COMMUNICATION & NETWORK SWITCHING ENGINEER


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18th July 2017

Location

Mons

Salary/Rate

£335 - £356

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Contract

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NETWORK ENGINEER / CCNP / TACACS / OSPF / EIGRP / MILITARY & DEFENCE / SC CLEARED / NATO

Role: Communication and Network Switching Engineers

Location: Mons (Belgium)

Duration: 6 Months (initially)

Rate: EUR400 - 425 p/d

Clearance: SC / NATO Secret

EXPERIENCE:

- A diploma from a vocational school in a communications related subject, or an equivalent level of work experience in the field of telecommunications

- Over 2 years' experience of CISCO Routing and Switching Elements

- A minimum of 1 years' experience with the configuration and operation of HP Network Automation or equivalent network automation and orchestration systems

- A minimum of 2 years' experience with the configuration and operation of Network

Monitoring and Event Management systems ideally Intermapper, Spectrum, HP Openview and Splunk

- Over 4 years' experience of working in a centrally managed network environment

- Minimum qualification of Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

- Proven experience in the use of an Incident Management System such as BMC Remedy

- A high level of knowledge of network, system and application level troubleshooting techniques

- Knowledge of communications protocols and practical experience of using diagnostic test equipment

- Working Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and IS-IS routing protocols

- Working Knowledge of MPLS, Diffserv MPLS TE, and VRFs

- Extensive knowledge of implementing and operating LAN technologies (e.g. HSRP, STP, Switching, VLANs, DHCP snooping, ARP Inspection, Port-Security)

- Working knowledge of operating network authentication and authorization systems and technologies (e.g. Secure ACS 5.x, 802.1x, 802.1ae MACSEC, RADIUS, TACACS+)

- Knowledge and experience with commercial IPSEC encryption solutions such as Secure Virtual Tunnels (sVTI), SSLVPN, DMVPN, GETVPN

- Shall have general understanding of related telecommunications systems and techniques of, Radio, SATCOM, MPLS, Video, Voice and VOIP technology

- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Duties/role:

- Direct 1st level fault resolution of deployable and transportable Routing and Switching Elements with operational, exercise, and garrison locations in coordination with the Service Area routing cell.

- Prepare deployable network assets in accordance with the exercise plan.

- Baseline deployable network assets at the end of an exercise in accordance with the standard configuration set.

- Update baseline configurations as directed.

- Advises on fault diagnosis throughout the deployable network environment utilizing a number of management platforms (e.g. HP Network Automation, Netscout, Intermapper, Splunk, CA Spectrum)

- Ensure that on Routing and Switching elements, routine maintenance is performed

- Coordinate with detachments to implement Routing and Switching elements standardisation and best practices

- Liaise and collaborate internally throughout the NCI Agency Service Line infrastructures and to external organisations for fault rectification activities as required

- Responsible for the maintenance and creation of Standard Operating Procedures within the Deployable CIS area of the Routing and Switching Cell

- Performing operation and maintenance activities for current NATO operations (e.g. KFOR, OAE, and RS)

- Coordinates and performs routing infrastructures configuration and maintenance activities for all NATO exercise scenarios

- Operate provided management tools and capabilities

- Investigate and propose long term solutions to encountered equipment and configuration problems

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.

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