Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Networks

Permanent

Grade D - £45,091 - £53,460

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme

Working 36.5 hours per week

Job Overview
As Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Networks you will be responsible for leading a busy Networks Professional team that will support the Birmingham City Council (BCC) network and requires a suitably skilled engineering resource to maintain and improve the network in line with the business requirements.

What we are about
The Network Professionals team at Birmingham City Council is seeking a self-motivated individual to join their team. This position provides an opportunity to work with cutting-edge network technologies from top-tier vendors such as Cisco, Checkpoint, F5, and Smoothwall, within a large WAN that covers over 200 sites. The infrastructure serves over 10,000 users who provide essential services to over a million citizens in the city.

What you will do

Provide technical assistance and mentoring to the team
Act as a point of escalation for team members and customers
Provide Tier 2/3 support for the day-to-day running of the Network, Internet Services, Load-balancing and Firewall Services.
Lead the troubleshooting of technical problems, challenges and complexities that exists within the network.
Design and Implement network-related projects across multiple technologies
Support other teams in DTS to implement projects which have network implications
Configure and troubleshoot Cisco wireless LAN controllers at an enterprise level.
Configure and troubleshoot implementations of TACACs and other authentication methods.
Maintain and update Cisco routing and switching technology including MPLS, BGP, IS-IS, and EIGRP
Manage and maintain our system monitoring/reporting tool, Solarwinds,
Understanding of modern application-aware Check Point firewall technologies

We will support you with

An environment that values curiosity, autonomy and working in the open
An engaged and supportive leadership with a clear vision
Training and development opportunities to help you progress and be the best you can be
An inclusive workplace committed to reflecting the public we serve
A benefit package designed to promote a great work/life balance
Exposure to all digital and technology teams and services areas across the council

About us
This is an exciting time to be joining Birmingham City Council’s Digital and Technology Services Department. We are Europe’s largest local authority, and with unprecedented investment in people and digital, a solid strategy, empowering leadership and a newly redesigned service to get behind, we are building digital services centred on the needs of our citizens, business and communities that will deliver on Birmingham’s bold ambitions for the city of today and tomorrow.

We are a multidisciplinary team at the heart of transforming public services for the UK’s second largest city. We create, develop, deliver and operate an exceptionally diverse range of services that have a direct impact on improving the lives of 1.2m residents every day.

We are embracing and promoting a truly digital, human centred approach for the whole organisation, underpinned by collaboration, openness and innovation. We take advantage of unparalleled access to data, doing things at scale and using technology creatively to re-imagine the way services are delivered and build the digital council of the future.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk, quoting 4380

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

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