Senior Network Engineer - VR/31098

In this role you will shape robust, scalable networks. Leading the design, implementation, and management of enterprise-scale on-prem and cloud infrastructure, ensuring security, integrity, and reliability. With strong Cisco expertise, you'll support both onshore and offshore operations while driving innovation through practical and effective solutions.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designing and deploying scalable and secure network solutions to support the company’s business operations onshore and offshore.
• Configuring and maintaining Cisco routing and switching infrastructure to ensure high availability, resilience and performance.
• Configuring and maintaining Meraki wireless networks to ensure seamless connectivity onshore and offshore.
• Implementing and maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls and Global Protect VPN to ensure the highest levels of network security, access control, and advanced threat prevention.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and creative thinking skills for diagnosing and resolving complex network issues.
• Collaborating with cross-functional IT Teams and other departments to support network-related projects, including cloud, complex application delivery, security, and infrastructure initiatives.
• Maintaining up-to-date network diagrams, documentation, and ensure adherence to security best practices and industry compliance standards.
• Acting as your own Project Manager to ensure your assigned tasks are delivered on-time and to specification.
• Contributing to the development of technical standards and roadmaps.
• Ensuring all solutions align with company technical standards and legal/regulatory obligations.
• Ensuring agreed performance and availability metrics are realised.
• Maintaining the security and integrity of company assets and data.
• Identifying opportunities for cost reduction and avoidance, and service improvement.
• Staying updated on emerging network technologies, industry trends, and best practices to continually improve the network infrastructure.

Key Experience Required:

• Proven experience in a similar role, with exposure to upstream oil and gas industry beneficial.
• Wide Area Networking WAN technologies and associated routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• VRF and VLAN.
• Cisco ISR and ASR Routers (2900/4000/1000ASR).
• Cisco Switching (3850/3650/2960X/4500X/6880/9K) and associated technologies such as VTP, STP, VSS, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Wireless Technologies including Meraki and Cisco Controller based solutions.
• Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), TACACS and 802.1X.
• Advanced knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls, including policy configurations, VPNs, and Global Protect.
• Riverbed WAN acceleration products.
• Solarwinds Monitoring, NetFlow, Syslog, SIEM logging.
• QoS.
• Cisco CUCM – Call Manager.
• CUBE routers and SIP.
• Teams Telephony.
• Exposure to Azure Networking – vNet’s, Peering/Routing, NSGs, ExpressRoute, overlay networks, etc.

Key Qualifications, Competencies Required:

• Exceptionally, experience may be acceptable in lieu of formal qualifications, in such cases, the candidate must have significant experience in the discipline area, including at least 3-5 years in a relevant technically responsible position.
• Demonstrable experience in network administration, analysis, and engineering in a medium to large enterprise environment.
• Able to assimilate new products/technologies rapidly, and to enthusiastically embrace new ideas.
• Creative and innovative – challenge the status-quo.
• Responsible – takes initiative with strong focus on delivery.
• Agility – excellent prioritisation skills, enjoys complexity and high levels of demand.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing and Switching (CCNP R&S) or equivalent level of experience.
• PCNSE or advanced level experience of Palo Alto Firewalls.
• ITIL v4 Foundation Certification preferred.