Senior ICT Network Engineer – Public Safety IT Infra

Free-Work UK; Wales; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

On-site fitness centre

Cycle to work scheme

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

South Wales Police is seeking a highly skilled ICT Senior Network Engineer to join our IT team at the South Wales Police Headquarters in Bridgend. This key role focuses on developing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure to ensure 24/7 policing service continuity.

You will work on designing and integrating Cisco/Meraki solutions, managing security, VPNs, firewall configurations, and network upgrades while supporting external partners and internal staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in ICT or related field.
• CCNP (Cisco) certification preferred.
• Demonstrable equivalent skills or experience in networking.
• Experience designing, installing, configuring and managing on-premises network infrastructure (L2/L3).
• Experience managing network security hardware/software including firewalls and IDS.
• Experience with Cisco/Meraki solutions.
• Understanding of datacentre network architectures, disaster recovery, and LAN/WLAN/WAN technologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement network security including firewall configurations and IDS/IPS.
• Maintain network architecture with Cisco routers/switches and ASA/Firepower firewalls.
• Manage Meraki firewalls/SD-WAN appliances.
• Assist with maintenance of Cisco AnyConnect VPN/NAM/ISE.
• Assist with CISCO ACI network deployment and maintenance.
• Manage performance of routing protocols like EIGRP and OSPF.
• Conduct capacity planning and support upgrades across LAN/WLAN/WAN/Data Centre.

Skills

Networking concepts

Troubleshooting

Network security

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in ICT

Tools

Cisco routers/switches

Meraki

Cisco ASA/Firepower

VPN

Job description

South Wales Police is seeking a highly skilled ICT Senior Network Engineer to join our IT team at the South Wales Police Headquarters in Bridgend. This key role focuses on developing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure to ensure 24/7 policing service continuity.

You will work on designing and integrating Cisco/Meraki solutions, managing security, VPNs, firewall configurations, and network upgrades while supporting external partners and internal staff.