senior network engineer
Due to expansion, our client in Aberdeen is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join their growing team on a full-time permanent basis.
Please note applicants must have the RTW in the UK and stay within daily commute distance to Aberdeen prior to applying for this role.
Responsibilities:
Provide support via phone, e-mail, ticketing systems and site attendance.
Escalate requests where appropriate and follow through to resolution.
Follow current policies, processes and service levels to ensure compliance.
Maintain excellent standards of communication and customer care.
Retain ownership and responsibility for the support issue through to resolution.
Out of hours support and resolution - be available throughout on call hours
Assist in system audits, stock management and control.
Manage company infrastructure development projects.
Work with business development team to understand & scope client's service needs.
Review, recommend and approve written customer proposals from a technical perspective where appropriate ready for managerial approval.
Work with the sales team supporting bid/tender processes as required.
Identify issues or areas for improvement pro-actively.
Provide leads and market intelligence to business development team.
Essential skills, expertise and qualifications:
Degree or equivalent in a relevant technical engineering discipline
Take pride in delivering exceptional levels of customer support and building trust
Strong experience in deployment, configuration and support of firewalls, routers and switches to maximise network availability, efficiency and security
Experience of working and developing an ITIL environment
Experience of monitoring, diagnosing and troubleshooting network and infrastructure faults and performance
Strong understanding of cyber security principles, priorities and incident management
Project management experience ensuring delivery of key milestones across concurrent projects
Excellent customer facing skills and experience in supporting the pre-sales activity
Be able to be part of our on-call rota and support
Maintaining awareness of latest industry technologies and updates
Writing and maintaining technical documentation
Desirable skills:
Achieve and maintain vendor certification, e.g. Cisco, Palo-Alto, Juniper
Knowledge of working to cybersecurity standards; Cyber Essentials Plus, IASME, ISO27001
Experience of working in an Agile or Prince2 project management framework
Experience in the research, development a n d rollout of new services
Experience of Azure/ Microsoft 365