Senior Network Specialist with Security and Cisco – City London

Jas Gujral; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT company in London is seeking a Senior Network Specialist with strong expertise in security and Cisco technologies. This contract role focuses on designing and implementing secure networking solutions across a global infrastructure, ensuring high availability and remediation of security vulnerabilities. Ideal candidates will possess significant experience with mission-critical environments and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Experience in mission-critical environments required.
• In-depth knowledge of Cisco networking hardware and security protocols.
• Experience with datacentre operations and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver secure networking solutions.
• Implement firewall solutions and support IPS deployment.
• Remediate penetration test results and ensure seamless migration.

Skills

Network Security

Cisco

Technical Skills

Education

CISCO Certification (CCNP)

Security Certification

Tools

Cisco Firewalls

McAfee IPS

Palo Alto

Juniper

Job description

Senior Network Specialist with Security and Cisco – City London

Our Client urgently requires a Senior Network Specialist with heavy background in Network Security on Cisco and Microsoft.

The security and support of the company’s network is paramount.

Predominately a support role (BAU) with design of scalable solutions deliverable through projects.

Encompassing numerous technologies that benefit high-availability solutions.

This role requires a responsible individual who can design and deliver secure networking solutions.

Fast thinker who can diagnose, assist others and remediate BAU support issues.

Main Aspects of the role:

-Work within Infrastructure team in supporting and delivering all aspect of BAU and support services

-Design, build and implement firewall solutions from perimeter to DMZ roles

-Support IPS deployment for European branches

-Develop, maintain and deliver global standards to all networking devices

-Remediate Penetration Test results

-Ensure seamless migration of network estate to newly adopted security framework

General Skills

-Experience working within mission-critical environments

-Experience in operational deployments

-Datacentre cabling and racking of equipment

Technical Skills you need to bring to the table:

-In-depth knowledge of CISCO including firewalls, switches and routing protocols

-In-depth knowledge of supporting a datacentre and branch interconnectivity

-Strong technical skills are essential

-Experience of CISCO multilayer switches and routers, including 6500s

-CISCO certification, ideally CCNP

-CISCO CSM

-VLAN segregation

-McAfee HIPS, Trend Micro

-Centralised authentication service (AAA)

-SafeNet Ethernet Encryptor

-RADIUS / RSA

-Security certification (advantageous)

You will also need to an understanding of the following technologies:

VLAN segregation. DMZ. VSS. Failover. OSPF. High availability.

CISCO. Palo Alto. Juniper. McAfee IPS. SafeNet. Tripwire.

This is a contract role for up to 18 months to start immediately.

Please send your CV to us in Word format.