Senior Network Engineer

at  National Physical Laboratory

Currently a team of 12, covering a range of operational infrastructure support areas across on-prem and the cloud. Responsible for core on-prem services including the network, endpoint configuration management, physical and virtual server infrastructure, enterprise storage, compute resources, telephony, and backup and recovery solutions. In addition to on-prem services, we support a growing number of core services hosted in the cloud, primarily within the Microsoft 365 E5 stack, Azure and other cloud service providers e.g. Citrix.
We focus on both operational support and project delivery, working with other teams including cyber security in support of Cyber Essentials and ISO27001 requirements, service management to provide engineering escalations and change activity, digital delivery to provide the technical capabilities to implement new services and ensure operational readiness, and the business applications team in underpinning and providing availability for core ERP applications.
The role offers exposure to a wide range of responsibilities as well as the opportunity to focus on specific technology areas. It is assumed that this senior level role will play an important role in training and developing staff from Service Desk and Service Delivery areas.
We are working in a hybrid way, with a mix of remote and office working. We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.

KEY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Network protocols and topologies including OSPF, BGP, VRFs
• Allied Telesis EPSR Ring topologies
• Allied Telesis network management tools AMF Vista
• Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise switching and Omnivista management
• Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Stellar Wi-Fi networks
• Next Gen Firewalls (preferably Fortinet) and VPN
• Network security concepts such as NAC, 802.1x and segmentation systems (Preferably Forescout)
• Protocols used in resilient systems e.g. VRRP, LACP, Virtual-Chassis
• Physical data centre and hub room management
• Excellent all-round hardware knowledge
• Excellent standard of written documentation - e.g. policies, procedures, wiki/knowledgebase articles
  The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement science, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life in the UK.
  NPL and DSIT have strong commitments to diversity and equality of opportunity, and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or age, providing they meet the required criteria. Applications from women, disabled, black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in particular are encouraged. All dis candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
  At NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our people. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we hold memberships and accreditation to ensure we’re creating an environment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome, please see our Diversity & Inclusion page.
  We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Flexible working and social activities are embedded in our culture to create a positive work-life balance, along with a broad range of benefits. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success.
  To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we’re always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us

• Monitor, manage and maintain all networking infrastructure to ensure continued service delivery
• Work with stakeholders to determine business requirements for network solutions or changes to existing services
• Provide support to other Infrastructure team members responsible for Endpoint IPAM/DHCP/DNS services
• Implement network improvements and manage changes to support all users with minimal downtime
• Collaborate with cybersecurity to ensure internal and external are fully secured using network access control and segmentation technologies
• Manage and report on network utilisation and performance of wired and wireless infrastructure to ensure that business requirements are met, and solutions are developed that are fit for purposeCreate and maintain operational documentation relating to the LAN/WAN/WIFI infrastructure