Junior Networking Engineer in Bentley

• Junior Network Engineer
• Key Aims
• You'll offer support to users, who can be staff, clients, customers, and suppliers, and troubleshoot any problems. In some cases, this may involve designing new networks.
• Your aim is to ensure the integrity of high-availability network infrastructure to provide maximum performance for your users.
• Although this position is primarily an engineering role, you must have a flair for sales and be able to successfully demonstrate the company's products at exhibitions and to customers as and when required.
• Key Tasks
• Evaluate new networking technologies/environments, including software and hardware
• Monitors the performance of networks and makes recommendations concerning network quality.
• Create customer and site-specific profiles and provide troubleshooting services to customers and users
• Ensure network security, report on, investigate, and fix network faults
• Design network Topologies and write user and operational documentation. Provides subsequent support and training for users.
• Network Technologies

You will work with a variety of network technologies, including but not limited to the below:

• WANS/LANS/MANS/WLAN/SDN
• Vo IP/CCTV/Access Control/IOT/Telecare/Telehealth Systems
• VLANS/VLAN Tagging and QOS
• Devices attached to the above, such as Firewalls, L2 and L3 Switches, SIP-GSM Gateways, Android Devices, Linux Devices
• SIP Server/Proxies
• PSTN Networks
• RS-485 Networks
• Detailed Responsibilities

As a network engineer, you'll need to

• Establish the networking environment by designing the system, installing of software, configuring, and testing
• Undertake Wi-Fi Surveys and make recommendations on where to locate access points
• Design, implement, and project plan new solutions and improve the resilience of the current environment
• Maximise network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with network architects on network optimisation
• Undertake data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments using information from multiple sources
• Secure network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, defining and monitoring access
• Support and administer firewall environments in line with IT security policy
• Report network operational status by gathering and prioritising information, and managing projects.
• Upgrade data network equipment to the latest stable firmware/software releases
• Installing/removing software on Linux/Android/Windows-based devices.
• Configure routing and switching equipment, hosted IP voice service, and firewalls.
• Provide remote support to on-site engineers and end users/customers. Visit the remote site where necessary.
• Using Wireshark and other tools to monitor TCP/IP streams where necessary.
• Get access to debug logs where necessary
• Undertake capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centres.
• Trace and Debug application software, especially in relation to SIP Endpoints
• Liaise with project management teams, third-line engineers, and service desk engineers on a regular basis
• Speak to customers via email and phone for initial requirement capture.
• Salary and Holidays
• The starting salary will be £25 per annum based on a 37.5-hour week and will rise in accordance with experience
• 20 Days plus Statutory Bank Holidays
• Company Pension
• Car Mileage Allowance when visiting remote sites
• Working Hours

You'll typically work a standard week (Monday to Friday – 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM.

However, you may be on call outside office hours, at weekends or in the evenings, and you will need to be flexible in case of major technical problems occurring.

• What to Expect
• The work is primarily office-based, although you may need to work across different remote sites
• The job can be challenging, particularly when things go wrong, as customers are dependent on their systems

Qualifications

• A degree qualification in at least one of the below related subjects is required:
• Computer science
• Computer software/computer systems engineering
• Computer systems and networks
• Electrical/electronic engineering
• Network security management

You will be expected to do further study (Self Learning and further professional qualifications)

Skills Required

You will need

• An up-to-date knowledge and understanding of your employer's business and industry needs, as well as the technical demands
• To recognise the importance of customer focus and/or of serving the needs of the end user
• Excellent communication skills for communicating with staff who aren't technically trained
• The skill to take on a variety of tasks and pay attention to detail
• Analytical and problem-solving ability
• Teamwork skills and the ability to feel comfortable working with different teams, clients, and groups of staff across an organisation
• Organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload.
• Be fully computer literate and be able to use project planning tools, such as Microsoft Project
• Work Experience
• Relevant work experience is desirable but not essential
• Professional Development
• Due to the rapidly changing nature of the industry and the skills needed, you'll need to make training a constant part of your career development.
• You will have to seek out appropriate training for yourself, where you feel this will be beneficial to the company and your personal development
• Courses can be expensive, and you may have to pay the fees yourself, so make sure they're relevant to your career development aims.
• Career prospects
• The company has a clear vision for growth, and as a result of that, new job opportunities will arise
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