Senior Network Specialist

Senior Network Specialist Location – Lancashire Salary – £45,000 - £60,000 The Company An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Network Specialist to join a fast growing, solutions provider to be a part of their growing professional services team. This is an opportunity for you to work with the latest in cutting-edge tech and gain invaluable experience with Next Gen Firewalls, Software-Defined Networking and Wireless solutions. The business is partnered with multiple, industry leading vendors and offers funded training and support for earning certifications that will be a long-term benefit for your career. Senior Network Specialist Role & Responsibilities As a Senior Network Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work with senior members of the Networks team to deliver the highest level of Networking and Infrastructure projects for the MSP’s clients. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: * Opportunity to gain exposure to presales, design, and deployment of Cisco, Juniper and/or Aruba LAN, WAN and WLAN products across core networking, layer 2 and 3 environments. * BAU operational support for critical network environments * Customer consultation, and site to site implementations Skills & Experience Required for the Senior Network Specialist Role As Senior Network Specialist you will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of the latest technology and software from some of the largest global vendors. The business does however ask that you have: * CCNP or JNCIP Level knowledge. Whilst the certification is not required, experience working at that level is. * A background in Cisco LAN, WAN, WLAN is a must * Experience working with the FortiGate, Palo Alto and other equivalent security vendors is a must * Communication skills, including presentation in both face-to-face and virtual environments