Network Engineer

Job Description

About us:Salary: £40K - £50K DOEThere has never been a more exciting time to become part of the iomart family, is it time for you to join usCurrently in our 23rd year, the iomart Group continues to go from strength to strength. Having reached annual revenue of £100million and a team of over 400 people in 2019, we want to continue to build on our success. Over the next five years we have ambitiousplans to double the size of our business, increasing our annual revenue to £200 million, and we need the best talent the industry has to offer to help us achieve this.About the role:As a Network Engineer you will be part of a team of technical experts managing the iomart National and International Networks and be responsible for assisting with the technical delivery of all iomart managed hosting customers and network services. You willmanage systems to ensure 100% uptime for the network infrastructure and work closely with the Group Network Manager to ensure we maintain 100% uptime for our customers. As a subject matter expert you will be one of the go to people for network related queriesincluding, but not limited to, technical design, best practices and deployment methodologies. Part of your role will include the investigation and diagnosis of network related incidents reported by customers and you will liaise with Upstream Providers andpeers where necessary.This role may be remote or based in Glasgow, Manchester, London or Gosport but you must be willing to travel to any of our UK locations as required. Furthermore, you will provide on-call support for essential services/critical incidents as part of a rotaso it is essential that you are comfortable with being on-call.The ideal candidate for the role will have/be:

• UK Government SC Clearance or be eligible to apply for same (5 years UK residence typically required for this)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Cisco Certified Network Professional or equivalent experience
• Solid understanding of ACI fabric networks
• Strong technical background: Routing Protocols (BGP, OSPF), Switching Technologies (STP, Dot1Q, QinQ, EtherChannel) and IPv6
• Strong understanding of the technologies and challenges in data centre environments (Broadcast Domains, VLANs, HSRP, VRRP)
• Strong understanding of security appliances (Juniper SRX, Cisco ASA and Firepower)
• Thorough understanding of Server Operating Systems (Debian, CentOS, Windows Server)
• Experience of network design in large data centres
• Thorough planning and strong understanding of change management processes
• Experience of managing infrastructure/technical services in a hosted environment

The following knowledge, experience and skills are advantageous although not essential:

• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or equivalent experience
• Robust understanding of Cisco Core Networking (7600, 6500, 4500, ASR 1K, ASR 9K)
• Experience with Arista, Juniper, Dell, Force10
• Strong understanding of MPLS Technologies (L3VPN, AToM, VPLS)
• Excellent understanding of network overlay technologies such as Cisco ACI/VXLAN and experience in deployment and ongoing management
• Network Automation/Programming using Python and/or other scripting languages

What we can offer you:

• Exposure and access to cutting-edge technology as well as the opportunity to work alongside like-minded technical enthusiasts
• Remote and flexible working
• Supported training and development to help you progress within your career
• Competitive salary
• Flexible Benefits scheme allowing you to select the benefits that suit your needs
• Holiday Trading Scheme - buy or sell part of your annual leave allowance
• Travel Loans - unsecured interest free travel loans to assist employees
• ShareSave/SAYE - buy shares in the company at a discounted rate
• Day off on your Birthday
• Long service benefits - additional annual leave and access to private healthcare