Gigamon SME - SC or DV Clearance

A leading global information and communication technology company are seeking an experienced network engineer to join our team as a Gigamon SME. This role involves participating in the rollout of a significant Cyber Project for a large government client and will therefore require you to already have SC or DV clearance.

This is an initial 9 month contract and will be inside IR35 with a daily rate up to £600 per day. The role does offer some hybrid working and will be 4 days a week onsite due to project requirements and can be based in either Bracknell or Birmingham.

Key Responsibilities:

• Remote configuration of hardware under the direction of a team lead.
• Build, configure, and harden Juniper switches according to build guides.
• Build and configure Gigamon physical devices and connect/onboard them to the Gigavue FM Management server.
• Visit customer sites to install hardware within racks.
• Provide remote support of hardware during customer testing.
• Update the PM and team lead regarding progress.
• Engage with the service teams to ensure new hardware is effectively taken into support.

Mandatory Skills:

• Extensive network engineer experience, preferably with Cisco projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team to implement hardware into customer sites.
• Ability to work well within a team and develop positive working relationships with other project teams.
• Clear communication skills when interacting with peers, management, and customers.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working for large government customers.
• Self-starter who can implement solutions with minimal supervision and think through issues, providing recommendations to fix them.