Salary:  55K + great bonus and excellent benefits

Company  

Our client is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs. It holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
the successful candidate will be responsible for analysing, designing, installing, configuring, maintaining and repairing of network infrastructure and associated application components. The candidate will be expected to perform a wide variety of evaluation, maintenance, installation and training tasks to ensure the computer network performance meets company and user satisfaction. The individual is also expected to provide direction, information, and recommendations regarding network configurations and installations.  
Design, deploy and manage LANs, WANs, and wireless networks, including routers, hubs, switches, Firewalls, and other hardware while adhering to design standards from the global network team

Role Summary

Principal Accountabilities:

Configure a reliable network that is in line with service level agreements

Maximise network availability and performance through monitoring, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with global network architects on network optimization

Develop and implement policies and procedures, for network administration, usage, and disaster recovery

Secure network system by establishing and enforcing global access control policies

Support resolution and root cause analysis of all network incidents and problems. This includes network services provided through 3rd party vendors. (e.g Internet)

Participate in regular network health check and ensure all network devices are patched to appropriate operating system levels.

Upgrade and replace network hardware in advance of end of life

Support DNS, DHCP, Firewalls, Intruder Prevention systems and Proxy devices in line with company‘s IT security policy

Configuration and management of company’s VOIP solution

Work with project management team to understand project plans and scope for assigned role on engagement . 

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of Position:

Managing Network related Incident’s to defined SLA’s for all internal and external networks.

Ensuring Network Uptime and performance meet SLA requirements

Management of 3rd parties that provide network services to the company   

Essential Experience, Skills and Competencies: 

Professional certifications CCNP or equivalent

BS degree in Computer Science, telecommunications, or related technical field 

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities

Self-reliant and motivated

Flexibility and commitment to work outside normal working hours, when required

Customer focused

Calm and composed under pressure

 

Technical Competencies

In-depth experience in corporate LAN/WAN technologies & topologies, including, but not limited to, the following: -  

Experience with Cisco, Juniper and Palo-Alto networking technologies

Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing and implementing layer 3 routing protocols (static, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP)

Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing and implementing layer 2 protocols (802.1q, Spanning Tree, GRE tunnels)

Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing and implementing load balancing and high availability protocols (HSRP, VRRP, LACP)

Knowledge and understanding of network services DNS, DHCP, Firewalls, IPS and Proxy Servers

 Experience with management of vendors and professional services

Experience with network management via SNMP and packet capture tools

Experience working with service providers to resolve carriage faults

Knowledge of network performance metrics

Demonstrated knowledge of Quality of Service

Demonstrated knowledge of MPLS, VPLS configurations

Demonstrated knowledge of protocol redistribution

Knowledge of network management products

Cisco VoIP Systems – Management/Support/Troubleshooting

Experience with cable management and physical connectivity

Understanding of ITIL Framework    

Other Comments: The successful candidate will be part of a team that will provide network support from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday and flexibility on start time will be required

 

 

 

Benefits:

25 days holiday + 9 public holidays

Private pension

66% Income protection for long-term disability

Life assurance

Bike to work scheme

And more

Please contact your Careermoves Consultant, Lynda O' Riordan, if you are interested in applying for this role.