Your new company

PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST HAVE MINIMUM SC CLEARANCE FOR THIS ROLE

Would you like to work with one of our most innovative public sector clients?

They are currently looking for an Experienced Wintel Platform Engineer for an initial 6 month period. Our client is on a mission to deliver leading edge technology to some of its key departments. This is a great opportunity for you to be a part of this.

Your new role

• Responsible for third line resolution of IT network infrastructure incidents across the service, involving both physical and virtual network switching, routing and firewall equipment.
• Ensure that all new components and installations meet or exceed the RSO internal and regulatory requirements.
• Work with the technical architects and other tech teams to support and make recommendations towards service improvements and implement these solutions.
• Own responsibility for network changes and implement according to agreed business processes.
• Monitor trends to be able to proactively respond to issues to support the business needs.
• Develop the creation of documentation, processes, and policies to ensure necessary governance and reporting is in place.
• Follow the Technology Development Life Cycle in the development of all products, proactively planning upgrades as appropriate.
• Assisting more junior team members with learning and development as required.

What you'll need to succeed

MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE FOR THIS ROLE

• Experience in a similar network engineering role or as a generalist with a high degree of demonstratable networking experience.
• Experience with virtualized networking principles and platforms (vmware/Hyper-V).
• Experience with varied routing, firewall, switching and load balancing vendors.
• Excellent understanding of Networking Concepts, such as Transmission Control Protocol, Internet Protocol, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, IP Addressing, Variable Length Subnet Masks, Remote Access, cabling systems, wiring topologies, and security.
• Sound knowledge of LAN, WAN, design and implementation concepts.
• Clear understanding of IKE, IPSEC and standard routing protocols (OSPf/BGP).
• Demonstration of network capacity planning, network security principles, and general network management best practices.

Desirable

• Experience of working with Agile methodologies.
• Experience of cloud-based infrastructure (AWS/Azure).

What you'll get in return

• 6 Months initial contract (likely go on to be 2 years)
• Competitive Day rate

What you need to do now
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