Senior Network Engineer

Venn Group are working with a University to hire an Senior Network Engineer on a contract basis, to provide expert-level technical support, resolve complex issues, and to assist with their Network re-architecture.

This role is crutial to ensuring seemless network infrastructure across the Univerisity.

Employment type: Contract

Location: Central London

Onsite requirement: Hybrid- TBC

Salary: £500 Day rate

Responsibilities in post:

• Lead the design, implementation, and support of core data networking and wireless infrastructure, ensuring systems meet user needs and align with the University's IT strategy.

• Drive capacity planning and technical development for network services, improving processes, tools, and documentation to enhance support and service delivery.

• Develop and test network solutions, focusing on data, voice, and wireless technologies; contribute to strategic planning and service improvements based on feedback and research.

• Coordinate with external vendors to ensure effective delivery and support of third-party network and telecom services.

• Lead project work using the Information Services framework, managing your own tasks and supporting the team to meet deliverables and customer expectations.

• Provide training and documentation for Information Services staff, ensuring high service standards and adherence to ITIL practices.

• Collaborate across departments to support integrated IT services and promote business continuity, sustainability, and corporate responsibility.

• Ensure proper network management and documentation, supporting disaster recovery and staying current with evolving networking standards and technologies.

• Handle support requests and troubleshooting, proactively addressing performance issues and ensuring timely responses to user queries via the Service Desk.

• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Team Lead, within your area of expertise.

Essential Experience

• Essential: Working on large Networking / NAC / DDI / WiFi projects, ideally concurrently as part of wider network re-architecture projects.
• Essential: 5+ years' experience in Senior Networks technical roles.
• Essential: SME and Technical leadership experience, working and collaborating as part of a team.
• Essential: Excellent communication, engagement, proactive, positive, can do attitude.
• Essential: experience with Palo Alto firewalls, Aruba & HP switches, Infoblox DDI, Meraki & Aruba Wi-Fi, Aruba ClearPass.
• Essential: Working in an ITIL environment with change & incident management.
• Essential: Presenting technical solutions confidently to relevant approval boards.
• Essential: Creating and reviewing High and Low level technical documentation, technical standards and processes.

As part of the role you will need experience in.

• DDI (DNS DHCP IP) cleanse, config, consolidation.
• VLan, subnet & security zone config & migrations.
• Edge, distribution switch config, installation / replacements.
• Core switch replacement.
• WiFi AP config, installation / replacements.
• 802.1x & NAC config & deployment.
• Citrix Netscaler MFA configuration.
• Monitoring & alerting solution configuration & deployment.
• Creating & presenting technical documentation for approval.

Desirable: experience with Panorama, SolarWinds, Citrix Netscalers, Meraki.

This role is moving quickly so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.