Network Engineer

About the job you're considering

Capgemini Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) UK has the largest Projects & Consulting (P&C) practice in CIS globally - covering all the CIS portfolio. We work on a range of exciting projects for many different clients across all sectors. The role of the Network Engineer operates within the Edge capability, focusing on building, migrating, and testing modern network services and solutions.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:
identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Your role

Undertaking a range of network equipment installations and configuration activities for complex or high business impact solutions.

1. Performing infrastructure surveys, for both wired and wireless.
2. Configuring core infrastructure components e.g. switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers etc.
3. Performing impact assessments on large or complex networks.
4. Performing testing to pre-determined plans and analysing results.
5. Compliance with a stringent change management process, where levels of accuracy of proposed implementation activities will be subject to the fullest review and delivery must follow the agreed plan.

Your skills and experience

A good working knowledge of IP, Ethernet, routing and switching within LAN/WAN/Data Centre/Public Cloud environments is essential. Practical and demonstrable experience of implementing Cisco ACI would be beneficial.

• Significant experience of configuring network systems, switching, routing, firewalling, load balancing.
• Demonstrable knowledge of networks including network security, virtual private networking (VPN) converged networks and broadband technologies.
• Ability to install, configure and troubleshoot LAN/WAN/Voice network infrastructures for enterprise organisations.
• Typically qualified to Cisco CCNA level or vendor equivalent accreditation.
• Experience of automation/Orchestration: Network stack integration, Terraform, Ansible, Python, JSON, APIs.

Experience with key vendors, primarily Cisco (IOS, NX-OS, ACI), F5 (LTM, GTM, ASM), Palo Alto, Fortigate, Checkpoint, Juniper, Azure, Amazon and Google Cloud plus other vendor experience is welcome and beneficial.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

What does 'Get The Future You Want' mean for you?

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs.