Network Engineer

Network Engineer | Permanent - up to £70,000 - City of London | Lloyd's of London Insurance

A pan UK/European insurance company is looking for a Network Engineer who can play a key role in an expanding team. As Network Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting data and voice network equipment as well as the planning & installation for location moves, phone services, wiring, monitoring and trouble-shooting networking problems.

Key Accountabilities

• To work closely with the Network Manager ensuring maximum uptime and managed change to the UK/European network
• Full ownership and accountability of day to day network operations and support activities (support tickets, patching, documentation, Visio diagrams)
• Escalation management first point of contact for all issues/escalations from supported user base
• Issue/Outage management work with the Network Manager and related support teams to ensure rapid resolution of any issues or outages on the network
• Stakeholder management at senior Director and CIO level
• Ownership of change management activities for the network
• Delivery of IT services against defined SLAs, including the production of metrics to monitor the services provided to the business
• Engagement in Disaster Recovery activities including out-of-hours tests
• Delivery of network tasks to projects as required

Key Skills

• Palo Alto Firewall administration
• NetScaler load balancer administration
• Cisco Wireless network administration
• Configuration and implementation of Cisco Nexus and Catalyst 4510/4500X Switches
• Configuration and implementation of Cisco ISR and ASR Routers.
• Expert in Cisco routing and switching
• Good level of knowledge in Cisco Telephony technologies
• Excellent network troubleshooting skills

The ideal Network Engineer is someone who is flexible enough to manage the day to day administration, be involved in change at a local level and who can see the broader picture and help implement best practice across UK/Europe to better support the company.

If you have the right skill set, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV for a confidential discussion and full JD.