Senior Network Security Engineer

Adecco; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to enhance network security for Thames Valley Police. The role, based in Kidlington or Southampton, requires at least five years of experience and skills with Cisco equipment. A full UK driving license is essential due to travel requirements. This position offers a temporary contract for 16 months with a daily rate of £450 outside IR35.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience in network engineering roles.
• Ability to communicate technical designs effectively.
• Hands on experience with network management and ticketing systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor network performance and traffic loads.
• Create reports and proposals for network improvements.
• Mentor junior staff and foster best practices.

Skills

Cisco routers and switches

Networking protocols and standards

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

CCNA/CCNP certification (strongly preferred)

Tools

SD-WAN

Fortinet products

Job description

Job Title: Senior Network Security Engineer

Location: Kidlington or Southampton

Contract Type: Temporary

Daily Rate: 450 - outside IR35

Contract Length: 16 months

Join Our Team! Are you an experienced Network Security Engineer ready to make an impact in the public services sector? We are looking for talented individuals to join our client Thames Valley Police at either their offices in Kidlington or the Hampshire Police Offices in Southampton.

What You'll Do:

As a Senior Network Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing our wide area and local area communications network infrastructure. Your expertise will ensure the security and efficiency of our network operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilise network management tools to monitor network and voice traffic loads and performance metrics, ensuring service levels are met.
• Create insightful reports and proposals for network improvements to support business needs.
• Identify and resolve operational problems and implement necessary network changes and maintenance routines.
• Coach and mentor junior network engineers, fostering a culture of best practises within the technical team.

What We're Looking For:

• Recent experience (within last two years) of a Network Administrator/Engineer role working with Cisco routers and switches with a minimum of five years experience within network engineering roles
• Able to articulate technical designs and principles to a non-technical audience.
• Good communication skills - written and oral, customer focussed, team-worker, who is a flexible, adaptable, problem solver and able to work systematically and with little direct supervision
• Detailed understanding of Networking protocols and standards.
• Must have capability to travel to different locations across both Forces and undertake all assignments in a timely manner. This role will cover the possibility of attendance at any of the force locations in both TVP and HIoWC.
• Hands on engineering experience with the ability to demonstrate ticket management, prioritisation, change management, project delivery and working with large scale service providers
• A current or recently (within last two years) expired CCNA/CCNP (or higher) qualification (strongly preferred but not essential)
• Experience of SD-WAN migrations (preferred but not essential)
• Hands on experience of Fortinet products (preferred but not essential

• A full UK driving licence is essential due to the need for travel across various locations.
• You must be able to pass vetting forwhich the criteria is that you have resided within the UK continuously for at least 5 years at the time of vetting!

Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.