3rd Line Network Engineer (WAN/Juniper SRX)

3rd Line WAN Engineer/Network Engineer (Juniper SRX/BGP/IPSEC/MPLS/PKI) - Birmingham, West Midlands, UK - 18 Month Contract

A national security clearance is required for this role but candidates not holding this level of clearance will be considered.

Leading IT Services Provider in the defence sector require a skilled 3rd Line WAN Engineer (Juniper SRX/BGP/IPSEC/MPLS/PKI), for an initial 18 months rolling contract, to join their team in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The project requires a 3rd Line WAN Engineer/Network Engineer (Juniper SRX/BGP/IPSEC/MPLS/PKI) with experience in:

• The successful applicant must be a 3rd line WAN Network Support Engineer and must have experience of configuring Juniper SRX series Routers to a 3rd line level, in addition to BGP, IPSEC, PKI Prime and MPLS
• Must have experience of configuring SRX series routers, with experience of meeting tight project deadlines and BAU operations, enabling the delivery of secure network services
• The 3rd Line Network Engineer and will join a small team of engineers to manage and support the Network WAN estate
• Daily duties will include a mixture project/implementation work and general support escalations/fault finding
• Must be a 3rd Line Network Engineer with demonstrable experience of configuring, troubleshooting and tuning Juniper network devices
• The successful candidate will have in-depth knowledge of configuring and tuning the following: Juniper SRX platform, BGP, IPSEC, MPLS, PKI
• Juniper SRX platform - Successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of Junos & experience in various SRX platforms. Candidate will have comprehensive CLi exposure. Candidate will also have in-depth knowledge of routing and switching
• BGP - Successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of configuring and tuning BGP, to include topics such as policy based routing, manipulation of attributes, load-balancing techniques, and lastly have comprehensive troubleshooting skillset
• IPSEC - Successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of IPSEC VPN's and be familiar with troubleshooting
• MPLS - Successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of configuring and troubleshooting MPLS
• PKI - Successful candidate will have knowledge of PKI infrastructure elements and be familiar with certificate based VPN authentication
• Excellent client facing experience

This is an urgent requirement; please apply as soon as possible if you would like to be considered. A national security clearance is required for this role so candidates must either hold this level of clearance or be willing to achieve this.

Please apply via this site in the first instance, or send a CV to cassie.butcher@projectpeople.com

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