Network Service Engineer - DV Clearance (Ex-Military Only)

Network Service Engineer (Ex-Military Only)

Location: Corsham, Wiltshire

Salary: £40 - £50 per hour (depending on experience)

Start date: ASAP

The Client

Our client is a global pioneer in aeronautics, space and defence-related services, creating cutting-edge technology.

Our client operates in more than 170 locations worldwide. Most of the Company's order book and growing industrial footprint now lies beyond its European borders.

Our client is the largest aerospace and defence company in Europe, and they are also proud of their European roots and achievements.

Our client is now looking for four Network Service Engineers to be based in Corsham to join their team!

Description of the job

Network Service Engineers are being recruited to work in a NOC environment based in Corsham to cover a 9 -12month period. The initial contract will be nine months with a strong possibility but not guaranteed of a further 3 month extension.

The Network Service Engineer is responsible for providing technical assistance and solutions to users and customers via the service desk and providing an interface to other technical stakeholders; including subcontractors. To achieve this, the Network Service Engineer is responsible for delivering technical service skills in accordance with defined scripts and processes to resolve incidents.

Tasking will include but not limited to:

• Port reconfiguration with daily reporting
• Core switch port reservations
• Core LOAP VLAN Creation
• New VLAN applied to switched including ACLs, QoS,
• VLAN moves during PC Migration
• Change
• Service Engineering Support to users.

Direct engagement with stakeholder communities including user groups necessitates the role to be responsible for the performance of the operational service elements that are delivered.

Tasks

Tasks and Responsibilities:

The Network Service Engineer is required to deliver technical service solutions as a response to customer raised incidents and problems. This will require a strong focus on organising, delivering, monitoring and controlling elements within the delivery of services and the opportunity for participating in continuous service improvement initiatives. Additionally, the understanding and contribution to the delivery and analysis of service reporting including tracking of KPI's & SLA's is a key activity.

Operating within the service desk environment, sometimes on a customer site, the role is responsible for the delivery of contact management and as such, it is critical that communication is fluent and concise to assist users in resolving incidents. This includes managing expectations, perceptions and the attainment of performance criteria.

Responsibilities of a Network Service Engineer are:

• To provide resolution to service incidents and problems, applying diagnosis and maintenance activities.

• Identify and champion opportunities to drive enhanced value and cost savings that ensure services are delivered cost effectively.

• The service must be delivered in line with contractual obligations to avoid organisational exposure and the allocation of service credits, abatements and liquidated damages. Consistently perform and deliver outputs within the service contract time constraints (KPI's, SLA's and CSF's).

• Regular housekeeping activities are carried out on the delivered service in accordance with contractual obligations and continuous service improvement initiatives.

• Actively participate in the attainment of industry standard and vendor specific certifications and processes, including ITIL framework, ISO20000 accreditation for Services.

• Participate in the company rotating shift and 'on call' program as required by the service contract and company needs.

• Performing initial troubleshooting of faults using the management platform

• Diagnosing and fixing faults within the SLA, either remotely or utilising Field Maintenance Engineers (FMEs) on site.
• Liaising with FME when on site and providing assistance when required.

Skills

The Network Service Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

Mandatory:

• HNC or equivalent Comms/Engineering discipline
• Cisco CCNA
• Previous network installation experience mandatory.
• Proven experience as a network support engineer
• Proven experience of network installation and commissioning
• DV Clearance

Desirable:

• Windows desktop and server environments
• PacketShaper/Steelhead desirable
• Service Desk methodology i.e. ITIL, Prince2, SixSigma

Ref: 13098 | Published: 08th Sep 2016