Network Engineer – Limerick

ICT Services are currently seeking a Desktop Support Engineer, working on one of our customer sites in Sligo. This is a full-time position working onsite with our customer.

Position description

ICT Services is currently looking for a Cisco Network Engineer to work with one of our customers in Limerick. This role has the option for daily rate and full-time as well, and the successful candidate will work for a leading biotechnology company and will have primary responsibility for a campus wide LAN, WAN, Wireless, and Datacentre network environment. The role will be hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 remote.

Responsibilities:

  • The technologies within the scope of this position include a range of Cisco networking products, architectures, and technologies including but not limited to:
    • 3504 Wireless Controllers
    • ASR Series Routers
    • 5520/9800 Wireless Controllers
    • 7200 Series Routers
    • NGFW Palo Alto
    • Panorama
    • Catalyst 9400 Series Switches
    • Catalyst 3700/3850 Switches
    • Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
    • Catalyst 6509 VSS Switches
    • Nexus 2000/5000/7000 Series
    • vBlock
    • AWS cloud
    • GP Client VPN
    • Zscaler
    • Cisco DNA
  • Participate in planning, engineering, designing, implementing, and managing Cisco infrastructure and responsible for configuration, maintenance and capacity planning for technologies in scope.
  • Accountable to execute project engineering and solution processes & functions for technologies in scope. Responsible for service and project delivery.
  • Accountable to define, maintain, communicate, implement & execute the enterprise architecture, engineering & standards strategy and for its operational usage across the enterprise for technologies in scope.
  • Participate within a virtual enterprise wide & badge transparent team, assisting in setting the technical direction.
  • Contribute to the technology lifecycle & roadmap for the technologies in scope, including technology absorption & risk, technology refresh, migration & retirement strategies.
  • Stay abreast of technical trends and technology direction.
  • Educate & mentor the technical virtual team and appropriate management in the use of the technologies in scope.
  • Execute capacity planning and monitoring processes for technologies in scope.
  • Develop, monitor, report and present key infrastructure performance metrics for technologies in scope.
  • Maintains on-call availability to respond to network issues and up-time; must be flexible and available with the scheduling.

Requirements:

  • Current CCNP R&S certification or CCIE R&S. Verification required.
  • 7+ years of experience in selecting, design engineering, solution engineering, project engineering, integrating, and implementing Cisco network architecture and related technologies.
  • Solid NX-OS, IOS, and IOS-XE Routing & Switching experience
  • Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco routers, switches, and wireless including in a Datacentre environment
  • QoS knowledge and experience
  • Demonstrated ability to resolve complex networking problems.
  • Demonstrated effective decision making that had significant impact on technology direction and related business results.
  • Experience in providing consulting to senior management on the use and selection of these technologies.
  • Demonstrated skills in developing a technology plan including technical strategy and direction as well as the related business case for the use of that technology.
  • Strong background and understanding of the technical direction in this space and the prevailing standards.
  • Ability to explain complex technical detail and trade-offs to non-technical associates.
  • Ability to mentor and develop other engineers & architects.
  • Excellent communication skills including the ability to present solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Crucial Conversations as demonstrated by the ability to facilitate and conduct crucial conversations when stakes are high, emotions are strong and opinions vary that result in win/win solutions and while doing so fostering communication by encouraging open, honest two-way communication.
  • Excellent documentation skills are required

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