Defence Network Engineer – Hybrid (DV-Eligible)

Sopra Steria Ltd

Glasgow

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 65,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd in Glasgow is seeking a Network Engineer to help deliver government and defence digital services. You will work on secure, enterprise networks and support critical services in a trusted environment.

The role is hybrid with around two days a week onsite in Glasgow; you will monitor performance, manage routing and switching, and support firewall technologies. A DV clearance is desirable; CCNA/CCNP certifications are welcomed; salary is dependent on experience with competitive

Qualifications

Experience with enterprise firewall technologies Fortigate/FortiWeb or equivalent.
Strong routing and switching experience across office and data centre networks.
Hands-on experience working within data centre operations.
Experience using ServiceNow, SolarWinds or similar monitoring and ITSM tools.
Willingness to work onsite in Glasgow for around two days per week.

Responsibilities

Monitoring and optimising network performance to ensure high availability, resilience and reliability.
Supporting routing and switching across office and data centre environments.
Managing and supporting firewall technologies such as Fortigate or Fortiweb, or equivalent.
Working hands-on within data centre operations and secure environments.
Supporting incident, change and problem management using tools such as ServiceNow and SolarWinds.
Participating in an out-of-hours on-call rota to support critical services.