephony or Unified Communications preferably ShoreTel.
Network monitoring tools such as Nagios, Observium, Solar Winds or other SNMP inspection methods.
Proficiency in the following areas may be useful to the role.
Practical understanding of Windows Server, Unix or Linux operating systems
Wireless technologies such as Aruba, SonicPoint and Cisco.
IPv6 and BGP.
Hypervisor technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V
Enterprise hardware for servers and storage including SAN.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates should demonstrate competency for the following.
Effective planning of mixed workloads with ability to monitor objectives and escalate as necessary.
Independent problem solving and the ability to work around blockages.
Self-sufficient workload management including prioritising and executing tasks.
Achieving positive outcomes through communication.
Collaborative team working and participation in meetings.
Maintaining a professional attitude with consideration for company reputation at all times.
Communication Skills:
A Network Engineer must demonstrate competency at communicating with a variety of audiences in both written and verbal forms.
Regular interaction with customers should be expected therefore the ability to manage and develop relationships positively is required.
Engineers are responsible for achieving positive results by driving cooperation with colleagues.
Representation of technical teams at customer meetings should be professional and enhance company reputation.
Competency at translating technical language for different audiences should be demonstrated.
If you have the key skills and experience then send in your CV today
