Senior Network Systems Engineer

Onyx-Conseil; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Onyx-Conseil is recruiting an IT Senior Network Systems Engineer for a City of London bank. The role requires a strong background in large-scale networking, security tooling, and IT infrastructure management to ensure reliable daily operations.

You will design and deploy IT projects, provide end-user computing support, and coordinate access with IT Security, while upholding disaster recovery standards and AML compliance reporting.

Qualifications

• Proficient in common operating systems.
• Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above.
• Redhat Linux-based OS.
• Experience with network monitoring and security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Bank's IT infrastructure with first-line software, hardware and networking support.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects and scope.
• Design, plan and deploy IT projects to enhance existing infrastructure.
• End-user computing support for staff.
• Coordinate between London users and IT Security; manage access permissions.
• Implement disaster recovery and backup procedures per Group requirements.
• Support daily and periodic reports for London Compliance on AML provisions.
• Monitor networking equipment (switches, firewalls, appliances).
• Carry out maintenance checks to keep IT operations running smoothly.
• Maintain AYAYA PABX system and ensure recording system uptime.

Skills

CCNP level networking

Solarwinds

Palo Alto Firewalls

Firemon

Complex Switches

Avaya PABX systems

Education

Bachelor/Master degree

Professional qualification

Tools

VMware v6.7+

Veeam Backup & Replication

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec Endpoint Encryption

ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

IT Senior Network Systems Engineer

Our Client is a Bank based in the City of London, are looking to recruit an IT Senior Network Systems Engineer ideally with at least 7 to 10 years of experience in IT ideally from within the banking financial industry.

You will be working in a small team managing the day-to-day technology infrastructure to ensure that the Bank can operate efficiently.

The Client would like the following key skills:

• CCNP level networking
• Solarwinds – Service Desk Software experience
• Experience of Palo Alto firewalls
• Firemon – Network Security Devices and Policy Management
• Complex Switches experience is essential.
• Experience of Avaya PABX systems

The following is a list of responsibilities.

• Responsible for the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the Bank by providing first line support of software, hardware and networking that incudes installation, configuration and troubleshooting
• Manage day to day operational aspects of a project and scope
• To design, plan and deploy IT projects to enhance the existing IT infrastructure and also any applications required by the bank.
• End User Computing support for all staff.
• Coordinator between the London Users and Group IT Security on all requests for systems access and to ensure that such permissions are provided promptly, are regularly updated and that the Group Access Matrix Protocol is followed at all times
• Preserve the Assets of the Bank by implementing Disaster Recovery and back up procedures and ensuring that the standards comply with Group requirements
• Provide IT support to ensure the smooth running of daily and periodic reports for the London Compliance team to ensure adherence to the Anti Money Laundering Provisions
• Overall networking equipment monitoring (i.e. Network Switches, Firewall and other appliances) and support
• To plan and carry out maintenance checks to ensure IT Operations, infrastructures are running smoothly and ensure daily routine task completeness
• To maintain the AYAYA PABX system and to ensure that the recording system is always up and running at all times

The following is a list of technical skills required for the role:

Technical/Functional skills

• Proficient in common operating systems
  • Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above
  • Redhat Linux based Operating System
• Software proficiency
  • VMWare v6.7 and above
  • Veeam Backup and Replication
  • Symantec Endpoint Protection
  • Symantec Endpoint Encryption
  • ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus
  • Microsoft Office 365
• Networking (IT)
  • Cisco Switches and Routers
  • Palo Alto Firewalls
  • LAN/WAN Routing
• Hardware
  • Dell PowerEdge Servers
  • Dell PowerVault SAN Storage
• Project management
• Data analysis
• Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership])
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English)

Strong stakeholder engagement

Bachelor or Master’s degree or professional qualification in relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing)

The salary for this role is in the range £70K - £80K.

This is a 12 month FTC role.