Data Center Network Engineer

Overview

Data Center / Network Manager

To £52,500 + OnCall + Benefits

Essex (Flexible Hybrid working)

Who's it for

We are proud to be partnering with a fast growing Private Equity backed Managed IT Services Provider. An established MSP now into the early stages of their high growth journey to build and expand to a 50M T/O business!

They now need a networking data center manager to oversee the efficient running of their colocation data center.

The Role

• Take ownership of installation projects and liaise with the Networking Solutions team and onboard/commission new customers to the data center.
• Provide day to day management and support of the networking / data center
• Support sales to answer technical questions for new customer proposals
• Assist with the maintenance of monitoring systems to provide alerting
• Pro-active maintenance relating to software and firmware updates of networking equipment
• Provide remote on call where required (approx. 1-2 needs a month but on call payments still remain)
• Manage Datacentres - power management, preparation of racks for new co-lo customers.
• Some basic admin tasks for ISP

What's needed

• Strong Networking background and understanding of the following technologies
• Layer 2 understanding (ARP, MAC)
• IP Addressing & subnetting
• Spanning Tree
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• VPN Technologies
• IPSEC site to site
• SSLVPN
• Exposure to a range of Firewall vendors such as: Sophos XG, Cisco ASA / Firepower, Watchguard, Fortigate
• Demonstratable skills in managing firewalls and relating technologies such as: Zone based firewalling, NAT, Web, IPS & AV filtering policies, Device / User authentication integration
• Strong Switching skills and multi-vendor exposure
• Cisco IOS
• HP Aruba
• VLAN creation, management and trunking/tagging
• Cabling/connector types
• Wireless installation and support
• Experience with Ubiquiti Unifi and Meraki based deployments
• Understanding of different Internet connectivity types - FTTC/FTTP/Leased Line
• Understanding of Layer 3 routing protocols
• OSPF
• EIGRP
• BGP
• Experience with Windows servers and roles such as AD/DHCP/DNS/NPS
• Experience with Hyper-V / VMWare technologies

Excellent customer facing manner

Full UK Driving license