Senior Network Engineer

Mar 14, 2025
Liverpool
Full Time
The PSS Group
Not Disclosed
Skills
EIGRP • Load Balancing • Routing Protocols • Network Engineering • BGP • LAN • Computer Networking • IPsec • OSPF • Cisco ASA • Juniper • MPLS
The Role
EIGRP • Load Balancing • Routing Protocols • Network Engineering • BGP • LAN • Computer Networking • IPsec • OSPF • Cisco ASA • Juniper • MPLS

The network engineer would be working within the network team, maintaining and supporting the
network infrastructure. This incorporates firewalls, switches, and VMware networking skills.

Skills and Abilities

Significant (3-5 years) experience of:

  • Layer 2 Cisco/Dell/Huawei switches (CLI, VLANs)
  • Layer 3 Cisco/Huawei routing (OSPF, BGP)
  • Security Cisco/Sonicwall firewall configuration
  • VMware network configuration
  • OS Windows Server, Linux, network configuration, troubleshooting

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Establishing the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system
  • The design and implementation of new solutions and improving the resilience of the current environment
  • Maximizing network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with network architects on network optimisation
  • Undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources
  • Securing network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access
  • The support and administration of firewall environments in line with IT security policy
  • Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organisations
  • Reporting network operational status by gathering and prioritising information and managing projects
  • Upgrading data network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases
  • The configuration of routing and switching equipment; The configuration of hosted IP voice services
  • The basic configuration of firewalls
  • Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation
  • Remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation
  • Capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centres
  • Liaising with project management teams, third-line engineers and service desk engineers on a regular basis
  • Speaking with customers via email and phone for initial requirement capture

Remote Work :

No