Network Engineer I Req ID: 9970

Job Description

At IPS, you will apply your knowledge, skills, and passion to make a difference in the lives of people, solving complex challenges related to pharmaceutical, biotech, and animal health research and manufacturing facilities. We are looking for a Network Engineer I to join our team out of our office in Birmingham, UK.

At IPS, you will apply your knowledge, skills, and passion to make a difference in the lives of people, solving complex challenges related to pharmaceutical, biotech, and animal health research and manufacturing facilities.
The Network Engineer I will work with network and security teams to provide support in configuring, troubleshooting and monitoring physical and virtual infrastructure across global enterprise. You will be responsible for maintaining existing configuration on routers, firewalls, switches and other network equipment and setting up new offices using company defined policies and procedures. Additionally, you will be expected to monitor alerts and notifications generated by various security tools, perform analysis of the alerts for potential compromises, and perform remediation steps that may be necessary based on alert analysis.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Overall support and security of networks assigned (11.1%)
• Monitor and support network stability and performance using existing solutions (11.1%)
• Monitor and respond to incident and service requests assigned to network team (11.1%)
• Undertake network fault investigations in local and wide area environments (11.1%)
• Support logical and physical network security equipment in line with IT security policy (11.1%)
• Upgrade/replace network equipment as required (11.1%)
• Configure routing and switching equipment (11.1%)
• Provide remote support to on-site IT staff and end users/customers during installation (11.1%)
• Manage security mechanisms to prevent, detect, and respond to internal and external security threats (11.1%)

Qualifications & Requirements

• 1 year experience working in Network administration type role. Or,1 year experience working in IT Security type role. Or, 1 year experience in Server administration type role, Or combination of such roles.
• Strong understating of network technologies including WAN, LAN, VLAN, Switching, Routing, Firewalls, Wireless/WiFi
• Understanding technical documents
• Technical documentation and report writing (Incident Reporting)
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft ecosystem including Servers, Workstations, Virtualization, Azure.
• Understanding of various backup technologies.
• Understanding and use of KQL, SPL, FQL/CQL or other quarrying languages used within different SIEM platforms
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Powershell.
• Understanding of API’s and programmatic data retrieval

DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCIES:

• Consistently seek new opportunities in a persistent quest for excellence to deliver value and help our end users succeed.
• Must approach their work enthusiastically, with a contagious energy and drive that shows everyone they love what they do.
• Must display creativity, continually working to improve our solutions, tools, methods, and entire service delivery system for the benefit of our end users. Be an innovator.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at a time and respond to customer inquiries in a timely manner. Strong customer service skills are a must.
• Must conduct oneself in an uncompromising honest and true commitment to the welfare of our clients and each other. We are ethical professionals.
• Must exhibit the ability to sustain long term relationships of compelling mutual value through teamwork and commitment to individuals. We are good partners.
• Must be driven to succeed.

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

Physical Demands:

• This position will be required to occasionally life heavy equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This position will be working in office and data center environments. This position will be working with electrical devices that require high voltage (240/120V) to operate; for activities such as server, network rack installation and maintenance.

TRAVEL:

• This position may require travel to other IPS locations for information gathering, new office setups, system configuration, or training, as well as attending industry events. Travel expectations are 5-10% per year.

SAFETY:

• This position is a safety-sensitive position. The employee is designated for field work and attends activities at client sites where they work in construction, process, packaging, manufacturing, research or other \”non-administrative\” areas.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually, with video required.

About Us

IPS, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, is a global leader in developing innovative business solutions for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Through operational expertise and industry-leading knowledge, skill, and passion, IPS provides consultancy services, architecture, engineering, project controls, construction management, and compliance services that allow clients to develop and manufacture life-impacting products. Its newest acquisition, Linesight, specializes in cost, schedule, risk, program, and project management services in various market sectors, including data centers, life sciences, and high-tech industries. With the addition of Linesight, IPS has over 3,000 professionals in over 45 offices across 17 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

Specialties

Process Architecture, Process Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCMV and Staffing Services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at IPS without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. IPS is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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