Senior Network Engineer

The Hosted Services organization was formed in 2015 to enable the delivery of fully managed and hosted TrakCare and other healthcare related solutions. With ten established data center locations globally, and several contracts in the pipeline, Hosted Services is expected to continue to grow.

To support this growth, we are now looking for a Senior Network Engineer to work within our Hosting Services team to oversee the ongoing delivery, administration and security compliance of the network infrastructure underpinning our hosted services internationally.

What’s in it for you?

• Great Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Optional Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Perks and Savings on lifestyle activities
• Nuffield Health Discounts
• Gym Reimbursements (up to £600)
• Plus more!

Responsibilities

• Provide expert support for the network infrastructure underpinning customer hosting environments.
• Complete network tasks on schedule and in line with agreed plans.
• Collaborate with architects, project managers, and stakeholders to evaluate and propose suitable network solutions.
• Develop, implement, and test disaster recovery and network failover plans.
• Maintain operational acceptance criteria for network solutions and ensure delivery teams meet them before production handover.
• Ensure 24×7 monitoring of network components for availability, capacity, and performance.
• Follow agreed network and access processes, resolving events, incidents, and requests promptly using the appropriate tools.
• Advise customers and stakeholders on live network solutions.
• Provide 24×7 support as part of the hosting operations team.

Experience Required

Essential

• Minimum of CCNP level knowledge and experience
• Minimum of 5 years in a senior role with a mixture of exposure to Cisco data center technologies in both support, design and implementation roles
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of configuring, troubleshooting and supporting Cisco equipment in a data center multi-tenant environment, specifically Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco ASR and Catalyst routers, Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD firewalls
• Strong practical experience of following ITIL processes in a 24x7 operations environment with tight SLA and security compliance requirements.
• Practical experience with Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 series, Cisco ASA & FTD firewalls, multi-context mode firewalling

Desirable:

• F5 GTM/LTM/ASM/APM, route domains, partitions, pools, nodes, iRules
• Kemp Loadmaster experience
• Cisco WSA, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Cisco Defense Orchestrator, Cisco Umbrella, WCCP
• Knowledge and experience of Cisco MDS products, FC/FCoE beneficial
• Working knowledge of MPLS
• Understanding of certificate PKI management
• Knowledge of configuration management, scripting and automation