Network Operations Engineer

Job description

Your Responsibilities :
As an experienced member of the Network Operations Team, the Network Ops Engineer will perform the necessary support to our internal customers, project teams, and design teams. This will include the implementation of approved designs, design review/consultations, and most importantly support the daily operational tasks for the Enterprise LAN/WAN/WLAN environment. The Network Engineer is also responsible for all aspects of operating GSK's network, while providing technical leadership and expertise to a diverse team of IT professionals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Configure and install enterprise level network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, WLAN, load balancers, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, QoS)

• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations

• Resolve highly complex or critical incidents involving multiple enterprise services, lead and/or engage in Service Restoration and Root Cause Analysis Activities as required and
Identify opportunities for internal process enhancement

• Monitoring of support ticket queues and implementation of Business as Usual (BaU) customer requests

• Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architects on network optimization.

• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure

• Create, maintain and update documentation on all networking processes and procedures

• Provide advanced technical support during business hours and non-business hours on a rotating on-call basis.

• Perform other related duties as required.

Please ensure you apply before 15th Aug 2019 to ensure you're in the running!

(Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)

During the course of your application you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process.

If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements, please contact 0808 234 4391. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

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Why You?

Basic qualifications:
• Team leadership experience in a virtual global team a plus.
• Solid understanding of routing protocols mBGP & ISIS
• Experience with Cisco SD-WAN, IPSEC,GRE
• Experience with access control list (ACLs), VRF, Port Security, Traffic Shaping, Priority Queuing, Class of Service (CoS), and Quality of Service (QoS)
• Thorough understanding and 2+ years' experience configuring IPSEC VPN, DMVPN, SSLVPN, or GET/VPN

Preferred qualifications:
• Team leadership experience in a virtual global team a plus.
• Solid understanding of routing protocols mBGP & ISIS
• Experience with Cisco SD-WAN, IPSEC,GRE
• Experience with access control list (ACLs), VRF, Port Security, Traffic Shaping, Priority Queuing, Class of Service (CoS), and Quality of Service (QoS)
• Thorough understanding and experience in configuring IPSEC VPN, DMVPN, SSLVPN, or GET/VPN

Why GSK? :
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company that combines both individual talent and technical resources to create a platform for the delivery for strong growth in a rapidly changing healthcare market. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

Contact information:
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