Network Engineer

Mass Consultants Ltd; Corsham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the defense sector seeks a Network Engineer in Corsham. The successful candidate will contribute to R&D efforts and maintain network performance while ensuring top-notch service delivery. Competitive salary and benefits package offered, including career development support.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Annual Wellbeing allowance

Two pension schemes

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance scheme

Share Save scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Retail discounts

Career development support

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years experience in complex network environments.
• Must be eligible to work and live in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Methodical approach to R&D and problem-solving.
• Provide first-class service to customers.
• Ensure business continuity across projects.

Skills

Knowledge of TCP/IP networks

Routing protocols

Complex networks management

Network Monitoring systems

Configuring firewalls

Storage Area Networks

Windows Server

Linux/RHEL

Education

Cisco CCNA or CCNP Datacentre certification

Job description

Network Engineer– Corsham (SN13) Onsite

• Salary £55,000 - £65,000
• 25 days annual leave inclusive of up to 3 days Christmas shut-down
• Buy or sell up to 5 days’ annual leave
• Annual Wellbeing allowance
• Two pension schemes to choose from
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance + discounts for additional family members
• Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary
• Share Save scheme
• Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Career development support

We are looking for a Network Engineer that brings a methodical and dedicated approach to R&D, problem solving, and are able to act quickly in assessing a situation. We want you to relish in the provision of a first class service to our customers and be able to communicate at all levels to ensure understanding. Either working alone or part of the team, we want you to come up with solutions that ensure business continuity or can add substance to new or on-going projects or products.

Technical Skills:

• In depth knowledge of TCP/IP networks, IP Protocols and exposure to all layers of the OSI model.
• Strong experience of routing protocols, tunneling protocols and
• Experience of working with complex Networks, following best practices and strict security guidelines
• Maintain performance of networks using appropriate Network Monitoring systems or vendor tools
• Previous demonstrable management of maintaining wide area networks.
• In-Depth Networking experience including configuring multiple vendor firewalls, enterprise routers and datacentre switches.
• Network configuration and storage configurations for HPC
• Experience of working with common operating systems such as Windows Server, Linux/RHEL.
• Server hardware/blade enclosure configuration experience
• Exposure to Storage Area Networks, Virtualization products such as VMWare ESXi and VDI solutions with accelerated storage.

Necessary Experience/Qualifications Specification:

Certified to a Cisco CCNA or CCNP Datacentre standard, with at least 6 years experience working in complex network environments.

Desirable:

Experience of EVPN-VXLAN frameworks

Previous exposure to Load Balancing.

Our non-negotiables:

You must be eligible to work and live in the UK

Due to the highly secure nature of the projects you’ll be working on, you must be willing to undergo and maintain appropriate UK government DV-Level security clearance

Who are MASS?

We help our customers realise the value of their data. We’re an ambitious technology company with a strong history in defence and we specialise in working in highly secure environments (hence the Security requirements!).

MASS are an equal opportunities employer; we know that our people are smart, skilled and motivated and in return we provide a friendly workplace where everyone is valued and has the chance to make an impact.

Apply today to see how working for MASS could work for you!