Senior Network Engineer / Specialist

Are you already a senior network engineer looking to take your career to the next stage? Look no further as there is a need for someone like you reporting directly in to the IT Infrastructure Manager for a large company in Leicester. If you have heavy exposure to Cisco routers and switches and even better hold a Cisco certification in CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDE, CCDP then this is the job for you. You will be seen as more than just a Senior Network Engineer as this role will allow you to take your career to the next level as your be looking at changes to the business and department to ensure the smooth running going forward. The IT Infrastructure Manager wants to see you bring new changes and ideas to the business and forward plan for their future. Senior Network Engineer Role Summary • As a part of the Infrastructure team this role will involve Configuration, Management and Monitoring of the corporate network Infrastructure. Responsibilities include project delivery, architectural design, strategic planning, capacity and availability planning and recommendations for improvements. • This person will have extensive Cisco Switch, Router and ASA Firewall skills, along with HP Networking, telephony and wireless technologies including Cisco APs and WLAN controllers. • There is also a requirement to liaise with 3rd party WAN providers, support partners and channel partners. There would be an expectation to challenge them on solutions, costs and negotiate on hardware and software purchases Customer Focus • Ensure my clients network estate is available 100% of the time, excluding planned outages • Planned system outages in accordance with change management policy and awareness of ITIL processes • Ensure the estate is resilient and is running as efficiently as possible • Make recommendation and proposals to improve the network infrastructure • Diligently carry out and report on capacity • Lead the business in terms of networking and new technologies Making Money • Look for areas to save costs whilst not impacting performance • Ensure any recommendations for improvement are made with prudence in mind What do I need to have? Essential Cisco routing and switching HP ProCurve switching Cisco ASA administration MPLS/WAN experience LAN/WAN Switching Awareness of ITIL processes Cisco Wireless LAN Access point and Controller management Desirable Cisco CCNP qualified Smoothwall Internet Gateway Microsoft Technologies VMWare and SAN technologies (e.g. NetApp) PCI Security Compliance aware ITIL qualification or exposure to the framework Networking in the Cloud e.g. Azure / AWS Permanent position - Circa £55000 plus big benefits Leicester based