Hybrid Network Consulting Engineer

at Sword Group

• Job title: Network Consulting Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Firewalls, Python, Switching
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

About the role

• Network Consulting Engineer at Sword delivering critical national infrastructure solutions using advanced technology. Leading projects from design stage through to implementation and providing expert support.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of extensive critical national infrastructure utilising market leading tools to future proof security and availability needs
• Candidates must have excellent communication skills and be able to lead projects from design stage through to implementation and take ownership of the solution end to end
• Project Engineering, including but not limited to Low Level Design activity, implementation services and consultancy services
• Provide expert level support to all clients and act as an internal point of escalation for all support related incidents where required
• Troubleshooting and diagnosis of all network and security related incidents
• Mentoring other members of the team

Requirements

• Experience of physical design input and build of networks including OT environments
• Extensive experience in a similar role or field based / consulting role
• CCNP Routing, Switching & Security with Data Centre experience
• Strong understanding of network security principles and associated technologies
• Expert troubleshooting of complex enterprise networks and associated technologies
• Deep knowledge of Wide Area Networking technologies and associated routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF and BGP is essential to this role
• Experience of administering and troubleshooting the following technologies and platforms is essential
• Cisco ISR and ASR Routers
• Datacentre technologies, Cisco Nexus, VXLAN, VPC’s & End User Compute
• Campus Switching Catalyst 9XXX series switches, Stackwise virtual
• IPSec VPN’s & Cisco SDWAN
• Cisco Secure firewall / FTD
• SASE solutions, Palo Alto Prisma Access, Cisco Secure Connect
• Cisco Wireless – WLC’s (C9800 series)
• Palo Alto Networks Firewalls & Panorama
• Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
• Experiences with Azure and AWS cloud environments
• Security Clearance is desirable
• Offshore certification is desirable
• Experience of administering and troubleshooting the following is desirable
• Cisco Meraki Wireless, Security and Switching technologies
• Cisco ACI - Application Centric Infrastructure HP and Aruba Platforms
• DevNet Principles, Automation, Ansible, Python

Benefits

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.