Cisco Network Engineer – Ccnp Analyst

Cisco Network Analyst – Cisco Network Engineer – Cisco Network Specialist – Cisco Network Consultant sought with CCNP and experience of Ms Teams plus Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet and Cisco ASA. Paying up to £480 per day – OUTSIDE IR35 – initial 5 Month Contract for this Hybrid Home Working role with max one day a week in my client’s offices in Poole, Dorset.

I am seeking an experienced and CCNP qualified Network Engineer understanding of networks, Cisco hardware and software in particular, equipment and a good understanding of Microsoft Teams. You will have strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines, while remaining calm and professional. This contract would suit a Senior Network Engineer with the following experience:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional with Firewall management and configuration experience, including defining policies, updating, management and troubleshooting of two or more of the following major vendors;. Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet and Cisco ASA
• Ideally ITIL Foundation certification / experience of working in ITIL process driven environment.
• Cisco based SDWAN, MPLS, site to site and remote access (IPSec and SSL) VPN; Thorough understanding of architectures, technologies and practical experience, IP traffic management
• Experience of managing and supporting a large network environment (50+ sites) with multiple WAN technologies plus IP telephony and contact centre technologies.
• Experience in a customer support, service-level based environment and able to demonstrate application of ITIL Excellence in customer service is essential
• Understanding of cloud networking. Practical application of corporate security policies, standards, and practices. Experience of vendor management
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.

Your responsibilities in this contract will also include:

• To act as SME to the organisation for IP connectivity, networking, and associated technologies.
• To act as technical lead for acceptance of new systems/applications from the Solutions team to be transitioned into BAU in a manageable, supportable package, ensuring acceptance criteria are met.
• To work with internal and external teams to minimise impact of incidents and problems.
• To identify new systems, and ways of working to improve efficiency, reduce cost and risk.
• To ensure operational availability of my client’s voice and data networks, including monitoring and performing health checks of all information and communications, analyse current performance and forecast future demand highlight any potential capacity shortfall.
• Act as technical escalation point within network & telecoms for major incidents, liaising with 3rd party support partners, IT Solutions, plus staff at other offices + remote sites.
• To lead the technical transition of new systems from solutions teams, ensuring criteria for user and technical acceptance testing, documentation, training, management are met in keeping with organisational goals and technical architectural principles.
• To work closely with Solutions, Innovation, and development teams in providing input into their development and testing.

If you are a Cisco Network Analyst – Cisco Network Engineer – Cisco Network Specialist – Cisco Network Consultant then this Outside IR35 Contract pays between £400 and £480 per day for an initial 5 Month Contract which could extend. It will be for this Hybrid Home Working role with max one day a week in my client’s offices in Poole, Dorset. Please email me your details for a swift response.