Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience + fantastic benefits!
Jisc grade: TNE3 (internal use only)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Reports into: Lead security architect (Core systems)
Location: Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office, we have hubs in London, Bristol, Manchester and Oxford. Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience in enterprise network administration.
• Solid understanding of core protocols and technologies adjacent to the network – including Netflow, DHCP, NTP, RADIUS, and NTP.
• Proficient at operating network equipment via a CLI.
• Experience using recent versions of JunOS (21.4+) or demonstrable experience working in a multivendor environment
• Previous experience of an implementing network automation using Ansible, or comparable experience in another framework
• Fluency in one or more scripting languages, such as Python.
• Security mindset – continually evaluating the impact that changes have on the security of our systems, and how the risks can be mitigated.
• Self-motivation – proactively identify new systems or technologies that could be deployed, potential faults, and optimisations.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Jisc’s security division, protects UK Education and Research against a wide range of cyber security threats, supporting our members and customers in improving their digital resilience.
This new and exciting role is part of the architecture and engineering group, a dedicated team responsible for managing and maintaining the critical systems that Jisc relies upon to deliver top-notch cyber security services to its customers. This dynamic position involves a blend of strategic planning, hands-on implementation, and proactive problem-solving to ensure the robustness and reliability of our cyber security infrastructure.

A TYPICAL DAY IN THE ROLE:

• Implementing Configuration Changes: Making adjustments to key network infrastructure within a mixed physical/virtual datacentre LAN across multiple sites.
• Enhancing Monitoring Systems: Contributing to improvements in our monitoring systems and using them proactively to identify and resolve potential faults before they cause outages.
• Developing Automation: Advancing our CI/CD-driven automation by integrating additional systems and implementing new features.
• Design and Planning: Planning and designing hardware refreshes, improvements to redundancy and reliability, and structural changes to the datacentres.
• Preventative Maintenance: Preparing and testing upgrades and other preventative maintenance tasks.
• Customer Support: Responding to customer tickets and queries from team members, assisting with troubleshooting as needed.

OTHER KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES:

• Operation of the firewalls, switching and routing underpinning Jisc’s security services both manually through the CLI and through our CI/CD driven automation.
• Implementing configuration changes both at customer direction and for proactive improvements while adhering to change control processes.
• Preparing and executing plans for preventative maintenance and validating redundancy, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities
• Monitoring the health of the datacentre networks for both potential faults and optimisations, as well as contributing improvements to our monitoring systems