Senior IT Network Engineer

this opportunity and L3Harris UK; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Farnborough is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to provide technical and engineering expertise in a fast-paced environment. The role includes working with Cloud and compute services, and troubleshooting network issues. The ideal candidate will have substantial Network / IT Security experience and a relevant degree. This position offers hybrid working with extensive benefits including private medical insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with employer contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• 8 years of prior related experience or 6 years with a Graduate Degree.
• 5-10 years of Network / IT Security experience at an Enterprise level.
• Experience using Palo Alto Firewall and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Interface with business leaders on strategic planning and design.
• Provide technical expertise in troubleshooting and optimising performance.
• Support day-to-day Firewall and Remote Access changes.

Skills

Network / IT Security experience

Core Routing and Switching design

Experience with Palo Alto Firewall

Certifications such as CISSP

Experience with SDWAN

Windows / Linux server administration

Education

Bachelors Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

Palo Alto Networks services

Cloud services (Azure, AWS)

Monitoring tools (Splunk, Spectrum)

Job description

Job Title Senior Network Engineer

Job Location Farnborough UK

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites our team of nearly 1000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

The Global Technology and Business Solutions department (EMEA region) functions as a high-performance hub that delivers core IT capabilities across our organisation. We focus on measurable outcomes leveraging standardised processes, data-driven decision making and customer-centric delivery to support innovation and growth.

The individual will work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, global scope and a collaborative team setting. Provide technical and engineering participation on the Corporate data network engineering & security team with a firm grasp of networking routing and Firewalls.

Benefits

• Hybrid working where possible three days onsite per week
• Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy / sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

• Interface with business leaders on strategic planning and design of Cloud and compute services, security, voice, data centre and NOC.
• Providing technical expertise and support in troubleshooting issues and optimising performance.
• Designs, troubleshoots, documents, implements (2 / 3 VPC VDC Datacentre Zones Spanning Tree VRF VTP VLANs & cabling) problem isolation and resolution.
• Support day-to-day Firewall and Remote Access changes for Palo Alto Networks devices and services.
• Providing technical expertise and support in troubleshooting network issues and optimising network performance.
• Devises solutions to operational problems within the capacity and limitations of installed equipment.
• Identifies equipment upgrade opportunities and coordinates acquisition, deployment and implementation.
• Identifies and recommends architecture network topology modifications, enhancements, overhauls, migration plans to solve capacity, resiliency or changing business needs.
• Supports network architectural engineering review, change planning and other oversight discussions.
• Create and maintain documentation for use by the network operations CISO and support teams.
• Support Tier 2-3 team to resolve complex issues.
• Participate in on-call support scheduled weekend outages and disaster recovery activities as required.
• Respond to Cyber Security incidents and proactively engage with relevant stakeholders.
• Primarily office based with occasional travel to other UK and EMEA sites.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelors Degree with 8 years of prior related experience or Graduate Degree with 6 years of prior related experience.
• 5-10 years Network / IT Security experience at an Enterprise / large scale level.
• Experience using one or more of the following platforms: Palo Alto Firewall (physical and virtual), Palo Alto Networks services (threat, Prisma, GlobalProtect etc.) and cloud services (Azure, AWS).
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, PCNSE, Security, CCNA.
• Experience with SDWAN implementation and / or support.
• Experience with logging and monitoring tools (Splunk, Spectrum, Thousandeyes etc.).
• Extensive knowledge and experience of Core Routing and Switching design, configuration and troubleshooting.
• Administration Experience with Hyperconverged technologies such as Nutanix, Cohesity etc.
• Windows / Linux server administration.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.