Senior Network Engineer Headcount: 2 Digital/Non-Digital: Digital Contracting Authority: AWE DURATION : 12 month Location: ALDERMASTON ,READING ,BERKSHIRE- 100% ONSITE May be some expensed travel to remote sites but would always try to use perm staff for this first. • Willingness to work flexibly and to occasionally work evenings and weekends where exceptional circumstances require it. • Travel to remote sites when required which may involve overnight stays. • Part of on call rota. IR35: In scope TOP 3 REQUIREMENTS 1. Juniper 2. Fundamental knowledge of networking 3. Experience of support in a large and complex network environment at a Senior network engineering level. Essential: • Active DV Clearance • Sole UK National • Experience of support in a large and complex network environment at a Senior network engineering level • Good technical investigation and problem-solving skills. • Juniper Technologies: EX, QFX, switch configuration, SRX, vSRX firewall and policy config, Junos Space, Security Director, Apstra. • Experience in IT service management and delivery based on ITIL service management standards. • Experience working with Juniper Virtual Chassis and Clustering technology • Experience with configuring/troubleshooting EVPN/VXLAN on Juniper equipment. • Experience of configuring GRE tunnels and Routing Instances/VRFs. • Experience of PKI / certificate generation and renewal. • Networking: strong routing skills (OSPF, BGP), firewall configuration, WAN/LAN design, device clustering, high availability. • Juniper Technologies: EX, QFX, switch configuration, SRX, vSRX firewall and policy config, Junos Space, Security Director, Apstra. • Security Platforms: FortiGate, F5 BIG-IP (Load Balancing / AWAF), Pulse Secure / Ivanti, high-grade encryption. • Identity & Access Management: Cisco ISE (full lifecycle), Windows NPS (RADIUS / 802.1X). • Monitoring & Observability: SolarWinds, Splunk. • Core Network Services: IPAM, DHCP, DNS. • Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Ability to document processes and configurations clearly. Desirable: • Juniper and Cisco certification but experience is more important. • Ideally experience of working in a secure environment. • Data Centre experience advantageous. • Extreme Switch knowledge desirable. • Experience / certification with at least one of the major network vendors. - JNCIS-ENT, JNCIS-DC (preferably JNCIP-DC), JNCIA-SEC Security Clearance: Active DV Clearance is essential • Sole UK National