Network Engineer

Matthew James Group Ltd
Birmingham, UK
23 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£91,000.0 - £130,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

IT Management IP Addressing Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC) Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Multi-protocol Systems Network Layer Routing Network Segmentation Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Virtual Local Area Networks Firewalls (Computer Science) Enterprise Integration
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Cisco

Job description

You will support and validate the IP and transport infrastructure around the private 5G deployment, including:

  • Enterprise LAN and WAN integration
  • IP addressing and VLAN validation
  • VRF configuration and validation
  • OSPF routing verification
  • MPLS network integration
  • WAN connectivity and transport resiliency
  • Firewall policy validation
  • IPSec VPN integration
  • Network segmentation
  • QoS alignment
  • Throughput and latency testing
  • Layer 2 and Layer 3 troubleshooting
  • Routing, firewall and VPN fault finding
  • End-to-end network validation
  • Supporting performance, capacity and operational readiness activities, In return the Network Engineer will get the chance to work for an amazing company offering an initial 4-6 month contract with the possibility of further extension.

Requirements

You should have strong experience across:

  • Enterprise LAN / WAN networking
  • OSPF
  • MPLS
  • VLAN and VRF
  • IPSec VPNs
  • Firewall integration
  • Layer 2 / Layer 3 troubleshooting
  • Enterprise IT networking

Experience within OT, manufacturing or industrial networks would be highly advantageous.

Exposure to Cisco, Arista or HPE switching, private 5G environments or network integration within manufacturing would also be useful.

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