Network Engineer (Telephony)
12 Month Contract, Outside IR35, Hybrid, Edinburgh. Starting ASAP.
Day Rate
£DOE
About the Role
Network Engineer with extensive practical day to day and some strategic Cisco switching and routing experience with a CCNP certificate at minimum. Experience in Palo Alto, F5, Collaboration, VPN, Windows and Linux is advantageous. Technically skilled with drive to be proactive and deliver results as part of the overall change programme. Promoting best practice in network management, ensuring client policy and procedures maintain quality assurance standards.
Main Duties
* The key focus for this contract at the start is to focus on the following projects:
* Manage the migration of internet and Azure hosted traffic to the new SDWAN solution, rollout of a new VPN solution, upgrade of estate-wide LAN hardware/software (triage of site failures over 50+ sites), Wi‑Fi system upgrade (new controllers, APs, expansion of coverage). Additional projects include F5, Data centre exit, ISE upgrade/replacement, management systems.
Programme Delivery
* Consult in the delivery of design and strategy for a large multi‑site network including SDWAN, WiFi and LAN active projects, implementing said designs.
* Provide effective, timely and accurate advice and sound professional judgement to colleagues on networking/infrastructure design ensuring design principles are adhered to.
* Represent Change and Digital Innovation (Networks team) at meetings internal and external in relation to the change programme.
* Consult on the overall network roadmap based on the 3‑year and 5‑year business plan.
* Provide technical design consultation to DDIA and network security.
Policy and Governance
* Ensure design compliance within PSN networks and the appropriate policies and procedures.
* Advise best practice, coordinate, maintain and develop existing systems to meet the needs of the business and support Justice Partners as part of the change programme.
Communication
* Consult with operational colleagues to identify improvements to service provision.
* Attend meetings and network events as required and share best practice methods.
* Attend CAB meetings when required to further explain submitted/proposed network changes in line with the change programme.
* Ensure all collateral required by Project Managers is provided within agreed timescales.
Service Development
* Consult with others within the clients and outside agencies to continuously improve service provision and recommend improvements to systems and processes based on the network roadmap.
* Keep current with market trends and new products in the area of your specialism.
Essential Skills & Experience
* Proven up‑to‑date experience of Cisco equipment (2960X/XR, 4500, 9000 series as well as Nexus switches), ideally supported by a recognised network certification.
* Knowledge of troubleshooting physical network site infrastructure.
* Experience building, managing and maintaining high availability networks with Cisco devices.
* Working knowledge or experience in some or all of: Cisco Networking, Unified Communications, WLC, F5 VPN, F5 Silverline/XC, IPsec tunnel and Palo Alto Firewalls.
* Experience running, using and implementing network monitoring solutions.
* Experience designing load balancing services.
* Ability to work in partnership with IT colleagues and operational colleagues.
* Good knowledge of how analogue telephone services are presented to customer premises.
* Ability to identify equipment installed on customer premises that relates to analogue line delivery and presentation in busy congested comms rooms and cabinets.
* Understanding of underlying services that may utilise analogue lines, such as alarm or lift lines.
* Ability to trace cabling from supplier core presentation to equipment socket, with assistance of local resources where appropriate.
* Good knowledge of best practice approaches to testing analogue line delivery for live service.
* Maintaining accurate records of identification work and testing of analogue services across the national estate, reporting back to key project personnel when required.
Outside IR35. Applicants must hold, or be willing to obtain, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland.
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