Network Engineer

Are you an experienced Network & Security Engineer looking for your next move? If you want to be part of a friendly & inclusive team that is passionate about driving things forward, and you enjoy working on a mix of BAU (business as usual) and projects, we may just have the role for you!

We are thrilled to announce an incredible opportunity for a Network Engineer to join our Technology Infrastructure Platform and Networks team. In this role, you'll provide technical expertise to deliver and maintain compliant and performant network data and security services across YBS.

This is a hybrid role; remote working and a small amount of onsite presence in our Bradford office.

There is also a requirement for on call (usually 1 in every 8 weeks) & adhoc out of hours working.

There is the possibility of needing to attend site out of hours in an emergency when on-call, so candidates should ideally be within an hour of Yorkshire Drive office in Bradford.

About the role

As Network Engineer, you’ll provide daily support of incidents and change requests within the Network Service Data Team. You will -

• Be responsible for the installation, configuration and support of Production, Non-Production and Disaster Recovery Networking infrastructures

• Work on other tasks that will include design, documentation and subsequent installation, configuration and support of infrastructure required to sustain the various phases of Network implementation, from development through to live transition and support

• Employ modern engineering practices - including SoftwareDefined Networking (SDN), automation and orchestration, InfrastructureasCode (IaC), and advanced observability to deliver resilient, secure and scalable services

About you

What will you bring to the role?

• A passion for learning new technologies and how to deliver value from them in an Enterprise environment

• Experience designing, implementing and supporting LAN/ WAN networks

• A good understanding of Internet Protocol (IP) networks & a proven track record in implementing security techniques around Internet facing services

• DNS and DHCP in Windows/ Unix and Internet environment experience

• Understanding of vulnerability assessment/ penetration testing

• Knowledge of underlying network protocols such as OSPF, BGP and Spanning-Tree to a minimum of CCNA standard or equivalent

• Excellent Security/ Network problem diagnosis and resolution skills

• Desirable skills include - security/ firewall experience including Cisco FTD’s and Check Point, Cisco wireless and Cisco Secure Access, F5 application delivery controller experience, Cisco ACI and Cisco hybrid ZTNA, & experience of scripting and Infrastructure as Code