Network Engineer - DV Cleared

Network Engineer - DV Cleared

Location:

West Midlands / Gloucestershire

Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 depending on experience

Working Pattern:
Full-time, 4-5 days p/w in Tewkesbury, occasional site visits in the West Midlands

Clearance:
Current active DV clearance is essential

We are supporting a specialist organisation delivering complex projects across highly secure government and defence environments who are looking for a Network Engineer to join the team.

You must currently hold active DV clearance to be considered for this position. Unfortunately, SC clearance, DV eligibility or previously/lapsed DV cannot be considered due to the requirements of the projects.

However, you do not need to be a Senior Network Engineer or tick every technical box below.

If you have current DV, a solid foundation in networking and the ability and willingness to develop into some of the more specialist technologies, we would be very interested in speaking with you.

• Installing, configuring and supporting network infrastructure
• Supporting switches, routers and firewalls
• Troubleshooting network and connectivity issues
• Supporting network upgrades and changes
• Carrying out site installations, audits and technical health checks
• Preventative maintenance and fault diagnosis
• Working with customer and internal technical teams to resolve issues
• Producing and maintaining network and implementation documentation
• Developing your knowledge across more advanced networking and data-centre technologies

You do not need experience across all of the following, but experience and exposure to most would be ideal:

• Cisco routing and switching
• Cisco Catalyst switches
• VLANs, STP and general Layer 2/Layer 3 networking
• BGP and OSPF
• HSRP / VRRP
• Firewalls / network security
• Cisco Firepower / FTD
• IPv4 / IPv6
• QoS and multicast
• NVIDIA Mellanox switches / Cumulus Linux
• EVPN / VXLAN / MLAG / leaf-spine networking
• Linux
• VMware
• Ansible / network automation

• Current and active DV clearance - essential
• Some practical networking/infrastructure engineering experience
• A foundation in routing, switching, network support or network infrastructure
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in, or an understanding of, secure environments
• Willingness to work across customer sites and develop technically
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel

So, if you hold current DV and have most of the technical requirements above, we want to hear from you