Network Engineer

WHO DO WE NEED? We are looking for someone with excellent organisation, communication and leadership skills who has: Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience of data centre and campus networking technologies: Cisco (routing, switching, firewalls), Palo Alto (Next Gen firewalls), F5 (global and local load balancing), encryption; Strong understanding of routing protocols (static and dynamic) in data centre, campus and wide area networks; Strong experience of operating high availability data centre networks supporting critical workloads on Windows, Linux and SAN including technical refresh of large numbers of devices; Strong experience of monitoring and management tooling including Solarwinds, FMC, Panorama; Good general knowledge of Windows Server Environments (including OS build, AD, DNS, DHCP and GPO) and Linux (RHEL) data centre server infrastructures; Good general knowledge of Microsoft Stack technologies such as MS SQL, MS System Centre; Excellent analysis and problem solving skills, taking ownership of complex incidents ensuring these are resolved to the satisfaction of the customer; Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Knowledge and experience of working in Agile and/or Scaled Agile delivery teams where secure by design is the approach to delivery. Your Role and Responsibilities: Providing network skills and producing low level solution designs as part of the delivery team; Working with delivery teams to implement modern, highly available, scalable networks using a range of new and emerging technologies including automation; Inputting into network management and acceptance aspects including setting standards and providing your technical expertise to Leidos programme teams; Utilising the concepts and principles of verification and validation to deliver relevant network designs; Collaborating with customers on all aspects of network management including the assurance and integration of infrastructure services to meet the needs of multiple lines of business; Recognising and exploiting business opportunities by leveraging architecture and design best practice; Communicating effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context.

#J-18808-Ljbffr