Lead Network Engineer: Automation & Security Focus

Sopra Steria Ltd; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private medical

Pension

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd in Salisbury seeks a Lead Network Engineer to design, deploy and support enterprise network platforms, driving automation to modernise infrastructure within a secure environment.

You'll work three days per week onsite, mentor colleagues, and collaborate with customers to ensure reliability, security and continuous improvement, leveraging Cisco routing, virtualization and scripting with Ansible and Terraform.

Qualifications

• CCNA/CCNP certification (in progress or achieved).
• Experience with Cisco networking: routing, switching, firewalls and wireless.
• Strong fundamentals: TCP/IP, VLANs, DHCP, DNS and ACLs.
• Automation or scripting experience with Ansible, Python, Bash or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy and support enterprise network platforms.
• Drive automation adoption using Ansible and Terraform.
• Support operations in a fast-paced, secure environment.
• Investigate issues, perform root cause analyses and implement fixes.
• Monitor production systems and manage escalations.
• Mentor colleagues and contribute to service improvement.

Education

CCNA/CCNP certification

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Sopra Steria Ltd in Salisbury seeks a Lead Network Engineer to design, deploy and support enterprise network platforms, driving automation to modernise infrastructure within a secure environment.

You'll work three days per week onsite, mentor colleagues, and collaborate with customers to ensure reliability, security and continuous improvement, leveraging Cisco routing, virtualization and scripting with Ansible and Terraform.