Senior Network Operations Engineer

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova’s Power Conversion & Storage business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.

Job Description

As a Senior Network Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing, operating, and supporting multi-tenant, scalable network solutions. You will routinely review, analyze, and recommend network improvements to ensure that the network can scale with the needs of the applications and services riding on it and providing on-call support to maintain network performance and security.

Responsibilities:

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Gather and review network requirements for connecting various bidirectional systems.

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Plan and execute the approved network design within a designated change window.

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Monitor and optimize network performance to ensure high availability and security.

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Enforce and execute user policies and procedures concerning the use of network resources.

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Provide on-call support to address network issues promptly.

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Be responsible for the communication and enforcement of Designs to Key Project Stakeholders.

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Proactively manage and maintain the UK RAS solution.

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Manage involvement of other SMEs (e.g. business analysts, IT / Cybersecurity experts) and make sure their design contributions meet system architecture functional and non-functional requirements

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Drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement in their segment or domain (best practices and reference material - reference architectures, reference solutions)

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Manage EVM requirements for network equipment at all locations for Power Conversion UK Ltd this includes but not limited to Regulatory and Corporate Domains.

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Work proactively with the corporate Network teams and follow corporate standards as far as reasonably possible within the constraints of Regulatory controls

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Mentoring and coaching of junior team members

Qualifications / Requirements:

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Experience of Fortinet FortiGate Firewall management and FortiClient VPN/ZTNA, FortiAuthenticator, FortiToken

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Strong expertise in implementing and supporting Cisco network and security technologies in enterprise environments

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Expert knowledge of TCP/IP, OSI Model, RADIUS, IPSEC, SSL, IDS/IPS

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Cisco CCNP Security/Enterprise Certification

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Working knowledge of OT Networks and Lab environments a benefit

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Awareness of current trends and developments in information technology.

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Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

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A full UK driving license and availability for on-call support one week every six weeks

Please Note – Due to the confidential nature of the environments you will be working in; you will need to be a sole UK National and hold, or be eligible to obtain, UK security clearance to SC level

You can expect from us

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Challenging and exciting projects

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A work environment where we understand that not everyone has the same expectations about their jobs, careers and work-life balance and we are happy to discuss flexibility requirements.

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Attractive compensation.

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Flexible benefits so you can build a package that fits your personal needs. Some core benefits are: Employer pension contribution (not subject to individual contribution); Income protection; Private Health Insurance; Life Assurance

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26 days vacation + bank holidays