Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

If Cisco is your main skill and you'd like to be heavily involved with projects that span the EMEA region for a global brand, then read on.

In fact, 50% of your time will be based on projects with occasional travel to one of the possible 45 locations.

As part of the wider UK IT Infrastructure function, you will be joining a network team of 3 permanent staff that is growing due to the volume of project work that is already in the roadmap.

Initially based in the Southampton office, upon completion of probation you'll have the option to work 2 days a week from home.

Other benefits include: up to 26 days holiday, 5% Pension, Private Medical, Life Assurance Plan and more.

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

As Senior Network Engineer you will:

1. Design and develop complex, integrated solutions.
2. Perform and evaluate cost analyses and vendor comparisons for projects.
3. Provide 24x7 on-call support.
4. Develop technical subject matter expertise on established and emerging network and telecommunications systems and technologies.
5. Communicate system operations and environment changes.
6. Adhere to SOX, PCI, and other regulatory requirements.
7. Understand and avoid capacity, redundancy, and health constraints of network and telecommunications systems.
8. Ensure that all security requirements are met.
9. Provide technical input to solution development plans and concept documents.
10. Demonstrate understanding of business impacts of issues and how they relate to IT-owned solutions.
11. Perform and plan major version upgrades.
12. Design and implement effective monitoring of enterprise systems.
13. Plan and manage technical projects involving other teams.
14. Contribute to technical research on new technologies, processes, or procedures.

The successful Senior Network Engineer will have several years of experience across Cisco networking technology, with extra kudos given if you've worked with Cisco Nexus, ACI, Cisco ASA, Cisco Wireless, Cisco DMVPN, and MPLS.

To apply for this role please send your CV to (see below) or call.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.