Senior Network Engineer

We’re seeking a talented Networks & Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing hybrid team. Currently a team of 12, covering a range of operational infrastructure support areas across on-prem and the cloud. Responsible for core on-prem services including the network, endpoint configuration management, physical and virtual server infrastructure, enterprise storage, compute resources, telephony, and backup and recovery solutions. In addition to on-prem services, we support a growing number of core services hosted in the cloud, primarily within the Microsoft 365 E5 stack, Azure and other cloud service providers e.g. Citrix.

We focus on both operational support and project delivery, working with other teams including cyber security in support of Cyber Essentials requirements, service management to provide engineering escalations and change activity, digital delivery to provide the technical capabilities to implement new services and ensure operational readiness, and the business applications team in underpinning and providing availability for core ERP applications.

The role offers exposure to a wide range of technologies as well as the opportunity to focus on specific technology areas. It is assumed that this senior level role will play an important role in training and developing staff from Service Desk and Service Delivery areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor, manage and maintain both networking and on-prem infrastructure technology to ensure continued service delivery.
• Work with stakeholders to determine business requirements for network solutions or changes to existing services.
• Provide support to other Infrastructure team members responsible for Endpoint IPAM/DHCP/DNS services.
• Implement network and infrastructure improvements and manage changes to support all users with minimal downtime.
• Undertake project work, maintenance and remediation on NPL’s on-prem infrastructure including virtualisation, storage and backup systems (e.g. VMWare, Hitachi Storage Array, Rubrik, Nimble).
• Manage and maintain NPL’s Active Directory Forest and support colleagues in the Cloud Engineering team to maintain our Cloud platforms (Microsoft 365, Azure, D365).

We are now working in a hybrid way, with a mix of remote and office working. We strive to offer a great work-life balance - if you are looking for part-time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.

Key Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Network protocols including OSPF, BGP, VRFs.
• Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise switching and OmniVista management.
• Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Stellar Wi-Fi networks.
• Allied Telesis EPSR Ring topologies.
• Allied Telesis network management tools AMF Vista.
• Next Gen Firewalls (preferably Fortinet) and VPN.
• Network security concepts such as NAC, 802.1x and segmentation systems (Preferably Forescout).
• Protocols used in resilient systems e.g. VRRP, LACP, Virtual-Chassis.
• VMWare VCenter virtualisation platform.
• On-Prem storage arrays (Hitachi).
• Managed backup solutions (Rubrik).
• Active Directory, DNS, DHCP.
• Microsoft 365.
• Physical data centre and hub room management.
• Excellent all-round hardware knowledge.
• Excellent standard of written documentation - e.g. policies, procedures, wiki/knowledge base articles.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.