Senior Engineer (Networks) (CH11395R)

About the role

The Senior Engineer role sits within the Delivery & Operations pilar within DDaT. As a Senior Engineer, you will be working in 2nd and 3rd line support, resolving problems, documenting root causes, and improving service levels, maintaining current systems, upgrades, and changes.

About you

As a Senior Network Engineer, it is expected that you will have good demonstrable skills in configuring and supporting varied network technologies typically found in a campus environment. This would include general network design & implementation, IP address planning and management, DNS and DHCP, routing and switching, wireless networking, firewall configuration, server load balancing, Network Access Control (NAC), remote access and VPNs, network monitoring, virtualisation and cloud systems.

Understanding of various network technologies is required including a deep understanding of the physical and logical layers of the network stack as well as network protocols used across that stack such as IPSEC, ARP, SSH, VRRP, BGP, OSPF, 802.11, QoS, Radius and others. Knowledge of Linux systems and familiarity with open source methodologies also essential. Knowledge of technologies such as IPv6, Evpn, VXLAN and scripting languages such as python, PHP and Perl highly desirable.

A variety of technologies are in use at the University and it is expected you ill have appropriate knowledge of at least one of Cisco, Aruba/HPE or Juniper. Ideally knowledge of other providers too such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, VMware, Bluecat, Clearpass and Debian Linux. The ability to diagnose wired & wireless network related issues is essential, and knowledge of cloud based network deployments & management as well as network automation tools would be advantageous.

There is a market supplement of up to £6,000 available at our discretion, based on skills and experience.

About the Department

The University of Bath (UoB) is embarking on the next stage of its digital transformation journey. A key part of this is to transform the way in technology services are delivered. The Digital, Data & Technology Department (DDaT) is a passionate community of technical experts who provide digital, data and technology services that are accessible, relevant, and secure. We are motivated by helping people solve problems, be more effective in what they do today and innovating to raise the bar of what can be achieved in future.

Significant change in service provision is anticipated and it is vital to have effective, proactive engagement with other departments and faculties. This will address a key improvement required within the Evolution project to develop and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders to deliver greater efficiency, coherence, cooperation, and coordination.

What we can offer you:a very generous employer contributory pension schemegenerous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balancewe are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangementsan excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforcea wide range of personal and professional development opportunitiesa number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Closing Date: 17 Mar 2024

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £37,099 to £44,263