Cloud Network Engineer

6 Month - Inside Ir35

Role/Principal Accountabilities:
. Define strategy across all aspects of the networking domain; supporting the adoption of hybrid cloud as a platform, providing service design and enhancements to improve automation and efficiency.
. Define standards for adoption of Public Cloud technology and provide input into hybrid cloud architecture and roadmaps.
. Aware of industry trends and direction that are defining the future state of the enterprise network.
. Design and development of solutions to automate delivery of core networking components and peripherals.
. Work closely with peer groups ensuring Group IT deliver consistent, stable, scalable and cloud ready solutions.

Skills & Experience Required:
. Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of all critical Production Support processes
. Proven track record in IT Engineering, and a vision of infrastructure system architecture.
. Demonstrate an ability to work well as part of a global team, and on their own when required.
. Good communication skills.
. Ability to cope well under pressure.

Knowledge Required:
. Experienced network engineer or architect qualified to CCIE level or equivalent.
. Advanced level knowledge of Routing and Switching
. Experience of WAN circuits and solutions (ie MPLS and VPN's)
. Exposure to Zero Trust Network Architecture, SASE concepts and implementation spanning solutions such as Cato Networks, Cloudflare, Zscaler
. Knowledge of working with Firewalling technologies (Checkpoint, Fortinet or CISCO)
. Knowledge of Application Delivery Controllers (eg F5, Citrix)
. Network programmability and frameworks (Ansible/Python)
. Experience of Public Cloud solutions (AWS/Azure)
. Proficient level knowledge of networking design and documentation (HLD/LLD)

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