Senior Network Engineer

Gespreksleider Jacobs; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Plymouth is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to support and maintain their core network infrastructure. This role offers a salary of £46,058 to £50,715, potential to rise to £57,400 in two years, plus excellent benefits like a 29% pension contribution. The position includes hybrid working and the opportunity to work on exciting network redesigns.

Benefits

29% pension contribution

28.5 days annual leave

Personalized training and development

Flexi-time scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering significant network infrastructure change.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for IT Infrastructure build and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain IT Infrastructure for service availability.
• Build and maintain technical standards with architects.

Skills

Layer 2 and Layer 3 network protocols

Firewall configuration

Technical leadership

Strong communication skills

Education

Qualification in Information Technology / Network focused certifications

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Job description

HM Land Registry (HMLR) bring an exciting opportunity for a Senior Network Engineer to join the team responsible for supporting and maintaining the core network infrastructure that powers all of HMLR's services across 14 U offices. Based within the IT Operations Practice, you'll work across a diverse estate that includes new office topologies, firewall upgrades and routing designs. Salary of £46,058 to £50,715 (Rising up to £57,400 in 2 years) plus excellent Civil Service benefits inc. 29% pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from 14 UK offices.

The IT Operations Practice contains an established network function who are responsible for the design, delivery, and maintenance of HM Land Registry network infrastructure. This encompasses data centres, local offices across England and Wales in addition to cloud infrastructure hosted on AWS and Azure. These services underpin all of HMLRs IT services.

The team are actively engaged in a series of exciting network re-designs, consolidations and upgrades including new local office topology, new switching, firewalls and routing designs.

You will provide technical input for projects and larger pieces of work, aiming for greater operating efficiency and development of further cost-effective options for its use whilst ensuring the availability and reliability are kept at the highest possible levels.

If you would like to find out more about the role, the Network Engineering team and what it's like to work at HMLR, we are hosting a Hiring Manager Q&A session for this role where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Thursday 7th of August at 12:30pm. Follow apply link for joining instructions.

Responsibilities Include

• Provide technical support for the build and maintenance of IT Infrastructure and platforms, as part of a wider infrastructure engineering community.
• In conjunction with subject matter experts from IT Operations and relevant practises, develop and maintain IT Infrastructure to ensure the availability, integrity and performance of services.
• Build and maintain technical standards and work with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operational designs.
• Assist in the planning and management of technical changes related to your IT Operations specialism.
• Identify and scope opportunities to improve technical services.
• Take accountability for ensuring that your technical area follows the principles of the Technology strategy.
• Make decisions to ensure that technical implementations are compatible with the aims of the HM Land Registry business strategy and be able to escalate where appropriate
  
  

Essential Skills

• Qualification in Information Technology / Network focused certifications OR network focused industry experience
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 network protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, STP
• Firewall configuration, including policy changes
• Experience of technical leadership within an IT organisation
• Experience in the delivery of significant network infrastructure change, from design to delivery
• Visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and make disciplined decisions based on available information.
• Strong communication skills, building good relationships, and explaining technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
  
  

Desirable Skills

• Maintenance and operation of AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud network solutions
• ITIL Foundation Certificate
  
  

Location

Expectation is to be working from one of HMLR's offices 60% of your time across the month (typically 3 days/week).

Available office locations: Plymouth (DDaT HQ), Croydon, Birkenhead, Hull, Leicester, Coventry, Weymouth, Telford, Gloucester, Swansea, Fylde, Durham, Nottingham, Peterborough

Benefits

• Starting salary between £46,058 - £50,715 depending on skills assessed at interview and location then potential to rise up to £57,400 within 24 months.
• Over 29% pension contribution
• Annual leave of 28.5 days' paid holiday during each holiday year plus 8 days public holidays
• Personalised training and development plans including expensed accreditations with training days set aside
• Flexi-time scheme (You decide what working hours work best for you)
• Social and sports club
• Access to our employee assistance programme for counselling and support on a wide range of issues
• Interest-free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme (salary sacrifice).
• HMLR have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development and flexible ways of working.
  
  

Further information

• Application deadline - 11:55pm, Tuesday 12th of August
• This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years.
• HMLR does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
• This post may include participation in an on-call rota, subject to additional pay.
  
  

If you are a Network Engineer with experience of providing technical leadership to Network teams, keen to make significant impact to over 6000 users and work on Critical National Infrastructure then apply today or contact Zymante Gintalaite (Zee) at Inspire People in complete confidence for further information.

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