Cloud Network Engineer

Home Counties Contract £650-900 per day

We're currently seeking an accomplished and highly ambitious Cloud Network Architect to work with our exceptional client, a world class brand in a secure environment to drive major business transformation, process and technical change across this complex organisation which will run well into 2025.

These contract roles will require you to conduct security clearance prior to assignment. Opportunities are available in the Home Counties.

These Cloud Network Architect roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we're not looking for ordinary. You'll have the potential to work effectively across a large number of teams and a diverse range of projects within our technology community. You will be encouraged and assisted to enhance your skills on unique projects.

You will be able to demonstrate your enthusiasm and experience of working in small, diverse, multi disciplinary teams to deliver flexible and outstanding solutions for internal and external senior stakeholders, designing and configuring a network infrastructure for the provision of IT projects as well as planned roadmap updates for the existing infrastructure. Exceptional stakeholder management skills are a must. Highly analytical, flexible and persuasive, with first-class influencing skills, you'll possess the ability to build effective relationships and drive high impact, lasting change across the organisation. You need to have an understanding of Agile principals and the impact of technical changes on business requirements as well as familiarity with ITIL/Prince/PROSCI.

Your experience:

As an exceptional Cloud Network Architect you will have:

At least a CCNP certification
Knowledge and experience of working with Cloud networks
Experience with Data Centre technology based on Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000, 2000
Experience in Cisco routing and switching technologies
Experience in the following products

Cisco ASR 1000 routers
Cisco ISR routers
Cisco Campus LAN switches i.e. 3850, 6500 and 6800
Cisco ASA firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls
FS Load balancers, including GTM/LTM/APM
Infoblox appliances for DNS/DHCP

Management tools knowledge including Cisco LMS, CiscoWorks, Netflow and Wireshark
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills, highly enthusiastic team player

In return:

You'll be joining an ambitious, high level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focussed on delivering the best possible outcome.

We are focused on bringing and nurturing the best talent into our team, recruiting widely to ensure we are inclusive and providing a supportive and safe environment where people can bring their authentic selves to work to be able to deliver at their best.

This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a totally new direction working on life and culture changing projects.

If you're ready for a challenge like no other, apply today.

These roles are available on 24 month contracts (inside IR35) and offer flexible and hybrid working in most cases.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.