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Network Engineer - Swindon (Hybrid) - £40,000
The Role
A Network Engineer is required to join one of the UKs Train Operating Companies. Calling out at over 270 stations and working out of 184 sites, the IT & Network Team need to expand their capabilities to manage increased IT demands and upcoming upgrade projects. With a well varied set of infrastructure and a role that will require daily project & BAU support, this role is critical in ensuring the company can continue to operate and communicate internally and with their customers. Overall, you will be supporting up to 7000 users at a given time.
The Opportunity
This is a chance for an ambitious Network Engineer to join a small yet technical Networking & IT team and contribute towards long term sustainability and continuous improvement. It is well suited to those wanting to have a large scale impact on the wider world, or even get a foothold into the Rail Industry. Other aspects of the opportunity include:
- Work with cutting edge technology
- 70% BAU 30% Project Work
- Contribute to the seamless operation of the Rail Industry
- Exposure to all business units including C-Suite
- Challenging, Real World Environments
- Work out of multiple sites, working on a range of tech
- Market leading employer benefits
Salary & Package
- £40,000
- Railway Pension Scheme
- Free Travel on owned Rail Network
- Discounted nationwide travel on all other networks
- 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
Location
- Swindon, with occasional travel to other owned locations on the rail network
- Hybrid working
Essential Criteria to secure interview
- Experience in Network Engineering position(s)
- Ideally have worked at a larger business with high number of users (and ideally multi-site)
- Azure experience
- Firewall knowledge/understanding
Nice to Have
- AWS Knowledge
- Fortinet experience/knowledge
- SD/WAN (1) project experience
How the apply: If you are interested in this role, then please apply via this job board. For more information, please get in touch with the Dan, (phone number removed), (url removed)
Closing date – 10th February 2025
Key Words: Network Engineer, CCNA
About Ford & Stanley Group
Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas – recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.
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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.
