Senior Network Engineer

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan, build, and deliver new network capabilities and deployments from standards and design documents to meet the needs of the business.
• Maintain network security through proper configuration of firewalls, wireless access points, and VPNs.
• Maintain multi–site network operations to support internal applications, operating systems including regular maintenance with both private and public facilities.
• Physical installation and maintenance of network, power, and server hardware.
• Creating and maintaining documentation and network diagrams.
• Full lifecycle management of network devices as well as support and development of network management and monitoring systems.
• Performing regular preventative maintenance tasks such as capacity management and software updates.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience running, managing and implementing all aspects of a global enterprise network architecture (WAN, campus and data centre).
• Enterprise and data centre routing and switching architectures, including OSPF, BGP, ECMP, and VXLAN.
• Network security architectures and SASE, including firewalls, VPN and IDS/IPS.
• Data centre power, cooling and cabling standards, including experience of single and multi–mode fibre optic networks.
• Experience working with WAN providers and fibre network infrastructure, including DIA, SD‑WAN, wavelength and dark fibre circuits.
• Understanding of VPN technologies including security and cryptographic standards.
• Experience of deploying, managing and maintaining network monitoring systems.
• Network access control systems and protocols, such as AAA, RADIUS, 802.1x.
• DHCP, DNS, IPAM and SSL/PKI technologies.
• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills at every level of the OSI model, from cabling, through network devices to the operating system and applications.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage staff at all levels.
• Good organisational skills, ability to handle multiple projects and work items.
• Ideal if currently certified.
• Occasional out of hours and weekend work required, comprising both remote and on‑site work.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with scripting, automation or orchestration deployment tools.
• Exposure to a range of different networking vendors and solutions.
• Understanding of information security standards, e.g. ISO 27001.
• Strong AWS or other cloud network experience, including technologies such as DirectConnect, VPC, Transit Gateway, Security Groups or their equivalents.
• Systems administration experience within a mixed Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and/or Android environments, including physical and virtual environments.
• Good understanding of technology solutions beyond networking.

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.
• Work based in beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree‑lined walks, water features and a lake.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

About Us

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore‑based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.