Network Consulting Engineer

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, dedicated to driving transformational change for our clients. We leverage proven technology, specialist teams, and extensive domain expertise to create robust technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. Our mission is fueled by a passion for technology as a means to solve complex business problems and achieve our clients' objectives.

About the Role:

• Delivery of extensive critical national infrastructure utilising market leading tools to future proof security and availability needs
• Candidates must have excellent communication skills and be able to lead projects from design stage through to implementation and take ownership of the solution end to end
• Project Engineering, including but not limited to Low Level Design activity, implementation services and consultancy services
• Provide expert level support to all clients and act as an internal point of escalation for all support related incidents where required
• Troubleshooting and diagnosis of all network and security related incidents
• Mentoring other members of the team

• Experience of physical design input and build of networks including OT environments
• Extensive experience in a similar role or field based / consulting role
• CCNP Routing, Switching & Security with Data Centre experience
• Strong understanding of network security principles and associated technologies
• Expert troubleshooting of complex enterprise networks and associated technologies
• Deep knowledge of Wide Area Networking technologies and associated routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF and BGP is essential to this role
• Experience of administering and troubleshooting the following technologies and platforms is essential
• Cisco ISR and ASR Routers
• Datacentre technologies, Cisco Nexus, VXLAN, VPC’s & End User Compute
• Campus Switching Catalyst 9XXX series switches, Stackwise virtual
• IPSec VPN’s & Cisco SDWAN
• Cisco Secure firewall / FTD
• SASE solutions, Palo Alto Prisma Access, Cisco Secure Connect
• Cisco Wireless – WLC’s (C9800 series)
• Palo Alto Networks Firewalls & Panorama
• Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
• Experiences with Azure and AWS cloud environments
• Security Clearance is desirable
• Offshore certification is desirable
• Experience of administering and troubleshooting the following is desirable
• Cisco Meraki Wireless, Security and Switching technologies
• Cisco ACI - Application Centric Infrastructure HP and Aruba Platforms
• DevNet Principles, Automation, Ansible, Python

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success. We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life.  In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package: 

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth. 
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.  We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can. 
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us. 

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.