Global Network Operations & Automation Analyst

Rentokil Initial; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in service benefit

Healthcare

Free parking

Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme

Job summary

Rentokil Initial seeks a network engineer to maintain day-to-day network operations across regions. You will monitor environments, respond to incidents, and perform preventative maintenance.

You’ll work toward a future network strategy with automation and IaC, collaborating with regional and global teams and acting as escalation for the NOC in project work. You will engage in design and deployment tasks, ensure compliance with global standards, and support patching, updates, and remote device

Qualifications

• ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management
• CCNA or vendor equivalent
• Experience with network monitoring, incident response, and IaC tooling

Responsibilities

• Incident Resolution: Troubleshoot network performance and issues to minimise downtime.
• Technical Escalation: Act as escalation point for network incidents from NOC.
• Technical Standards: Apply network updates following global standards and IT procedures.
• Configuration Management: Audit configurations and plan remediations to meet standards.
• Device Security: Patch/network hardware to latest versions for security.
• Equipment Deployment: Design new branch implementations and remotely configure devices.
• Project Deployment: Implement design configurations for new solutions.
• Zero Hit Rule Management: Analyse traffic logs to manage zero-hit rules per change control.

Skills

Self-Directed

Big-Picture Thinking

Accountability

Technical Knowledge

Planning & Organisation

Initiative

Adaptability

Commercial Orientation

Customer Focus

Communication

Teamwork

Compliance

Scripting & Automation

Education

ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management

CCNA or vendor equivalent

Tools

Cisco

Aruba Switching

Traffic Managers

SASE

Web Application Firewalling

Wireless Access Points

SD-WAN

NSX Microsegmentation

Cloud Networking

Terraform

Bitbucket

DHCP

DNS

Job description

Rentokil Initial seeks a network engineer to maintain day-to-day network operations across regions. You will monitor environments, respond to incidents, and perform preventative maintenance.

You’ll work toward a future network strategy with automation and IaC, collaborating with regional and global teams and acting as escalation for the NOC in project work. You will engage in design and deployment tasks, ensure compliance with global standards, and support patching, updates, and remote device