Network Technician

Accenture UK & Ireland; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global professional services company as a Network Technician, tasked with designing and optimizing secure network infrastructures for enterprise environments. Your expertise in routers, firewalls, and cloud connectivity will be essential in driving the performance and reliability of high-availability networks across a dynamic landscape.

Benefits

25 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days for charitable work

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls, load balancers, and SD-WAN technologies.
• Experience managing large-scale networks with over 6K devices.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure, and troubleshoot routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Lead strategic architecture and engineering initiatives for network systems.
• Oversee SD-WAN deployments and ensure cloud integration.

Skills

Network Infrastructure Management

Incident Management

Troubleshooting

Automation and Monitoring

Cloud Connectivity

Data Networking

Communication Skills

Job description

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The Network Engineer will design, implement, optimize, and maintain robust and secure network infrastructure for enterprise environments. This role requires expertise in managing extensive network systems with a focus on routers, switches, firewalls, and advanced data networking solutions. The candidate will also play a strategic role in cloud connectivity, hybrid solutions, and SD-WAN deployments, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance across global network infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Infrastructure Management:

Manage, configure, and troubleshoot routers, switches, and firewalls to ensure secure and reliable connectivity.

Support User VPN configurations and optimize secure remote access.

Deploy and manage load balancers, DDI services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), NTP, and LAN controllers.

Advanced Network Solutions:

Manage access points, WAN optimizers, and data circuits to maintain optimal data flow and performance.

Oversee SD-WAN deployments and ensure seamless integration with hybrid cloud solutions.

Contribute to cloud connectivity and hybrid infrastructure engineering efforts, ensuring enterprise network modernization.

Strategic Architecture and Engineering:

Lead strategic architecture and engineering initiatives for large-scale network systems.

Collaborate on design and implementation of next-generation networking solutions, including hybrid and multi-cloud integrations.

Ensure network reliability and scalability through proactive planning and implementation.

Network Monitoring and Management:

Administer over 6K+ network devices across 550+ circuits, maintaining high availability and performance.

Implement automation and monitoring tools to reduce manual intervention and optimize network efficiency.

Perform capacity planning, monitoring, and regular audits of network infrastructure.

Incident Management and Troubleshooting:

Proactively monitor network infrastructure and resolve incidents to ensure business continuity.

Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical incidents across LAN/WAN, wireless, and hybrid environments.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams for issue escalation, root-cause analysis, and resolution.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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Hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls, load balancers, and SD-WAN technologies, Cisco Switches and Routers

Expertise in cloud connectivity and hybrid solutions integrating on-premises and multi-cloud networks.

Strong knowledge of DDI services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), NTP, and network automation tools.

Proficiency in managing User VPNs, access points, WAN optimizers, and data circuits.

Experience with large-scale networks, managing 6K+ network devices and 550+ circuits.

Familiarity with strategic network architecture, modernization initiatives, and hybrid cloud connectivity.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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