Senior Network Engineer

Salary & Benefits: Salary £46,681 - £58,352 per annum dependant on experience, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays, plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Senior Network Engineer progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.  Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Midway, Buttershaw / Hybrid Working (Bradford, Buttershaw)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Network Engineer to join the Network Technologies team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Network Technologies team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. 

This is a key role within the Network Technologies team where you will also support our existing network infrastructure. This will involve the day to day running and monitoring of the network throughout the enterprise diagnosing and remediating problems as necessary.  Maintaining existing network solutions that include Core Network Data Centre, LAN, Wi-Fi and F5.

Where you fit in:

As a Senior Network Engineer in networks you will

•           Technically lead and support IT projects.

•           Working with various project managers to ensure project deliverables are met.

•           Develop new network solutions to fit the requirements of the business and IT strategy.

•           Plan your work and ensure project tasks are completed on time.

•           Be a subject matter expert in vendor or technology.

•           Have knowledge and experience of securing networks.

•           Ensuring technical documentation is completed and updated to required standards.

•           Investigating and resolving network incidents, liaising with incident managers, suppliers and helping to resolve faults reported through our internal monitoring  systems.

•           Creating and performing authorised changes to environments.

•           Collaborate and build excellent relationships with external partners.

•           Be pro-active in improving process or service.

•           There is responsibility to be part of a stand-by on-call rota.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

•           CCNP/CCIE or equivalent vendor experience.

•           Strong multivendor environment knowledge and experience.

•           Experience of working with LAN, WAN and firewall technologies.

•           Experience of supporting and maintaining a multivendor LAN infrastructure

•           Firewall experience using Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper or Fortinet.

•           Experience of managing and maintaining and securing Wi-Fi.

•           Demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving skills.

•           Ensuring technical documentation is completed and updated to required standards.

•           Creating and performing authorised changes to network environments.

•           Experience of working with external suppliers

You will also benefit from having knowledge/experience of:

•           Cisco ISE

•           VMware NSX-T

•           F5 Load balancer

•           Juniper Mist

•           Meraki

•           Aruba/HP

•           LTE/mobile

•           Cloud services Azure/AWS/Google

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours. 

If you’re an experienced Senior Network Engineer professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. 

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Please, No agencies.