Network Technical Lead

Job Description Network Technical Lead Malaga Permanent €60,000 - €68,000 The Background We are partnered with a world class IT services provider based in Spain but working with clients on a global scale. They have a new opportunity for a Network Technical Lead to join them to genuinely own the network estate in production. This is a hands-on technical authority role focused on operational stability, change discipline and production control across LAN, WAN and firewall services. Here’s what you’ll be doing: - You’ll set the production readiness criteria, carrying out operational sign off on high risk changes and rejecting those that bring unacceptable risks - You’ll own the operational stability of the network estate - You’ll drive continuous improvement in monitoring quality, change discipline, firmware governance and configuration standards - You’ll partner with the Network Solutions Manager who owns design and make sure that what gets designed is fit to run in production - You’ll lead by example and raise the technical bar for the department around you, becoming the SME for Network Operations and providing support for other team members through peer reviews The successful Network Technical Lead will have… - A track record of operating enterprise network in production - Strong experience in advanced networking principles, advanced scripting and Linux and Windows operating systems - Subject Matter Expert level experience in Cisco, Palo Alto, Open-source technologies amd both campus and data centre environments - In-depth technical knowledge across enterprise LAN and WAN technologies, Firewall platforms, Routing and switching protocols, Network monitoring and diagnostic tools and VPN / remote connectivity services - Highly adaptable with excellent collaboration, team working and decision making - ITIL, Cisco CCNP and Firewall platform Certification would be advantageous but the experience working to these standards day in day out is key If you are