Network Engineer | South West London | up to £55,000
Jonothan Bosworth Recruitment Specialists are looking for an experienced Network Security Engineer with a focus on Cisco Security. Our client is an award winning global IT Support and Managed Services Provider specialising in the financial services sector, and as they continue to expand their business an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified Cisco Network Engineer focussed on security has emerged.
You’ll be joining a multi-cultural team that prides itself in providing extremely high levels of support within a very busy and demanding financial sector, including Hedge Funds and Private Equity Firms across Europe, Asia and the US.
THE BASICS:
You will be responsible for the design, configuration, installation, support and maintenance of network infrastructure (predominately Cisco) for multiple high profile financial service clients. The is a BAU and Project role with a heavy focus on Cisco Security, based at either the head office in South West London or client sites (Central London). You may be required to be on-call on a rota basis for out of hour’s network escalation, shared with all network resources.
THE PRE-REQUISITES:
If you have several years demonstrable experience in a similar role, ideally with Managed Services experience (financial services industry experience favourable), with proven detailed knowledge of Cisco products and Cisco accreditations (CCNP, CCNA) is a requirement.
Demonstrable knowledge of Cisco firewall technologies including IDS/IPS, VPN, HSRP, ACLs, tracking and routing, with thorough knowledge of CCNP level routing and switching and an understanding of wireless networking concepts on Cisco and Meraki devices is important.
Knowledge of AWS and Azure networking concepts and networking concepts relating to Hypervisor’s and virtual networking on VMWare and Hyper-V platforms will result in an immediate interview request.
THE DESIRABLES:
Network Security Engineers with knowledge of other vendor firewall and security products including Forigate, Checkpoint, Sophos, and knowledge of other commercially available switch devices such as HP and Netgear will be sought after.
THE CONCLUSION:
If you can interact with clients at a very high level, as well as being highly technically competent and highly motivated with an ability to work in high pressure environments individually and as part of a team, then this job opportunity should be for you.
Please contact Jonothan Bosworth for more details.