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Network Engineer Northampton, England

Travis Perkins plc group

Full Time Northampton, England 40880 - 54409 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Travis Perkins has the need to invest in the growth of its Network support and deployment team. Travis Perkins is the perfect place to expand your horizons, help build on the internal skills of the team and really have an influence on the shape of our future.

Location: We are working on a genuine hybrid model, remotely from home and in our HUB head office in Northampton at least once a week.

Work Pattern: Early Shift 07:00 - 15:15 / Day Shift 09:00 - 17:00 / On call 17:00 - 07:00 (On call 1 week every 5)

What you’ll do - Network Engineer

We are currently seeking an experienced and original thinking Network Engineer to play a crucial role supporting the branch network (700+ locations). Innovative, logical and practical, you must have at least 5 yrs experience within a support role, ideally in a fast-moving environment. Exposure to enterprise technology solutions and knowledge of large scale infrastructure transformation and migration activities are highly desirable.

You’ll be part of the Network Services team, reporting directly to the Network Services Manager.

For this role we will need...

You’ll Ideally be Certified to CCNP or CCNA level.

We are also looking for experience in the LAN/WAN switching and routing arena. Knowledge of product sets and Management platforms would also be advantageous in supporting the current estate. You’ll need to be a self-starter with a keenness to investigate new problems and an ability to think out of the box to provide a solution. You will also need to be detail oriented and diligent in covering day to day activities.

There is also a need for you to work out of hours in support of the team in order to keep the networking estate patched and secured.

Good customer service and relationship management is essential for the role. You’ll be working with people at all levels of the business so clear and concise communication skills are a must. Familiarity with Change management processes is also essential to the role

Management Tools - Solarwinds, NM-LAN/SAN, Wireshark.

Technology - Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet, Fortigate, Fortimanager, SSL VPN.

Architecture - Previous experience with IPVPN, MPLS, AWS and GCP would be advantageous.

You’ll also need to be flexible, open to any task requested of you and have the ability to communicate effectively and concisely at all levels of the business

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group.

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

Competitive bonus
Save-as-you-earn scheme
Buy-as-you-earn scheme
Contributory pension scheme
Colleague discounts across a variety of Group businesses including; discounts across our Trade Merchanting businesses.

A bit about us

We are one of the largest employers of IT professionals in the area. We're Agile, we're Lean, we've gone Google and we're providing in-house designed & built bespoke software and applications. We have grand plans to increase the size of our business further and are forward thinking enough to recognise that investment in IT will give us the leading edge on our competitors. We've restructured, we've adopted new methodologies, and we've brought in award winning IT professionals to take us through this transformation.

Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.

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