Senior IT Engineer
Isle of Man
Permanent
Our client seeks a Senior IT Engineer to join their team.
Role: As a Senior IT Engineer, you are responsible for managing and mentoring junior Networking Engineering staff and handling advanced support issues. Ultimately, you will be responsible for the functional management of the company's systems and those of their clients, the delegation of tasks, and the resolution of issues. As a Senior Engineer, you must have extensive experience working with provider networks, server platforms and security appliances, possessing high-level managerial skills along with advanced project management skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy and maintain networks, services and hardware.
- Installation and configuration of hardware / software in accordance with company standards.
- Creation and maintenance of company standards and procedures based on best practice guidelines (NIST / SANS etc.)
- Managing and mentoring junior engineering and non-technical staff.
- Designing and conducting regular system performance and Security testing.
- Dealing with support issues escalated by junior engineers.
- On-going performance monitoring and improvement of all platforms.
- Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer.
Key Skills & Experience:
- Networking - Cisco CCNA / CCNP / CCIE - Juniper JNCP / JNCIE
- Security - CEH / CISSP / CISSM
- Linux+ / MCSE / CCA / CCEA
- 5+ Years previous work experience as a Senior Engineer.
- Advanced knowledge of network platforms such as Cisco IOS, Juniper JUNOS, FRR/Quagga etc.
- In-depth knowledge of communication and routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, ISIS
- Experience designing and deploying IPS/IDS/HID/DDoS systems
- In-depth skills in multiple operating systems (Windows/Linux/BSD)
- Familiarity with network analysis tools such as SolarWind, Wireshark, Ettercap, ElasticFlow
- Proficiency with scripting and coding languages such as Python, Perl, Bash/Ksh etc.
- Experience of multiple hypervisor platforms (ESXi / KVM / Xen / Bhyve)
- Cloud services IaaS / SaaS (S3/NFS/iSCSI/Gluster/CEPH) / S(oft)aaS
- Containerisation (Docker / LXT / Kubernettes)

Your specialist: Debbie Amankwa
Quote job ref: 10752
Hi, I'm Debbie and I look forward to receiving your submission for this fantastic opportunity with this business.