Security Engineer - Data
Location: Fully onsite 5 days a week at Customer Location in Suffolk.
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday
Who We Are
We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.
Join our Vodafone Business Technology Solutions team, where we support businesses of all sizes with world-class technology solutions. We design and develop our Fixed Line solutions, drive efficiency through automation and AI, and implement it all directly with our customers.
What you’ll do
You will be working in a small team of like-minded and highly skilled Network Engineers in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment, with the primary focus for this role being delivery of reliable LAN and WLAN solutions using a wide range of products from data vendors and Vodafone for one of Vodafone’s largest Enterprise and Global customers.
You will:
- Plan, Design and Implement network solutions to meet customer business requirements.
- Be a Technical Lead for delivery of customer network projects.
- Ensure Change Control and other mandatory processes are adhered to.
- Ensure all work is risk-assessed with the production and maintenance of H&S Compliant documentation (RAMs and Point of Works Risk Assessment).
- Where required undertake hands-on build activity to stage, commission and install new network equipment.
- Produce customer site and solution network documentation.
- Monitor progress of activities within each project; providing regular updates to management and key stakeholders.
- Management and coordination of 3rd party suppliers.
- Provide technical support and assistance to pre-sales activity.
- Ensure technical knowledge is kept up to date and make recommendations to changes in customer technical standards.
- Work co-operatively with team members and colleagues, contributing positively and constructively to the achievement of team and organisational objectives.
Who you are
You will:
- Have experience of working with (configuring and implementing) predominantly Cisco and Meraki LAN and WLAN solutions in an enterprise environment.
- Have extensive field experience including cabling and installation of networking equipment.
- Be a self-motivated individual with the ability to develop strong customer relationships as well as functioning in a team environment
- Full SC Security Clearance or the ability to obtain
- Project Management experience is advantageous.
- Experience of working in a construction environment (including CCNSG Certification) is desired but not mandatory.
Technical experience:
Required:
- Switches
- Cisco Catalyst Series (LAN Core/Access)
- Cisco Nexus Series (LAN Core/Data Centre)
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco Meraki MS
- Wireless LAN
- Cisco Meraki MR Access Points
Desirable:
- Load Balancers
- F5 BIG-IP iSeries
- Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
- Cisco 6248UP Fabric Interconnect
- Security
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
- Cisco Meraki MX
- SDWAN and software defined networks.
- Have practical and theoretical experience of routing protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What we offer
We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance.
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