Network Engineer (12 Month FTC) in Manchester

Escode, a global leader in software escrow solutions and part of NCC Group, is dedicated to protecting businesses from unforeseen disruptions. We ensure that business-critical software applications and source code are safe, secure, and always available. As a trusted intermediary for some of the world’s best-known brands, we safeguard access to vital code and digital assets, ensuring business continuity and the protection of software investments.

The Opportunity

The purpose of the Network Engineer role is to contribute to the team that delivers the implementation, operation, monitoring and maintenance of the global IT Network infrastructure and platforms within the Network team in order to provide high quality, stable compute platforms for the business, both for internal systems and commercial platforms. You will be part of a team providing 24x7 operations of data centre/server room assets, networking, security technology, hosting (cloud), storage, hypervisor, container, backup, resilience, continuity/recovery.

Key Accountabilities

• Network Design & Implementation: Develop and deploy LAN/WAN, wireless, and cloud-based network solutions that meet Escode’s needs.
• Configuration & Maintenance: Install, configure, and maintain network hardware and software, including routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor network performance using tools such as Wireshark or SolarWinds, ensuring optimal uptime and minimal latency. Diagnose and resolve network outages, connectivity issues, and performance bottlenecks promptly to minimize downtime.
• Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain network security policies, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems to protect against cyber threats.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate network diagrams, configuration records, and incident reports for compliance and future reference.

Functional and Technical Skills

• Asset and Configuration Management: Maintain secure configuration and accurate information, controlling IT assets in one or more significant areas, and verifying location and state of assets.
• Availability and Capacity Management: Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
• Change Management: Deal with high-impact, complex change requests and ensure that release policies, procedures and processes are applied.
• Coding and Scripting: Identify process optimisation opportunities and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions.
• Ownership and Initiative: Own an issue until a new owner has been found or the problem has been mitigated or resolved.
• Service Management Framework Knowledge: Awareness of key ITIL or other applicable ITSM framework operational processes.
• Service Focus: Establish coherent frameworks that work.
• Technical Specialism: Draft and maintain procedures and documentation, setting standards for definition, security and integrity of objects.
• Testing: Review requirements, specifications and define test conditions.
• IT Infrastructure: Design, implement, administer and support infrastructure technologies, solutions and services.
• Information Security: Design solutions and services with security controls embedded.
• Modern Standards Approach: Use a modern standards approach competently and guide others.
• Problem Solving: Initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems.
• Systems Integration: Define the integration build and produce a build definition for interfaces between systems.
• Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution: Dissect a problem to its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes.

You must be willing to travel to Escode office locations globally and stay away from home on occasion.

Technologies You will have experience/knowledge with:

• L2 networking technologies (VLAN, STP/RSTP)
• L3 routing protocols (Static, EIGRP, OSPF)
• Network firewalls and Firewall policy management
• Network address translation (NAT)
• VPN technologies (IPsec, SSL VPN)
• Wireless technologies

Experience/knowledge with one or more of the following technologies would be desirable but not essential:

• FortiGate firewalls
• Cisco Identity Services Engine
• Dell FTOS switching

About your application

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us to retain your details, please email global.ta@nccgroup.com. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Notice. We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to security clearance as a mandatory requirement.