CCNA Network Engineers X 6 – Sc Cleared

CCNA Network Engineer x 6

The successful CCNA Network Engineer will work for one of the large IT consultancies, for a central Government agency. There are multiple roles here, initially 6 month contracts and a strong possibility of extension thereafter.

** Please note that this is an SC Cleared role **

overview:

CCNA Network Engineer – this is a technical role which includes implementation, survey and design functions for both passive and active infrastructure

The three critical skills that you MUST have are

– Experience of Cisco LAN switches preferably qualified to at least CCNA. Must have an appreciation of Layer 3 solutions in a secure environment. The ability to understand CISCO configuration scripts. The existing range of switches deployed consists of CISCO 6500, 3750 and 3560. HP 5120 & 5500 will be brought into the network design at the access layer. Other equipment includes Packet shapers, Steelheads and McAfee IPS.

– Produce design information for the installation of equipment, and to record the design. The designs information produced must coherent and well structured. The staging engineers must be able to produce a network implementation from the discovery engineer. Additionally all work produced must be to the quality required by the customer in JSP 480.

– To understand the requirements of the physical network and the impact it will have on the new network design.

Day to Day Responsibilities

To be able to successfully understand a customer’s requirement, work as a team or solely with the customer to first understand the requirement and design the network accordingly. Baseline the Pre Requisite form when require to set the baseline requirement with the customer. The solutions will be required for new and existing networks.
The role requires knowledge of JSP480 and conformance to the ATLAS NDR and NIDD. The Network Engineer will be required to survey the site for passive and active requirements. The information from the survey will be used to provide a fixed cost to the customer. This will involve creating a high level design and completing the impact assessment template and submit to the N&C PSO team. The designs will be produced in conjunction with sub-contractors. Risk and Impact analysis skills will also be required.
Once the impact assessment has been accepted by the customer The SDE will create the configuration documents and scripts dependant on the individual skill set. The SDE will then be required to install the active device(s) and handover to live support.
To work within a team to provide LAN solutions, this will include working with peers and mentoring and guidance to other Network Engineers.

Desirable Skills:

– To provide an accurate assessment of all the active and passive components required to complete the new installation, excluding the fixed cabling infrastructure.
– Will be able to diagnose network installations issues.
– Shall work to current Health and Safety practices.
– MS Office including VISIO
– Must be able to produce accurate and detailed information for network installations.
– Must be able to produce coherent reports to management teams.
– Valid Driving Licence required and the ability to work across the UK and Overseas at short notice. The work requires a flexible and can do attitude.
– Experience of passive install designs including external and internal work. Knowledge of McAfee IPS, and Bluecoat Packeteer equipment.
– A knowledge of WAN solutions
– CAD experience.
– An understanding of other suppliers network switching equipment and how it interfaces to Cisco.
– An appreciation of JSP 440 requirements in respect of network
– An understanding of the existing ATLAS network and communications network solutions.
– To be able to mentor other team members and provide guidance to less experienced team members to enable them to carry out their tasks.