Senior Network Specialist with Security and Cisco - City London

Overview

Senior Network Specialist with Security and Cisco - City London

Our Client urgently requires a Senior Network Specialist with heavy background in Network Security on Cisco and Microsoft. The security and support of the company's network is paramount. Predominately a support role (BAU) with design of scalable solutions deliverable through projects. Encompassing numerous technologies that benefit high-availability solutions. This role requires a responsible individual who can design and deliver secure networking solutions. Fast thinker who can diagnose, assist others and remediate BAU support issues.

Main responsibilities

• Work within Infrastructure team in supporting and delivering all aspect of BAU and support services
• Design, build and implement firewall solutions from perimeter to DMZ roles
• Support IPS deployment for European branches
• Develop, maintain and deliver global standards to all networking devices
• Remediate Penetration Test results
• Ensure seamless migration of network estate to newly adopted security framework

General skills

• Experience working within mission-critical environments
• Experience in operational deployments
• Datacentre cabling and racking of equipment

Technical skills

• In-depth knowledge of CISCO including firewalls, switches and routing protocols
• In-depth knowledge of supporting a datacentre and branch interconnectivity
• Strong technical skills are essential
• Experience of CISCO multilayer switches and routers, including 6500s
• CISCO certification, ideally CCNP
• CISCO CSM
• VLAN segregation
• McAfee HIPS, Trend Micro
• Centralised authentication service (AAA)
• SafeNet Ethernet Encryptor
• RADIUS / RSA
• Security certification (advantageous)
• You will also need to an understanding of the following technologies:
• VLAN segregation. DMZ. VSS. Failover. OSPF. High availability.
• CISCO. Palo Alto. Juniper. McAfee IPS. SafeNet. Tripwire.

Contract and application

This is a contract role for up to 18 months to start immediately. Please send your CV to us in Word format.