Network Engineer

Capgemini; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a Network Engineer to join their team in Greater London. In this role, you will be responsible for installing and configuring network equipment, conducting infrastructure surveys, and ensuring compliance with strict change management processes. Ideal candidates will have strong knowledge of IP and Ethernet, experience with Cisco systems, and an understanding of network security. This position offers a hybrid working environment, allowing flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing support programs

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of IP, Ethernet, routing and switching.
• Experience implementing Cisco ACI is beneficial.
• Capability to install, configure, and troubleshoot LAN/WAN infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Undertake network equipment installations and configurations.
• Perform infrastructure surveys for wired and wireless setups.
• Configure core infrastructure components like switches and routers.
• Conduct impact assessments on complex networks.
• Ensure compliance with change management processes.

Skills

IP knowledge

Ethernet

Routing and switching

Network security

VPN expertise

Experience with Cisco devices

Automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)

Education

Cisco CCNA or equivalent

Tools

Cisco (IOS, NX-OS, ACI)

F5 (LTM, GTM, ASM)

Palo Alto

Fortigate

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

About the job you're considering

Capgemini Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) UK has the largest Projects & Consulting (P&C) practice in CIS globally - covering all the CIS portfolio. We work on a range of exciting projects for many different clients across all sectors. The role of the Network Engineer operates within the Edge capability, focusing on building, migrating, and testing modern network services and solutions.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Your role

• Undertaking a range of network equipment installations and configuration activities for complex or high business impact solutions.
• Performing infrastructure surveys, for both wired and wireless.
• Configuring core infrastructure components e.g. switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers etc.
• Performing impact assessments on large or complex networks.
• Performing testing to pre-determined plans and analysing results.
• Compliance with a stringent change management process, where levels of accuracy of proposed implementation activities will be subject to the fullest review and delivery must follow the agreed plan.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini, equity, diversity and inclusion is part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

A good working knowledge of IP, Ethernet, routing and switching within LAN/WAN/Data Centre/Public Cloud environments is essential. Practical and demonstrable experience of implementing Cisco ACI would be beneficial.

• Significant experience of configuring network systems, switching, routing, firewalling, load balancing.
• Demonstrable knowledge of networks including network security, virtual private networking (VPN) converged networks and broadband technologies.
• Will have the ability to install, configure and troubleshoot LAN/WAN/Voice network infrastructures for enterprise organisations.
• Will typically be qualified to Cisco CCNA level or vendor equivalent accreditations.
• Experience of working in a secure, accredited environment with a strong governance model.
• Experience of automation/Orchestration: Network stack integration, Terraform, Ansible, Python, JSON, APIs.

Experience with key vendors, primarily Cisco (IOS, NX-OS, ACI), F5 (LTM, GTM, ASM), Palo Alto, Fortigate, Checkpoint, Juniper, Azure, Amazon and Google Cloud plus other vendor experience is welcome and beneficial.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who: - Declare they have a disability, - Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

• You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.
• You would be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2023. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.