Network Engineer

Fujitsu; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Network Engineer

Location: Basingstoke - 5 days week - Office based

Do you want to make an impact and change the way the world works? Do you want to collaborate and achieve together with committed people to work as part of a multi-skilled agile team, where teamwork is paramount? The role will be challenging and varied, where cross-training is expected, and challenges shared. This is your world and your opportunity to transform it for the better.

Your role

We are looking for a network engineer to work as part of a multi-skilled agile team, including security, service, and management where teamwork is paramount.

Your role will involve providing varied and complex technical support activities as part of project deployment, including installation, troubleshooting, problem resolution, and maintenance. Advises project SME on preventive maintenance and configuration adjustments to improve product performance and customer satisfaction.

1. Project Work: Technical implementation of medium to large infrastructures to timescale estimates and identifying risks. On larger projects works within a technical framework of the project to meet customer requirements.
2. Technical Capability: Works within a team with in-depth product knowledge without supervision to implement technical best practice.
3. Service Level: Manages systems within SLA, proposing, identifying improvements and implementing changes to meet service level requirements.
4. Problem Solving: Takes ownership for obtaining the information required to diagnose and resolve problems. Engages with third parties to jointly resolve in-depth product issues where necessary.
5. Professional Development: Stays up to date with new products, tools, and techniques, encouraging their use within the business to promote continuous improvement of capability.

Your experience

1. Experience of independently implementing LAN networks and infrastructure patching following design specifications and resolving issues.
2. Meets project deadlines and costs within own scope of responsibility.
3. Errors with workarounds or fixes provided in a timely manner.
4. Expert in two of the following technologies/disciplines and proficient in at least two others:

• Junos
• Cisco IOS
• IPS/IDS - Firepower, SRX or FortiGate
• Cisco ISE
• NSX-T
• Load balancing - F5 or Citrix
• Cloud networking - AWS or Azure
• Network automation
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Visual Basic
  • Terraform

Your benefits:

• 25 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Companywide incentive plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays / travel / dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work - employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of one stage of interviews.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer: Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric: Our hybrid work environments enable you to Be Completely You. Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.

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About the Team

Achieve together

We are Fujitsu. A Japanese company with a strong set of values and a history of respecting fairness and equality, whilst promoting diversity and inclusion. We constantly push ourselves to do more and strive to bring together a diverse mix of perspectives and talents in an inclusive environment, where we encourage our people to bring their full self to work. We call this Be Completely You.

We are inclusive. As a responsible business, it is important to us that we reflect the diversity of our society and customers. Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Women, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBT+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric. This means we care about our people (and their families) and appreciate that everyone has a life outside of work. By supporting our people to Work Your Way, we empower them to achieve a flexible and respectful approach to work which suits them and our customers best - this could be working hours, location, or a flexible approach to their working day.

We want you to thrive. If working for a progressive organization, with an active people-led Inclusive Community, demonstrating our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and equity, you belong at Fujitsu.

#LifeatFujitsu

Fujitsu employs over 7,000 people in the UK, who are passionate about delivering excellent service to our customers every day. Not only this, but our people live and breathe our global purpose to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation - that's about seeing the value technology can create for customers today and in the future - and making it real.

Fujitsu has been a key player in the UK's ICT landscape over the last five decades, and you might not realize it, but we provide the technology that underpins many of the services UK citizens and consumers use every day.

Whether it's banks, retailers, manufacturers, energy companies or the government, we're proud to deliver the behind-the-scenes technology that you use every day; keeping many of the critical systems going that help people manage their finances, shop in-store or online, consume energy or use government services.