Senior Technical Consultant

Cisilion Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Cisco-focused Senior Technical Consultant to join their dynamic team. This role involves consulting, designing, and implementing cutting-edge networking and security solutions for diverse clients. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, you'll work closely with sales and technical teams to deliver exceptional service and solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Cisco technologies and a commitment to quality and continuous improvement. If you're passionate about technology and want to make a real impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on SMB and Enterprise wired campus design and deployment.
• Extensive experience with Cisco Catalyst and Nexus routing and switching.
• Strong understanding of Layer-3 to Layer-7 firewalling and migrations.

Responsibilities

• Consult, design, plan, and implement technical projects in networking and security.
• Support Sales and Solutions teams with technical expertise to close sales opportunities.
• Create documentation such as HLD and LLD, and respond to bids and proposals.

Skills

Networking

Cisco ISE

Cisco Catalyst Switches

CCNP Security

Advanced routing protocols

VPN technologies

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) - Enterprise

Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) - Security

CCNA / CCNP - DevNet

Tools

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Fortinet FortiGate

Palo Alto firewalls

Job description

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Full-time Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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About the job

Cisilion has the exciting opportunity for a Cisco-focused Senior Technical Consultant to join them on a permanent basis. Cisilion strives to consistently deliver beyond our clients’ and employees’ expectations, providing world-class service and market-leading technology solutions. With over 23 years of collective expertise, backed by 25+ industry awards, 100% organic revenue growth since 2019, and 60%+ 3-year headcount growth, we serve over 250 clients worldwide.

THE ROLE

The Networking and Security Senior Technical Consultant (L6) within Cisilion Professional Services will consult, design, plan, and implement technical projects. The role involves close collaboration with Principal Technical Consultants, Presale Architects, and other teams. The Senior Technical Consultant will support Sales and Solutions teams by providing technical expertise to close sales opportunities and propose solutions to better serve our clients.

Responsibilities include technical presentations, solution demonstrations, design/configuration, proposals, bid responses, Statement of Work creation, and documentation such as HLD and LLD. All colleagues must be eligible for Security Clearance and adhere to Cisilion policies and GDPR best practices.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

- 5+ years of hands-on SMB and Enterprise wired campus design and deployment.

- Extensive experience designing and deploying:

• Cisco Catalyst and Nexus routing and switching, including traditional and software-defined solutions (Cisco SDA, Catalyst Center / DNAC)
• Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and related services
• Cisco Secure Firewall and components (Management, Secure Client, Policy, NAT, AMP, URL Filtering, TLS Offload, IDS/IPS)
• Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and integrations (SDA, 802.1X, EAP, profiling, pxGrid)
• Cisco SASE & SSE solutions
• Advanced routing protocols (BGP, MP-BGP, MPLS, VxLAN EVPN, ECMP, OSPF, Multicast)
• Advanced switching (stacking, virtual chassis, Spanning Tree, IGMP, QoS/CoS)
• VPN technologies (Site-to-Site, Remote Access, IPsec, SSL)

- A thorough understanding of:

• Layer-3 to Layer-7 firewalling, including migrations (e.g., Fortinet to Cisco)
• Cisco Wireless and enterprise networking integration
• Forward and Reverse Proxy, WAF technologies
• Network Access Control (NAC), 802.1X, EAP, PKI
• MFA/2FA/Duo

Knowledge of the following is advantageous but not mandatory:

• Cisco UCS, FIs, SAN, Fibre Channel
• HPE Aruba CPPM, Microsoft NPS
• Fortinet FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer
• Palo Alto firewalls, Panorama, Strata Cloud
• Azure cloud networking
• Deploying virtual firewalls and appliances on cloud platforms
• Terraform and Ansible

- Lead technically, setting standards for others

- Maintain industry-recognized certifications, technical training, and vendor relationships

- Excellent time management, planning, and communication skills

- Strong commercial awareness to safeguard company interests

- Broad knowledge of technical infrastructure hardware, software, and solutions

- Commitment to quality and continuous improvement

- Experience in IT services, channels, or resellers

CERTIFICATIONS

• Active Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) - Enterprise
• Active Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) - Security
• CCNP Data Center
• CCNA / CCNP - DevNet
• Equivalent certifications from other vendors (Fortinet, Palo Alto)

Top skills for this role

Networking

Cisco ISE

Catalyst Switches

CCNP Security

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