3rd Line Network Engineer

This role opened up because a team member is relocating. Northcote needs another 3rd Line Network Engineer to design, run and troubleshoot the LAN, WAN and wireless networks across 14 sites. Hands-on network role with Cisco, Palo Alto and Meraki gear. Some travel to branch offices is required. Hybrid, with three days a week in our Belfast office.

What you'll be doing:

• Run packet captures in Wireshark to diagnose latency and drops
• Automate config backups and changes with Python, Netmiko or Ansible
• Deploy and support enterprise wireless (Cisco, Aruba, Juniper Mist)
• Maintain IPAM, VLAN and network documentation in NetBox or Visio
• Monitor the network with SolarWinds NPM, PRTG or LogicMonitor

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of enterprise network engineering experience
• Experience with site-to-site and remote access VPNs
• Comfortable on the CLI in Cisco IOS, NX-OS or Junos
• Understanding of DNS, DHCP, QoS and load balancing
• Available for after-hours maintenance and on-call rotation
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, STP and routing protocols

Pluses:

• Data centre fabrics (Cisco ACI, VXLAN EVPN)
• F5 BIG-IP load balancers

What we offer:

Compensation: £58,000 - £76,000 per year

• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on-site parking
• Professional qualifications paid for
• Birthday off

A bit about us:

Our technicians handle onsite and remote support for medical offices, accounting firms and manufacturers on fixed monthly contracts. Dell, HP and Lenovo hardware is sold and supported for schools and local governments, as it has been since 2010. We started in 2010 and have grown to about 100 people. Certification exams are paid for, and passing one comes with a raise.

We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Northcote.