This is a great opportunity to join a successful, high performing team, in an ambitious Council that is always striving to move forward. Our Digital Services Team is changing in the way we deliver our service and is reflecting the new ways of working with the use of Digital, Data, and Technology.
We are looking for a motivated and creative Network Engineer who wants to make a difference and can provide support to the team through a period of development and change, with an ultimate aim of operating slick and efficient processes, and projects whilst providing the best service to our customers, residents, and businesses.
The Network Engineer will report to the Network Manager within Digital Services and is responsible for supporting day to day operational service delivery infrastructure Network that will assist in the Council becoming and staying a high performing organisation.
With exciting times ahead, we are reshaping the Digital Services Team and have created roles, to add value, and to provide the best service to our citizens.
The post offers a fantastic opportunity to influence the organisation, customers, suppliers, partners, and peers on the contribution of their own specialism, perform an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities and advise on the available standards, methods, tools, and applications.
If you want to make a difference to residents and businesses, as well as the organisation in Enfield, we would like to hear from you.
The successful applicant will be expected to:
1. Have a good understanding and working knowledge of core routing and switching at CCNA level (minimum)
2. Support the relationship between the business and ICT in a transparent way
3. Liaise with all business departments & develop relationships to support delivery of council business outcomes, ensuring these are reflected in ICT’s objectives.
4. Work with Service Managers and Functional Leads to ensure delivery of all services
5. Support of operational Network Service Delivery across ICT and the rest of the organisation to ensure Enfield Council needs are met.
6. Support of VPN configuration, management, and troubleshooting
7. Support of multi-site networks with complex configurations
8. Support for network infrastructure including LAN/WAN components such as switches, routers, Wi-Fi, and firewalls.
9. Support of Cisco, FortiGate network device configurations, and patching to ensure continued and smooth operation of production services.
10. Produce Network diagrams, HLD, LLD and formal work instructions for the team.
11. Have working experience on Cloud platforms preferably Azure.
12. Be a strong team player who can also work under pressure, independently and proactively.
We are passionate about placing our customer at the heart of everything we do, and our residents deserve exceptional customer experience from the Council. We would like you to hold that principle, be bold and enthusiastic. You will be someone who has a good understanding of change in a complex organisation and has excellent communication skills.
This is a hybrid role - we would require you to work at our Enfield Civic Centre 2-3 days a week.
There may be occasions where you will need to work on a weekend or evenings due to emergency work or out of hours work requirements.
You will need to have a clean car driving licence, the role requires you to drive a council vehicle for site visits.
For an informal discussion please contact Olu Dosumu, Network Manager on 0208 132 0391.