Network Engineer Cisco

Jas Gujral; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm is urgently seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support and deliver network security solutions. The role demands strong expertise in Cisco technologies and experience within a banking environment. Responsibilities include designing secure networking solutions and maintaining high-availability infrastructure. The position offers a competitive salary between £50K and £60K, along with banking benefits. Candidates with Cisco certification and a proven track record in operational deployments are highly desirable.

Benefits

Banking benefits

Qualifications

• Experience working in mission-critical environments.
• Strong technical skills related to networking and security.
• Experience with firewall solutions and network design.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver all aspects of BAU and support services.
• Design and implement firewall solutions.
• Remediate Penetration Test results.

Skills

Network Security

Cisco knowledge

Operational deployments

Technical skills

Education

CISCO certification (ideally CCNP)

Tools

Cisco multi-layer switches

McAfee

Palo Alto

Job description

Network Engineer with Security and Cisco – City London

Our Client urgently requires a Senior Network Engineer with heavy background in Network Security on Cisco and Microsoft.

You must have experience of working in a banking environment.

The security and support of the company’s network is paramount.

Predominately a support role (BAU) with design of scalable solutions deliverable through projects.

Encompassing numerous technologies that benefit high-availability solutions.

This role requires a responsible individual who can design and deliver secure networking solutions.

Fast thinker who can diagnose, assist others and remediate BAU support issues.

Main Aspects of the role:

• Work within Infrastructure team in supporting and delivering all aspect of BAU and support services
• Design, build and implement firewall solutions from perimeter to DMZ roles
• Support IPS deployment for Europeanbranches
• Develop, maintain and deliver global standards to all networking devices
• Remediate Penetration Test results
• Ensure seamless migration of network estate to newly adopted security framework

General Skills

• Experience working within mission-critical environments
• Experience in operational deployments
• Datacentre cabling and racking of equipment

Technical Skills you need to bring to the table:

• In-depth knowledge of CISCO including firewalls, switches and routing protocols
• In-depth knowledge of supporting a data‑centre and branch inter-connectivity
• Strong technical skills are essential
• Experience of CISCO multi-layer switches and routers, including 6500s
• CISCO certification, ideally CCNP
• CISCO CSM
• VLAN segregation
• McAfee HIPS, Trend Micro
• Centralised authentication service (AAA)
• SafeNet Ethernet Encryptor
• RADIUS / RSA
• Security certification (advantageous)

You will also need to an understanding of the following technologies:

VLAN segregation. DMZ. VSS. Failover. OSPF. High availability.

CISCO. Palo Alto. Juniper. McAfee IPS. SafeNet. Tripwire.

You will ideally be coming with experience from a City based investment bank.

Salary for this role is between £50K and £60K plus banking benefits.

Please send your CV to us in Word format along with salary and availability.