Network Engineer

SF Partners; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous starting salary

Mileage allowance for customer site-

Excellent progression opportunities

Generous private pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private healthcare

Training budget & time allocation

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Exposure to cutting-edge networking &デ

Job summary

SF Partners in South Birmingham is seeking a Network Engineer to join a high-growth technology organisation. You will own the design, implementation, configuration and support of complex enterprise network infrastructure, with occasional travel to customer sites for installations and upgrades.

Ideal candidates have strong enterprise networking experience including BGP/OSPF, VLANs, EVPN and VXLAN, and can manage high-availability environments.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise networking across routing and switching.
• Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRRP/HSRP and Spanning Tree.
• Strong understanding of QoS, Multicast, IPv4/IPv6 and high availability.
• Experience with switching platforms and data centre networking.
• Exposure to EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG and Leaf-Spine architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting across routing, switching, firewalls and connectivity.
• Experience in secure or air-gapped environments.
• Strong customer-facing communication and project ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure and support complex enterprise network infrastructure.
• Attend customer sites to deliver installations and upgrades.
• Conduct network audits and technical health checks.
• Take ownership of technical projects and solve complex problems.

Skills

Routing & switching

BGP

OSPF

VLANs

VRRP/HSRP

Spanning Tree

QoS

Multicast

IPv4/IPv6

EVPN

VXLAN

Leaf-Spine

Data centre networking

Ansible

Linux

VMware

Network Automation

NVIDIA Mellanox

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

NVIDIA Mellanox

Cumulus Linux

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco Firepower

FTD

Ansible

Job description

Network Engineer

South Birmingham

Network Engineer with key skills in enterprise networking, routing & switching, Cisco and NVIDIA Mellanox is sought by a high growth technology organisation based in South Birmingham.

Working within national infrastructure, this Network Engineer will join a close-knit technical team delivering secure, high-performance networking solutions across business-critical and highly secure environments.

This is a hands-on engineering role where the Network Engineer will take ownership of the design, implementation, configuration and support of complex enterprise network infrastructure, alongside attending customer sites to deliver installations, upgrades, network audits and technical health checks.

This role would suit an experienced Network Engineer with a strong background in enterprise networking who enjoys solving complex technical problems and is comfortable combining hands-on engineering with customer engagement.

In return, this Network Engineer can expect a dynamic, engaging and technically challenging environment with excellent progression opportunities and the autonomy to take ownership of complex networking projects using modern data centre technologies.

Due to the sensitive nature of the work, eligibility for MOD DV/STRAP clearance is essential, alongside a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites.

Key skills

• Strong enterprise networking experience across routing & switching
• knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRRP/HSRP and Spanning Tree
• Strong understanding of QoS, Multicast, IPv4/IPv6 and High Availability networking
• Experience with switching platforms
• Modern data centre networking exposure including EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG and Leaf-Spine architectures
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across routing, switching, firewalls and connectivity
• Experience working within secure or air-gapped environments
• Strong customer-facing communication skills with the ability to take ownership of technical projects

Benefits

• Generous starting salary
• Mileage allowance for customer site travel
• Excellent progression opportunities
• Generous private pension scheme
• Bonus scheme
• Private healthcare
• Training budget & time allocation
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Exposure to cutting-edge networking and data centre technologies

Network Engineer

South Birmingham

Network Engineer, Cisco, CCNP, CCIE, Routing, Switching, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VRRP, HSRP, Spanning Tree, QoS, Multicast, IPv4, IPv6, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Firepower, FTD, NVIDIA, Mellanox, Cumulus Linux, EVPN, VXLAN, MLAG, Leaf-Spine, Ansible, Linux, VMware, Network Automation, DV, STRAP