Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer

A well known Council based in the heart of London is seeking to recruit a Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer to join their dynamic and growing team.

Salary - £74,800 p.a inclusive of market supplement.

The Borough is going through significant change and as part of an exciting wider transformation, we are seeking a Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer who has excellent all round technical experience with implementing and managing solutions incorporating Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, LAN and WiFi, Cisco ACI, Palo Alto Firewall, Microsoft Azure and on-premise Data centre solutions.

This is a senior position in the team and one where you will have significant influence, you must have recent and up to date technical expertise using the Meraki Cisco products up to almost architectural level.

As part of your role as Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer, as well as being the subject matter expert, you will lead on a team of Network Engineers, providing your knowledge, coaching and guidance where required. The role is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to utilise their knowledge within a wider team and who wants to lead and see their team progress around them.

Key duties and responsibilities:

- Lead the Borough's approach to designing, building, testing, implementing and operating the corporate network.
- Stay up to date with the latest technology offerings, both cloud and on-premises, as well as best practice for configuration and monitoring, allowing them to take advantage of the latest technologies.
- You'll contribute to their cloud migration strategy, governance, and best practices.
- You will lead their Network Team, delivering solutions and services for them and monitoring their network to ensure availability and quality.
- You will be a subject matter expert and design authority for their approach to networking, including Azure-based cloud network services, tooling, and platforms.
- You will ensure that their critical network infrastructure is designed and optimised for security, high availability and disaster recovery.
- You will also collaborate with the Information Security Team to ensure compliance with the ISO27001, PCI-DSS and PSN standards.
- You'll also work to improve their legacy on-premise environment to make their technology services more cost-effective and agile.

You will have previous experience in the following:

- implementing, administering, and monitoring a range of relevant network technologies.
- understanding of cloud architecture and implementation features, including security services primarily with Microsoft Azure.
- experience working in a modern agile delivery environment (Scrum, Kanban etc)
- experience working in an ISO27001 environment
- experience implementing and managing solutions incorporating Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, LAN and WiFi, Cisco ACI, Palo Alto Firewall, Microsoft Azure and on-premise Data centre solutions
- designing and maintaining voice and communications technologies, including SIP Trunking and Session Border Controllers (SBC), Microsoft Teams and Netcall Liberty Converse
- Experience and understanding of Cloud Architecture and implementation features including security services, primarily Microsoft Azure.

Ideally you will have one of the following:

- Cisco CCNP Enterprise
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)

If interested in the opportunity to work for a leading central London Borough where you can progress your career not only from a technical perspective but also in the management space, please apply today.