Senior Network Engineer

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Job Description

Responsibilities

• Design implement and support enterprise network services across LAN WAN SD-WAN VPN routing switching wireless firewalls and secure remote access.
• Provide senior hands-on engineering expertise across Fortinet Palo Alto Silver Peak Cisco branch and data centre networking and zero trust controls ensuring solutions are scalable supportable and aligned to enterprise standards.
• Translate platform standards and architectural direction into detailed designs build configurations and implementation plans.
• Deliver engineering outcomes across branch campus edge cloud and Azure networking including integration with VMware-hosted workloads.
• Own key engineering activities including network lifecycle management capacity and resilience planning service optimization and remediation.
• Lead complex changes migrations and deployments such as SD-WAN transformations branch refresh programmes firewall and segmentation changes and cloud connectivity enablement.
• Provide Level 4 escalation support for major incidents and complex technical issues including deep troubleshooting root cause analysis recovery planning and vendor engagement.
• Drive continuous improvement in network and security services through standardization reliability improvements documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Work closely with security teams operations teams and managed service providers to ensure services are delivered securely transitioned effectively and operated to agreed standards.
• Travel to project sites offices data centres and partner locations as required to support assessments implementation activity cutovers stakeholder engagement and critical go-live or remediation work.

General Network Operations & Engineering

• Support the design planning implementation and continuous improvement of secure scalable and high-performing network services.
• Maintain global network performance availability integrity and security to enterprise standards.
• Contribute to data centre cloud and core infrastructure networking lifecycle planning upgrade strategies and service roadmaps.
• Contribute to produce and maintain processes procedures operational and architectural documentation that meet CIO/CTO Standards.
• Participate in global engineering initiatives and cross-functional working groups.

Required Skills

• Deep hands-on experience with Cisco enterprise networking and wireless including Cisco ISE as an authentication backend and Fortinet firewall switching wireless and SD-WAN including design and support of corporate wireless environments.
• Strong expertise in Layer 2 / Layer 3 networking including routing protocols such as BGP OSPF and EIGRP plus high availability and segmentation design.
• Extensive experience with SD-WAN technologies particularly Silver Peak and Fortinet SD-WAN including design migration implementation optimisation and support.
• Strong experience in network security and zero trust models including firewall policy design segmentation secure access models and Zscaler (ZIA ZPA ZDX) or equivalent SASE platforms.
• Experience with Azure networking including hybrid connectivity segmentation and Virtual WAN Hub alongside networking integration with VMware environments.
• Good knowledge of monitoring and observability platforms such as SolarWinds and strong understanding of incident problem and change management in large enterprise environments.
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Python Ansible JSON Jinga2 or YAML.

Additional Skills

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical capability across complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced global setting.
• Clear communication stakeholder engagement and mentoring capability.
• Strong focus on delivery ownership and service reliability.

Technology Stack (Relevant Exposure)

• Cisco (routing switching wireless Nexus Meraki ISE)
• Fortinet (firewalls SD-WAN switching wireless)
• Zscaler (ZIA ZPA ZDX)
• Silver Peak SD-WAN
• Azure Networking and Virtual WAN Hub
• VMware F5 (desirable) and SolarWinds or equivalent monitoring platforms

Person Specification

• 10 years of experience in enterprise networking SD-WAN and network security engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience delivering complex network solutions in large enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve high-severity technical issues.
• Experience working in globally distributed teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed for project delivery site engagement implementation support and major change activity across regional and global locations.

Certifications (Preferred):

• Cisco CCNA / CCNP / CCIE
• Fortinet NSE (or equivalent)
• ITIL Foundation

Desirable:

• Advanced networking or security certifications
• Automation and scripting experience
• Knowledge of ISO27000 or similar security frameworks

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