Data Center / Network Manager

To £52,500 + £OnCall + Benefits

Essex (Flexible Hybrid working)

Who's it for...

We are proud to be partnering with a fast growing Private Equity backed Managed IT Services Provider. An established MSP now into the early stages of their high growth journey to build and expand to a 50M T/O business!

They now need a networking data center manager to oversee the efficient running of their colocation data center.

The Role…

-Take ownership of installation projects and liaise with the Networking Solutions team and onboard/commission new customers to the data center.

-Provide day to day management and support of the networking / data center

-Support sales to answer technical questions for new customer proposals

-Assist with the maintenance of monitoring systems to provide alerting

-Pro-active maintenance relating to software and firmware updates of networking equipment

-Provide remote on call where required (approx. 1-2 needs a month but on call payments still remain)

-Manage Datacentres – power management, preparation of racks for new co-lo customers.

-Some basic admin tasks for ISP

Whats needed…

-Strong Networking background and understanding of the following technologies

-Layer 2 understanding (ARP, MAC)

-IP Addressing & subnetting

-Spanning Tree

-Strong troubleshooting skills

-VPN Technologies

-IPSEC site to site

-SSLVPN

-Exposure to a range of Firewall vendors such as:

-Sophos XG

-Cisco ASA / Firepower

-Watchguard

-Fortigate

-Demonstratable skills in managing firewalls and relating technologies such as:

-Zone based firewalling

-NAT

-Web, IPS & AV filtering policies

-Device / User authentication integration

-Strong Switching skills and multi-vendor exposure

-Cisco IOS

-HP Aruba

-VLAN creation, management and trunking/tagging

-Cabling/connector types

-Wireless installation and support

-Experience with Ubiquiti Unifi and Meraki based deployments

-Understanding of different Internet connectivity types – FTTC/FTTP/Leased Line

-Understanding of Layer 3 routing protocols

-OSPF

-EIGRP

-BGP

-Experience with Windows servers and roles such as AD/DHCP/DNS/NPS

-Experience with Hyper-V / VMWare technologies

Excellent customer facing manner

-Full UK Driving license