Senior Network Engineer

Position: Senior Network Engineer (Contract)
Job Title:

Senior Network Engineer

Duration: 12 Month Contract

Location:

Christchurch (Hybrid 2-3 days onsite per week)

Rates: £72.54 per hour via Umbrella Company (Inside IR35)

Notes:
Must be eligible for SC, working on UK eyes only projects

Overview:

Interested in developing communication systems for the future to enhance and optimise Command, Control and Situational Awareness across the whole battlespace? We are looking for network engineers to help develop in this domain in one of the world's largest engineering companies.

What we're looking for in you:

You should be able to demonstrate:

A 'can do' attitude; deliver within agreed budgets and timescales
Self-organisation and good time management
Occasional travel may be required

The Digital Intelligence team:

Customers increasingly demand information and technology solutions delivering advantage, communications, planning, operations and cyber protection. Communications and Networks under Innovation and Technology within Digital Intelligence is where we design and build cutting edge IT solutions for incorporation into products and services.

Deliverables include:

Candidates will be required to but not limited to:

Producing high-and low-level designs to meet challenging networking requirements
Building and configuring technical solutions of networked hardware and software
Integration of Commercial of the Shelf hardware and software
Adherence to systems engineering practices
Fault finding and resolution of issues in a production environment to a successful conclusion
Producing clear and concise technical documentation
Collaboration with other members of the agile team; sharing knowledge and peer reviewing others work
Reporting on progress and providing feedback to team members and leadership
Occasional visits to customer sites to support deployment

Key Knowledge / Skills &

Qualifications:

Knowledge:

Essential:

Functional domain knowledge of routing protocols e.g. OSPF, EIGRP, and RIP

Experience of network design to meet customer requirements

Desirable:

Knowledge of software defined networking and network function virtualisation

Experience of Virtual Private Networking including IP Security and the provisioning of Public Key Infrastructure Certification Authorities

Experience of network management protocols e.g. SNMP, SSH, Sys Log, ICMP
Knowledge of virtualisation technologies - EG , MWWare , Hyper V and Linnex KVM
Knowledge of deployed communication systems in constrained environments. Defence background also desirable but not necessary

Skills:

Essential:

Installation and configuration of Layer 2 switched networks and Layer 3 routed networks
Technical documentation production

Desirable:

Configuration and support of VRF, L2TP, GRE, and VSS technologies