Clear IT Recruitment Ltd
Network Engineer
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£30,000 to £45,000
Job Type
Permanent
Location
Colchester, Essex
Our client is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join their Colchester Office, Essex. They will be responsible for ensuring the security, reliability, compliance, and performance of the IT infrastructure across the different offices. Responsible for on-premises/cloud systems, servers, and network architecture, overseeing day-to-day IT support and managing escalated incidents for network, security, server, and hardware/software related queries.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee and collaboratively work with the practice Service Desk Analysts managing business as usual incidents, problems, and IT related service requests. Investigate, troubleshoot, and identify root causes of complex escalated issues, to minimize practice disruption.
- Manage and support the design, implementation, development, and maintenance of the practice network architecture including cloud platforms, servers, networking, Wi-Fi, and site/internet connectivity for high availability and business continuity requirements.
- Implement, manage, test, and monitor the status of practice security measures, including firewalls, network segmentation, policy-based routing, VPNs, antivirus, threat protection systems, premise entry, CCTV, and network access controls to meet practice compliance requirements.
- Regularly assess, enhance, and improve IT policy documentation, the practice network infrastructure, servers, systems, and security efficiency through proactive maintenance, reviews, updates, vulnerability fixes, and risk management meetings, to ensure compliance with governance frameworks such as Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 standards.
- Create and maintain detailed documentation of technical issues.
- Support the wider IT team with supplier management, supplier compliance, hardware specifications, maintenance of external contracts, and purchasing of software/hardware/infrastructure for the practice.
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Essential Skills/Experience:
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with network/security concepts, administration, implementation, configuration, and maintenance, including routers, switches, firewalls, and Wi-Fi.
- In-depth knowledge of software/hardware procurement, supplier relation management, implementation, and troubleshooting.
- Experience in infrastructure and device security including threat protection, data storage security, server patching, firewalls, VPNs, and vulnerability fixes.
- Project delivery and rollout experience.
- Proficient in Microsoft Windows Server technologies and knowledge in virtualization technologies (Hyper-V).
- End user device management experience e.g., Intune, autopilot, application policies, software deployments.
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365 cloud stack: Entra ID, Teams, Entra Connect, Azure, Office 365, OneDrive, SharePoint, Defender, licensing, conditional access, monitoring, SSO, MFA, Exchange, email routing (DKIM, SPF, DMARC, etc.)
- Familiarity with financial systems, document management systems, monitoring tools, and network troubleshooting techniques.
- Experience with document infrastructure configuration, policies, and processes to ensure compliance with industry standards ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials.
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