Senior Network Engineer in Basingstoke

We are currently seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our team in Basingstoke.

Responsibilities

• Must have great experience on Routing & Switching & Wireless and Firewalls.
• Responsible for the Cisco ACI network architecture component(s).
• Must have Palo Alto Experience.
• Understand and support Data Centre Networks utilizing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Nexus 9k platforms.
• Contribute to the development and performance of a migration plan from traditional data centre network designs to Cisco ACI.
• Integrate service appliances to Cisco ACI deployments to include Application Delivery Controllers and Firewalls.
• Good understanding of Inter and Intra Tenant traffic flows, contracts.
• Experience in L2 outs, L3 outs, VMM integration.
• Must be expert of routing, switching, wireless, LAN and WAN, i. e.

L2 (Wireless IEEE 802.11 a, Ethernet, IEEE 802.1x std.

STP, MSTP, RSTP, Dynamic VLAN, HSRP/VRRP.) / L3 (Routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.), NEXUS, SD-WAN.

• Ensuring all configurations are in compliance with network standards, reviewing log files, SD-WAN, LAN, WAN, NMS.
• Participate in the setup, deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting and documentation of enterprise-level, mission-critical, network infrastructure components.
• Looking to have strong knowledge of SDWAN (Hands‑on) and Wireless.
• Teamworking with project managers, cross‑functional technology and business teams to ensure successful projects.
• Owning and documenting escalated support tickets and service requests through resolution via Service Now.
• Adaptive, communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Full understanding of WAN/LAN internetworking, protocol interoperability, network architecture development and requirements for testing / proof of concept.
• Knowledge of Wireless, Nexus, SD‑WAN.
• Working knowledge of Networking products from Cisco, Dell & Extreme Networks.
• Skills and knowledge and adherence to ITIL & Change Management processes.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong customer service skills; interfaces with customers, end users, partners and associates.
• Additionally, the candidate must work well within a team, adapt easily to change, and possess the flexibility to travel.

Candidate should have a history of working unsupervised while achieving required goals.

• Rotating on‑call, support queue management, performing network system analysis and reporting.
• Willing to work in 24X7 environment.
• Basic Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience on managing LAN & WAN Infrastructures.
• 10+ years’ experience on Routing & Switching, Riverbed & Wireless.
• 10+ years of experience on Palo Alto.
• 5+ years on experience on Cisco ACI.
• Highly Preferred Skills
• Preferred knowledge of VELO Cloud (Hands‑on) and Wireless.
• Adaptive, communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Project experience for SDN Infra & Networking.
• Degree: Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

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