Snr Network & Telecoms Engineer

Company description:

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

Job description:

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Network Engineer to join our Group IT Team on a full time, permanent basis. This role offers hybrid working with occasional travel to either Liverpool, Birmingham or London.

We are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Our purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

As a permanent full-time Senior Network & Telecoms Engineer you will support Amey’s data and voice infrastructure to enable our people to realise our purpose and demonstrate our values.

As Security Clearance will be required the successful candidate must be a British Citizen and willing to apply for and successfully receive Security Clearance (SC) as well as sign the Official Secrets Act.

The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday. On call will be required and offers a generous on call allowance.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Following operating procedures and policies of both Amey and our clients.
• Assisting in the planning, implementation and optimisation of the network infrastructure.
• Developing and maintaining automated monitoring and recovery of network services.
• Ensuring all elements of the network are properly secured, regularly patched and tidied up.
• Creating operational support and process documentation.
• Working closely with colleagues in Amey Group-IT to ensure stability, security and functionality of technical solutions.
• Providing mentoring support to junior members of the team.
• Ensuring adherence to industry and security governance frameworks/laws.
• Providing out of hours support as part of a call out rota.

Profile description:

We want to hear from you if you have:

• One or more relevant enterprise network qualification (e.g. CCNP) or ability to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge.
• Full UK Driving License.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Technical analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work as an individual as well as part of the team.
• Supporting a large secure enterprise network infrastructure including change management, availability, performance and capacity planning.
• Managing mutli-vendor firewall environments.
• Managing large multi-site MPLS networks.

We offer:

What we can offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planetare protected.