Network Architect Job in Bolton, North West UK
Senior Network Engineer role to design, install and support a range of customer networks across the UK.
You must be able to demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of Cisco Infrastructure, Wireless, and ASA firewalls and have extensive practical experience in implementing and troubleshooting VPN’s, Routers, Switches and VLAN’s in a Windows environment. Virtualisation and Storage skills would be desirable also.
You will need to be able to demonstrate technical knowledge to at least CCNA level, preferably CCNP level, along with proven knowledge in data and network security, ideally including experience working to ISO27001 and a thorough knowledge of relevant Internet and Communications Protocols.
The role also requires experience to recommend and implement Best Practice across our customer networks, including, the ability to produce documentation, network diagrams and where necessary establish new process and procedures.
Other duties are likely to include network design, making on-going improvements to the networks, liaising with third party suppliers and support companies, performance tuning and capacity planning, implementing network security measures and acting as a company expert on selected client projects and presenting solutions.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Minimum five years network infrastructure experience required
Certifications: Minimum Requirement: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Preferred: CCSP, CISCO IP TELEPHONY SUPPORT SPECIALIST, CISCO FIREWALL SPECIALIST, CISCO IPS SPECIALIST, CISCO VPN SPECIALIST, CCNA, CHECKPOINT FIREWALL CERTIFICATIONS
Technical Skills:
Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008/2003 and Windows 7 / XP, Mac OS X,
Applications: MS office 2010/2007, MS Exchange, Black Berry Enterprise Server, Visio,
LAN/WAN: TCP/IP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, CDP, IP Routing, Frame Relay, Multi Layer Switching, ACL’s, NAT
NMS / Analysis: Cisco Ciscoworks,; IPSwitch What’s up Gold, Network Associates Sniffer Pro 4.5 / 4.6, Sniffer Reporter
Routing: Cisco 4000 / 4500 / 6500 / 7200 routers, Protocols include OSPF, ISIS, BGP, EIGRP, MPLS VPNs, 802.1q, ISL, EtherChannel, Multicast, VMWAre, SNMP, DHCP, Frame Relay Traffic Shaping, Voice over Frame, Voice over IP, Video / Voice QoS
Switching: Cisco Catalyst 3500 / 3550 / 3700 / 3900 / 4000 / 6500 series switches, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.1q, ISL, EtherChannel
Load Balancing - Netscalers and Cisco
Security: Cisco Catalyst FWSM, Cisco ASA 55xx, PIX 506 / 515 / 525 / 535, Firewall IOS, IPSec VPN (Cisco Secure Client, Cisco VPN 3000 Client, Microsoft Client, Router-Router, Router-PIX, PIX-PIX, Redundant tunnels), Radius, Checkpoint Firewall; Sonicwall PRO / DMZ / XPRS2 Firewall VPN; RSA SecureID ACE Server, Cisco intrusion detection system, Snort, IBM MSS system.