Senior Network Engineer

Job description

Are you a Senior Network professional looking for a new opportunity in a thriving business?

Sopra Steria's Government and Transport sector are currently on the lookout for a Senior Network Engineer to join an impactful team working across a variety of unique projects in the public sector. This is an excellent opportunity with varying responsibilities from being the escalation point for junior members of staff to working on exciting projects making recommendations and improvements to large scale infrastructures. One of the most exciting aspects of the opportunity is the chance to get involved with Cloud Networking using (Primarily) AWS and Microsoft Azure.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

• Evaluate and enhance the performance of our managed network infrastructures.
• Administer IT resources and networks, including user access, service quality, security, network systems, and telecommunication setups.
• Provide advanced (Tier 2) support in line with our service level agreements.
• Mentor a team of network engineers, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.

What you'll bring:

• Understanding of network security principals and basic network principles including: Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls, Load Balancing, Routing, Switching WAN & LAN technologies, Telephony and WiFi.
• Familiarity with fundamental cloud networking concepts, including cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), network security measures in cloud environments, virtual networks, cloud connectivity options, and the principles of managing and integrating cloud networking solutions with existing on-premises infrastructure.
• Experience with technologies including:
  
  Firewalls Palo Alto/ Fortinet/ Juniper/ Checkpoint/ Meraki
  Web Application Firewalls F5 ASM
  Load Balancing F5 LTM
  Routing and switching Cisco Catalyst / Meraki / Aruba
  WiFi Meraki / Aruba
  Security Cisco ISE / Telepresence / 802.1

It would be great if you had

• Experience of Public Cloud Platform platforms (AWS, Azure)

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, Permanent
Location: Home Based
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker
Salary: Up to £60,000
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, 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 improves 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 us?

We support the UK Government to tackle today's biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We've been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.

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.