Network Engineer

OpticoreIT Limited; Dunstable; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in Dunstable is seeking a Network Engineer to support site migrations and manage network incidents. This hybrid role offers opportunities for professional development and a competitive salary, along with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary & discretionary bonus

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private healthcare & dental

Pension scheme

EV car schemes

Workplace nursery

Tech and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes

Team & company social events

EMI share scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with site migrations and high-level monitoring.
• Familiarity with Aruba and Meraki solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support site migrations and handle escalations.
• Collaborate with NOC team for monitoring.
• Plan and implement upgrades across SD-WAN fabric.

Skills

Network Engineering

Project Management

Incident Response

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Education

CCNP

CCIE

Cloud Technology

Tools

ClearPass

Aruba Central

Aruba EdgeConnect

Job description

Opticore IT

Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications, and more.

We are currently seeking a Network Engineer to join our Network Practice within one of our Hospitality clients. This is a hybrid position, requiring attendance at the office up to 2 days a week, based in Dunstable.

What you'll be doing:

1. Supporting site migrations from Tuesday to Thursday, mainly remotely
2. Collaborating with the Opticore NOC team to monitor client outlets
3. Participating in support rota for L3 escalations, high-level monitoring, incident response, attending CAB calls
4. Handling escalations and resolving issues and incidents from the NOC or other groups
5. Supporting third-party site migrations remotely, troubleshooting issues with ClearPass, Aruba Central switch templates, Aruba IAP issues
6. Planning changes such as upgrades or complex modifications like traffic reclassification across the SD-WAN fabric
7. Upgrading firewalls to replace Meraki out-of-band solutions
8. Managing third-party access to CPPM via Axais Communications
9. Supporting the rollout of new equipment, assisting third parties with replacing old MPLS equipment and installing Aruba EdgeConnect and Aruba Central

What you’ll gain:

At OpticoreIT, we believe in investing in our team because we know our engineers are our greatest asset. We support your learning and development, whether you're pursuing CCNP, CCIE, Hashicorp, Python, Cloud Technology, or other certifications. We provide training, labs, courses, shared knowledge, all free of charge. Additionally, we offer:

• Competitive salary & discretionary bonus
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare & dental
• Pension scheme
• EV car schemes, workplace nursery, tech, and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• Team & company social events
• EMI share scheme