Network Security Consultant

CRG TEC; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Twice-yearly bonus

Funded professional qualifications

Job summary

CRG TEC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Network Security Consultant to bridge network engineering and security, designing solutions, delivering projects and engaging with customers across UK deployments.

You will work on firewalls, VPN/SD-WAN, and broader LAN/WAN environments, with opportunities to develop technically through funded qualifications and occasional travel across the UK.

Qualifications

• Solid TCP/IP and L2/L3 networking knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise firewalls, VPNs, and SD-WAN.
• Experience upgrading or implementing network/security solutions, not just supporting existing environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy network/security solutions for customer projects.
• Deliver projects and implement new technologies.
• Engage directly with customers and gather requirements.
• Produce technical designs and implementation plans, including health checks.

Skills

TCP/IP

L2/L3 networking

Firewalling

VPN/SD-WAN

Customer-facing

Tools

Firewall appliances

VPN technologies

LAN/WAN equipment

Job description

Network Security Consultant

Base Salary: £45 £60k

Benefits: 25 days holiday, private healthcare, twice-yearly bonus + funded professional qualifications

Location: Manchester or Lancaster 3 days office / 2 days home

Travel: Occasional travel to customer sites across the UK

The opportunity:

If you re a Network Engineer who has naturally moved more into the security side of things, or you re already working within network security and want more exposure to design, consultancy and project work, this could be a really good next step.

We re working with a growing specialist network and connectivity business that designs, builds and supports complex network environments for large organisations across the UK.

Due to continued growth, they re looking to add another Network Security Consultant to the team.

This isn t a role where you ll spend all week sat in a ticket queue. There is a support element, but you ll also get involved in designing solutions, delivering projects, implementing new technology and working directly with customers.

One of the big selling points here is the development. They re happy to invest in people and will fund relevant professional qualifications and certifications, giving you the opportunity to keep developing technically and progress further into network security, consultancy and architecture.

Day to day

You ll be working across a mixture of network and security projects, implementations and 3rd line escalations.

That could mean designing and deploying firewalls, working on VPN or SD-WAN solutions, troubleshooting a complex network issue, completing an upgrade or helping deliver a wider customer infrastructure project.

You ll work across LAN/WAN environments alongside technologies covering enterprise firewalls, routing and switching, VPNs, web filtering, identity and access management and wider network security.

There is a customer-facing element too. You ll be involved in gathering requirements, producing technical designs and implementation plans, carrying out network/security health checks and talking customers through the solutions you re delivering.

The environments are business-critical, so there is an out-of-hours/on-call element to the position, which we can talk you through properly before you decide whether the opportunity is right for you.

Who we are looking for

You don t necessarily need to already have Network Security Consultant on your CV.

You could be a Network Engineer, Network & Security Engineer, Network Security Engineer, Firewall Engineer or 3rd Line Network Engineer who has built up strong hands-on experience within networking and security.

The important thing is that you understand networking properly. We re looking for solid TCP/IP and L2/L3 knowledge alongside hands-on experience with areas such as enterprise firewalls, LAN/WAN, routing and switching, VPNs, SD-WAN and network security.

Ideally, you ll have experience implementing or upgrading network/security solutions rather than purely supporting an existing environment. Experience working within an MSP, ISP, network integrator or consultancy would translate particularly well because you ll be working across multiple customer environments.

You ll also need to be comfortable speaking with customers, troubleshooting independently and taking ownership of problems through to resolution.

You don t need to have every certification under the sun already. If you ve got the technical foundations and want to continue learning, there s a genuine commitment here to funding relevant qualifications and developing people further.

Alongside the £40,000 £60,000 salary, there s a solid overall package with 25 days holiday, private healthcare, two bonus opportunities each year and funded professional qualifications.