Skills and Experience Required
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an enterprise networking environment.
• Strong practical experience with Cisco routing, switching and wireless technologies.
• Experience with next-generation firewall platforms, ideally Cisco Firepower/FMC and/or Palo
Alto Networks.
• Experience with secure network access technologies such as Cisco ISE, 802.1X, MAB, VPN and
identity-based access control.
• Good understanding of cyber security principles, network segmentation, secure access and
incident response.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex network and
performance issues.
• Experience using monitoring and management platforms such as SolarWinds or similar.
• Good written & verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical issues.
• Experience working within ITIL framework, including incident, problem & change management.
• Experience of deployment and managing SD-WAN environment.
• Must have full UK driver’s license
•CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security or equivalent experience.
•Palo Alto PCNSA, PCNSE or equivalent experience.
•Experience with Cisco SD-WAN, Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto SD-WAN or similar technologies.
•Experience with Cisco DNA/Catalyst Center.
•Experience with F5 Local Traffic Manager / BIG-IP.
•Experience with Cisco Nexus data centre switching.
•Exposure to cloud networking in AWS and/or Azure.
•VMware or Microsoft infrastructure experience would be beneficial.