Network Engineer for Sites and Services, you will set up new temporary sites (circa 50), look after 20 permanent offices and the London head office, this will be from initial fit outs, removal and relocation's of sites and general moves and changes, you will have the assistance of external MSP's & ISP's providing Network and Infrastructure services.
You must have previous knowledge and hands on experience of Firewalls, Switches, Routers (FortiGate, HP preferably) WiFi, Azure, CCTV, Active Directory, MFD Printers. It is Hybrid, 4 days in the office which are based in Central London and paying upto 65k. The role reports to the IT Manager and is with the Head office of a London based construction company with more than permanent sites 20 sites and over 50 temporary sites spread across the UK, You will be part of a team of an IT Department of 11 reporting to the IT Manager.
They are about to embark on a complete Technical System refresh rolling out of Fortigate HP Firewalls Switches and Routers Azure, this role is specifically to co ordinate and manage three MSP's, you must have experience in this area and previously been hands on to know exactly what is expected of the MSP's, they do have to set up locations temporary standalone locations very quickly using 4G routers.
Langley James is proud to partner with this 40 year old Construction company, located close to Liverpool Street Station, to find a talented Network Infrastructure Coordinator/Manager of Networks and Firewalls. This is a fantastic opportunity for a results-oriented individual to join a growing team and play a pivotal role in a significant technical system refresh project.
Network & Infrastructure Operations Coordinator will
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Work closely and reporting to IT Manager and be accountable for office and site networks and infrastructure managing 3 MSP's and ISP's, working towards the IT/ business strategy.
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Coordination of the Managed Service Providers in the installation, setup, and configuration of Local Area Networks (LANs) and ordering of network hardware, deployment, upgrades, patching and support of data and voice networks.
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Monitor network infrastructure health using tools, resilience, capacity, operational performance, and overall effectiveness of network estate across the Group and report to bi-weekly to the IT Manager and Head of IT.
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Work closely with ISP's and manage firewall estate to maintain operational performance and overall effectiveness of estate.
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Pro-actively log and resolve connectivity outages and faults with ISP's.
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Ensure business continuity and DR by supporting office and site network outages and incidents and maintain high availability of networks across company.
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Monitor network and infrastructure health, resilience, capacity, operational performance and overall effectiveness and traffic with ISP's and MSPs and report to bi-weekly to Head of IT and IT Manager.
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Maintain and manage successful implementation of network IP addressing environment and VPN setups between offices to ensure quality and continuity of IT operations.
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Ordering, implementation, delivery, testing, and setup by liaising with ISP to deploy office and site connectivity.
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Order and manage rapid connectivity which enable instant site mobilisation to provide fast, reliable, and secure internet which reduce the risk of site setup delays.
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Maintain business continuity by being pro-active when relocating site networks and equipment.
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Effective cost management and cancellation of site connectivity and network equipment returns.
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Provide and maintain an up-to-date inventory and configuration for all operational infrastructures, hardware, software, and software licenses including warranty information.
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Monitor, liaise and manage network incident and security intel with the SOC team; and manage, monitor firewall estate on SOC platform.
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Implement proactive, preventive, and reactive maintenance of incident and security threat intel from SOC to ISP's and troubleshooting network device communicating via rogue ports