dnata Travel Group, part of the Emirates Group, includes the brands of Gold Medal and Travelbag.

We are now recruiting for a Senior Network Engineer based in Leyland (Lancashire).

In this role you will be a key member of our Infrastructure team using your excellent technical knowledge and experience to proactively define and develop our environment and procedures and be an expert trouble-shooter for major and critical service incidents.   The primary function of this role is to ensure the network infrastructure is secure, robust, resilient and compliant to PCI standards.

This is a hybrid role, working 3 days per week at our Leyland (Lancashire) and 2 days remotely. You will be expected to provide on-call support on a rota basis 24/7. Some travel to other UK sites will be required with occasional overseas trips.

Job Accountabilities

• Ownership and leadership of technical resolution for Networking issues and modernisation initiatives
• Adherence to company standards for change control, network security and network patterns
• Lead the technical team during disaster recovery and business continuity operations
• Define operational procedures and provide necessary documentation and diagrams
• Lead and support network delivery requirements for Service Improvement initiatives
• Design and lead internal projects and deliveries aligned with the network roadmap
• Support the architecture teams in developing the network roadmap
• Identify new technologies and services to transform the network service
• Work with Project Managers and IT Service Managers to ensure project delivery meets the estate requirements.
• Responsible for completing tasks, focusing on requirements and client needs which you will help to identify, advise and recommend technical solutions based on experience and industry knowledge
• React quickly and as necessary to live systems errors and service problems to limit downtime and resolve problems
• Support the implementation of strategy and policy issues by involvement in change and/or advice to other technical areas and make recommendations to improve procedures and working practices
• Improve knowledge of the systems processes and technologies, infrastructure and service development processes, both current and emerging technology
• Interface with other areas sharing your technical knowledge and expertise and resolving issues as necessary
• Lead the resolution of issues on during delivery
• Administration, configuration, backup and patching of Cisco Network hardware.

To be considered for this role, we need you to have the following skills, experience and qualifications: 

• Extensive network domain experience operating in a senior capacity
• Expert knowledge of network administration on Cisco routing, switching and Cisco ASA firewalls.
• A good working knowledge of Checkpoint firewalls
• Expert in working with Vendor technical support staff, including vendor development teams
• Expertise in defining technical plans and procedures
• Expert in multiple Cisco routing, switching and security technologies with a strong background in Cisco ASA and Cisco Nexus
• Demonstrable experience of network performance tuning and capacity management on critical customer-facing systems
• Experience of working in a highly regulated environment and the associated processes and tools
• A strong working knowledge of company infrastructure components and the processes required to maintain the infrastructure
• A good understanding of the business areas and application/service components used and an appreciation of applications from both a technical and business perspective
• Knowledge of Network protocols, MPLS, Software Defined Networks and WAN’s (SDWAN, Zero Trust Network, SASE)
• Knowledge of Border Gateway Protocol
• Experience of Cisco CCIE, Cisco CCNP - Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP – Security, Cisco ASA Firewalls
• Knowledge of Cisco UCS Networking (optional) 
• Knowledge of Border Gateway Protocol, VPN configuration & Cloud Networking (Azure Express Route) 
• Knowledge and experience of Palo Alto Firewall’s and Global Protect VPN.
• Configuration of site to site VPN’s

Desirable

• Enterprise level experience of working in a large/international corporate environment
• An understanding of and extensive experience with Solarwinds and similar network monitoring & configuration tools such as Auvik, Logic Monitor, Netbrains
• Experience or knowledge of working with cloud virtual networks and gateways such as those found in Azure and AWS. 

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Our bright, modern office in Leyland is just 5-10 minutes' drive from junctions 28 & 29 of the M6. We have some fantastic benefits, making us a great place to work:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 5 full years of service (+ bank holidays)
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme 
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Low-cost health care for your family
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Ongoing development – we have an in-house People Development Team
• Travel discounts – we have a dedicated Staff Travel Team to source the best deals for our people
• Industry/social events – including supplier events, office socials & parties and pop-up shops
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service awards
• Belong programme - Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that play a crucial role in implementing our DEI strategy
• Volunteer days – one day’s paid leave each year to volunteer with a registered charity
• dnata4good – supporting the local communities we work, live and thrive in
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free eye care tests
• Free Taste Card membership– offering discounts on dining out, movies, attractions, takeaways and online shopping  
• Casual dress code
• Free tea and coffee, subsidised on-site restaurant with free Wi-Fi
• Free car parking at our Leyland office