Network Deployment Engineer

Thrive; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive is hiring a Network Deployment specialist in the United Kingdom to design, deploy and support network infrastructure for a range of customers. You will work with Fortinet, Palo Alto, Meraki, Cisco, Ruckus and Extreme products, delivering secure and scalable solutions while following Thrive's standards and processes.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation, documentation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Fortinet NSE4 or higher certification preferred.
• 3+ years of networking and firewall experience.

Responsibilities

• Ability to handle diverse networking environments in a wide cross-section of business clients.
• Analyze and document an unfamiliar network environment.
• Coordinate with relevant teams in all aspects related to equipment installation, service testing and problem resolution.
• Deploy and activate network solutions and internet circuits.
• Troubleshoot networking level incidents and provide relevant information to escalation resources.
• Work through the project process to drive deployments to a successful outcome.
• Complete deployment activities work during scheduled maintenance windows.
• Transition deployed service offerings to support team with all relevant documentation required for long term maintenance.
• Escalate when necessary to senior engineer for further review/troubleshooting.
• Communicate directly with customers regarding project plans, potential impact and testing procedures.
• Demonstrate excellent time management skills to accomplish large projects.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with a team-first attitude.

Job description

About us:

Thrive is a rapidly growing technology solutions provider focusing upon Cloud, Cyber Security, Networking, Disaster Recovery and Managed Services.Our corporate culture, engineering talent, customer-centric approach, and focus upon "next generation" services help us stand out amongst our peers.Thrive is on the look-out for individuals whodon'tview their weekdays spent at "a job" butrather look to develop valuable skills that ignite their passion and lead to a CAREER.Ifyou'reattracted to a "work hard, play hard" environment, seeking the guidance,trainingand experience necessary to build a lucrative career, then welcome to THRIVE!!

Position Overview

As a member of the ThriveNetwork Deploymentteam, you willbe responsible forthedeploymentofnetwork infrastructureand servicestoThrive'snew and existing customers.You will be expected to utilizeThrive'sprimary networking solutionsofFortinetand Palo Altofirewalls, Cisco,Merakiand Extremeswitchingand Merakiand Ruckuswirelesstooptimizeand secure customer environments.Work will entail product evaluations,upgrade implementations, network expansion, networkmonitoringand documentation.Additionally, you willbe expected tofollow established standards while alsocontributingtoboth new and establishedprocessimprovement.

Responsibilities

• Ability to handle diverse networking environments in a wide cross-section of business clients

• Analyze and document an unfamiliar network environment

• Coordinate with relevant teams in all aspects related to equipment installation, servicetestingand problem resolution

• Deployandactivatenetwork solutions and internet circuits

• Troubleshootnetworking level incidents andprovide relevant information toescalation resources

• Work through the project process to drive deployments to a successful outcome.

• Completedeploymentactivitiesworkduringscheduled maintenance windows.

• Transitiondeployed service offeringsto support team with all relevant documentationrequiredfor long term maintenance.

• Escalate when necessary toseniorengineer for further review/troubleshooting.

• Communicate directly with customersregardingproject plans, potentialimpactand testing procedures.

• Demonstrate excellent time management skills toaccomplishlarge projects.

• Enthusiasticand self-motivatedindividual witha team-first attitude

• 3+years Networking and Firewall experience

• Proficient with IPV4 protocols, VPN, TCP/IPand Next Generation Firewalls

• Knowledge and experience with Fortinet/Palo Alto/Meraki/Cisco/Ruckus/Extremeproducts

• Experience with Visiorequired

• Knowledge of monitoring tools (NAble,Solarwinds) preferred

• Excellent problem solver; able to prioritize and coordinate between multiple projects

• Experience troubleshooting network configuration and hardware issues

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Education Requirement

• Bachelor's Degree, TechnicalDegreeor equivalent work experience

• Fortinet NSE4 or higher certification preferred