Cisco Technical Consultant. Networking and Security

Job Description

Cisco Technical Consultant. Networking and Security , Servers Cisco Catalyst and Nexus, Fortinet.CCNP or CCIE or CCSP Certification preferred Near Chester / North Wales - Part office, part mobile, part home working £50,000 - £65,000 pa DOE + Car Allowance + Benefits + Bonus Well established IT Managed Service company, providing secure integrated ICT solutions for both Private Sector Enterprises and Public Sector organisations in the Wales, North West and Midland regions; required highly experienced Senior grade consultant / engineer with a wide range of infrastructure and security skills to help deliver on going projects and support a growing client base.You will provide a full end to end service for the design, implementation and on-going management of a wide range of cutting edge technology solutions including: Networks, ICT Security, Business Applications & Enterprise Computing and have strategic alliances with a number of the worlds leading ICT vendors including Cisco, Gemalto, Fortinet, Aerohive, Symantec, Microsoft, VMware and NetApp.In this role you will be:Installing, supporting and managing new hardware infrastructureConfiguring and supporting a wide range of software platformConfiguring and supporting various public cloud based services, including their managed services platformLiaising with the sales team to suggest solutions to customer business and technical problems, interpreting clients requirements and designing technical solutionProviding documentation and in-depth Scope of Work (SOW) for clientsDemonstrating solutions to clients and installing proof of concept trialsManaging Service Delivery on a day to day basis for their Managed Services Portfolio including Help-desk, datacenter and reporting/monitoring platformsManaging Project delivery of both Internal and External Projects on a day to day basis as well as providing Management support to the Engineering team in the absence of the Technical Services ManagerProviding training and technical support for users with varying levels of IT knowledge and competenceEnsuring configurations and data backup of services and implement recovery from disasterCommunicating with Vendors and third parties where required to escalate support cases and assist in diagnostics to resolve issues with hardware, firmware/softwareReading and attending training courses and industry meetings in order to keep up to date with the latest technological developments and trends in engineeringProvide support to other engineers and assist in skills development within their engineering teamRegular day travel and OOH support required (on rota)Required Skills and Experience: Technical Skills: A general knowledge of all aspects of security and networking - Especially interested in Cisco qualified individuals as above, Switching - VLANs, Spanning Tree, Ether channel etc. Routing - RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VPLS, IP Addressing V4 & V6, Experience with the vendors listed below is desirable, an understanding of systems, storage & Microsoft Business Apps (Windows Server, AD, Exchange, SQL etc.) would also be useful.Educated to A level standard or equivalent, ability to demonstrate similar intellectual capacity. A degree in computer science or similar technical degree would be desirable.Also Cisco CCNP, CCIE, CCSP qualificationsVery interested in NSE (Fortinet) qualified individualsNetApp, VMware, Veeam and Microsoft qualification would also be very usefulProject Management skills and related qualifications advantageous but not essentialTo suit person with:Interest and awareness in developing technologies and trendsProactive, dynamic & focused with the ability to demonstrate a lot of attention to detailSelf-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlookA natural forward planner who critically assesses own performanceEmpathetic communicator, able to see things from the other persons point of viewTeam-playerExcellent written and verbal skills including ability to summarise and articulate complex solutions to clients is essential.My client is very interested in people that have worked for security specialists, systems integrators, VARs, managed service providers, hosting & cloud based providers.If this is you please send CV now and call Tim Morris on Cisco Technical Consultant. Networking and Security , Servers Cisco Catalyst and Nexus, Fortinet.Near Chester / North Wales To £65K + Car + Package Required skills

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