Network Engineer

Experis is a global leader in recruitment of specialists and management staff in key IT areas. They offer competitive employment opportunities and interesting IT projects for both experienced experts and those starting their careers in IT.

• Strong experience as a network engineer, ideally from an enterprise environment
• Previous experience working on large production networks in a project-based implementation role
• Experience in migrating networks to new hardware
• Strong knowledge of eBGP, OSPF, LACP, VLANs, and firewalls
• Experience working with Juniper, Cisco, and Palo Alto technologies
• Experience with network automation tooling and Python is desirable
• Previous experience in tier 2 and tier 3 network support
• Experience with datacentre installations
• Vendor certifications such as JNCIA or CCNA

• Implement multi-vendor network service platforms according to standard architecture
• Prepare planning documentation for installation and configuration of network equipment
• Deliver edge and backbone upgrades to existing production networks
• Work with project managers, datacentre teams, vendors, and external partners to complete installation of new equipment and infrastructure
• Use platform scripting tools to generate new and incremental configurations applied to network equipment
• Connect new equipment to the management network and onboard it to backend NMS systems
• Connect and activate new infrastructure and integrate new network platforms into regional network backbones
• Carry out pre-production testing and validation in preparation for operational handover
• Produce required project and operational support documentation
• Work with hardware vendors, suppliers, and internal service validation teams to resolve pre-production issues
• Carry out scheduled out-of-hours maintenance activities according to change management policy
• Perform network configuration management tasks
• Support service decommissioning of old equipment
• Support the Service Management team with tier 3 fault escalations
• Document processes and technical procedures to support continual service improvement within the Global Enterprise Networks team