- Be the local network lead for their London offices.
- Be the local network contact for the London Applications team and work with them on all network related business application issues and requests.
- Form a strong working relationship with other key infrastructure teams including hosting, storage, compute, security and end user services.
- Be able to identify and bring structure to ambiguous situations and problems.
- Be able to adopt an agile and flexible approach to work.
- Be able to work independently and have the gravitas and acumen to work with IT Leads and challenge where appropriate.
- Work closely with the Global Network Team to jointly manage the IT outsourcers.
- An adaptable approach to change between fault diagnosis, projects and enhancements and striving to simplify the infrastructure, at all times.
- Be a key network team contact for all offices globally in order to assist with all aspects of the Network infrastructure.
- Technically test and validate new services, improvements and upgrades so they are secure and ready for production use.
- Prepare and submit changes to Change Advisory and Initiation Forums and implement approved changes through the development life cycle into production.
- Create and maintain both technical and process documentation.
- Strong background in Cisco routing, Cisco switching, Cisco Data Centre Switching and routing, Cisco wireless networks and Fortigate firewalling.
- Hands on experience with Cisco Catalyst 9000 series, Cisco Nexus 9k and Fortigate physical and virtual firewalls with the capability of setting up a greenfield site.
- Knowledge and skills in the following areas would be advantageous: Microsoft Azure networking, F5, NSX-T and DFW/Tiered gateways, Infoblox IPAM and DHCP, Solarwinds NPM, SDWAN and Proxy technologies experience both onsite and cloud Proxy Zscaler or Netskope
- 5+ years of end-to-end hands-on Network Management experience.
- Proven experience of successfully shaping and executing control and audit remediation programmes of work.
- Exposure to, and understanding of IT Infrastructure and Applications
- Proven ability in working across multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural, diverse environments.
- Experience of owning and delivering projects.
- Experience of working with IT outsourcers.