Network Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a great opportunity to join a successful, high performing Team, in an ambitious Council that is always striving to move forward. Our Digital Services Team is changing in the way we deliver our service and are reflecting the new ways of working with the use of Digital, Data, and Technology.

We are looking for a motivated and creative Network Engineer that wants to make a difference and can provide support to the team through a period of development and change, with an ultimate aim of operating slick and efficient processes, and projects whilst providing the best service to our customers, residents, and businesses.

The Network Engineer will report to the Network Lead within Digital Services and is responsible for supporting day to day operational service delivery infrastructure Network that will assist in the Council becoming and staying a high performing organisation.

Permanent, Full Time (36 hours) contract 

PO1 = £39,951 - £42,840 pa

With exciting times ahead, we are reshaping the Digital Services Team and have created roles, to add value, and to provide the best service to our citizens.

The post offers a fantastic opportunity to influences the organisation, customers, suppliers, partners, and peers on the contribution of own specialism, perform an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities and advise on the available standards, methods, tools, and applications.

If you want to make a difference to residents and businesses, as well as the organisation in Enfield, we would like to hear from you.

The successful applicant will be expected to:

• Have a good understanding and working knowledge of core routing and switching at CCNA level (minimum)
• Support the relationship between the business and ICT in a transparent way
• Liaise with all business departments & develop relationships, to support delivery council business outcomes are reflected in ICT’s objectives
• Work with Service Managers and Functional Leads to ensure delivery of all services
• Support of operational Network Service Delivery across ICT and the rest of the organisation to ensure Enfield Council needs are met.
• Support of VPN configuration, management, and troubleshooting
• Support of multi-site networks with complex configurations
• Support for network infrastructure including LAN/WAN components such as switches, routers, Wi-Fi, and firewalls.
• Support of Cisco, FortiGate network device configurations, and patching to ensure continued and smooth operation of production services.
• Produce Network diagrams, HLD, LLD and formal work instructions for the team.
• Have working experience on Cloud platforms preferably Azure.
• Be a strong team player who also can work under pressure, independently and proactively.

We are passionate about placing our customer at the heart of everything we do, and our residents deserve exceptional customer experience from the Council. We would like you to hold that principle, be bold and enthusiastic. You will be someone who has a good understanding of change in a complex organisation and has excellent communication skills.

This is a hybrid role - we would require you to work at our Enfield Civic Centre 2-3 days a week.

There may be occasions where you will need to work on a weekend or evenings due to emergency work or out of hours work requirements.

You will need to have a clean car driving licence.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Claire Turner, Senior Recruitment Advisor on 0208 132 1024 or claire.turner@enfield.gov.uk

We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents.

Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available to download at the bottom of the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria within your supporting statement in the application.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles. 
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods. 
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
• 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Clean Car Driving Licence
• Current CCNA certification
• Working towards CCNP or higher

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working within a network team or as an individual.
• Relevant knowledge/experience for equipment used e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Azure, MS Teams, Line of Site, SolarWinds Orion, Aruba, Service Now.
• Experience of managing the Radius AAA environment or similar
• Management of config and archiving systems
• experience of multi-site networks with complex configurations
• Experience of patching Cisco switches / firewalls
• Please see the job description and person specification, available on the Enfield Council website , for thefull list of requirements for this role.

Employer details

Employer name

Enfield Council

Address

Civic Centre Site

Enfield

Greater London

EN1 3ES

Employer's website

https://new.enfield.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)