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Senior Network Engineer (Aberdeen)

McNally Recruitment Ltd

Aberdeen City

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 80,000

4 days ago
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Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to enhance their Service Provider infrastructure. In this role, you will be instrumental in improving network efficiency and stability, designing robust solutions, and ensuring security across critical services. You will leverage your extensive experience in network deployment and troubleshooting while actively participating in customer support and pre-sales activities. This opportunity offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions will significantly impact the company's service delivery and client satisfaction. Join a team that values knowledge sharing and professional development while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Industry training

Pension plan

Life insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

  • In-depth knowledge of network solutions and strong experience in deployment.
  • Experience in ITIL environments and customer support.

Responsibilities

  • Improve efficiency and stability of networks in Cisco and Juniper environments.
  • Design and implement new network solutions focusing on availability and security.

Skills

Network Solutions

Customer Support

Cyber Security Principles

Network Monitoring

Project Management

Education

Degree in Technical Engineering

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto

Azure

Microsoft 365

Job description

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer who will be part of the Aberdeen team supporting and developing their own Service Provider infrastructure, as well as being directly involved in the research, design, deployment & support of key services for their customers.

  • Key will be your ability to improve the efficiency and stability of current networks, primarily in Cisco, Juniper Meraki, and Palo Alto environments.
  • You will be skilled in designing and implementing new network solutions with a focus on availability and security and have a strong understanding of the infrastructure that depends on these networks.

Essential

  • Have worked as a Senior Network Engineer with in-depth knowledge of network solutions.
  • Degree or equivalent in a relevant technical engineering discipline.
  • Take pride in delivering exceptional levels of customer support and building trust.
  • Strong experience in deployment, configuration and support of firewalls, routers and switches to maximise network availability, efficiency and security.
  • Experience of working and developing an ITIL environment.
  • Experience of monitoring, diagnosing and troubleshooting network and infrastructure faults and performance.
  • Strong understanding of cyber security principles, priorities and incident management.
  • Project management experience ensuring delivery of key milestones across concurrent projects.
  • Excellent customer facing skills and experience in supporting the pre-sales activity.
  • Take pride in knowledge sharing and development of colleagues.
  • Be able to be part of our on-call rota and support.
  • Maintaining awareness of latest industry technologies and updates.
  • Writing and maintaining technical documentation.

Desirable

  • Achieve and maintain vendor certification, e.g. Cisco, Palo-Alto, Juniper.
  • Knowledge of working to cybersecurity standards; Cyber Essentials Plus, IASME, ISO27001.
  • Experience of working in an Agile or Prince2 project management framework.
  • Experience in the research, development and rollout of new services.
  • Experience of Azure/Microsoft 365.

Benefits

  • 30 days annual leave per year (after probation).
  • Industry training and professional development.
  • Pension plan and Life insurance.
  • Cycle to work & refer a friend scheme.
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