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Sopra Steria is developing a new Managed Service to replace a complex legacy Enterprise infrastructure. This will require a high level of automation and repeatable component design patterns to allow the deployment of customer business solutions within short time frames. The project will make heavy use of Windows and VMware technologies, along with Ansible, Terraform and Scripting supported by niche infrastructure and applications.
We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer with expertise in VMware NSX-T, F5 and VMware AVI within a Hyperconverged Infrastructure environment (HCI).
We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.
- What you'll be doing:
- Design, implement, and maintain network architectures and solutions using NSX-T, AVI, and Secure Linux technologies to support hyper-converged infrastructure environments.
- Lead the deployment and configuration of NSX-T components, including logical networking, distributed firewall, load balancer, and VPN services, to enable network virtualisation and micro-segmentation.
- Deploy and maintain AVI load balancers for modern application delivery, automation, and analytics, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.
- Perform capacity planning and scalability assessments to ensure network infrastructures can support current and future growth requirements.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of network designs, configurations, change records, and operational procedures.
What youll bring:
- VMware NSX-T
- VMware AVI Load Balancers
- Current SC Clearance
It would be great if you had:
- Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
- Network Monitoring and Management
- Security Best Practices
- Eligible for DV clearance
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what were looking for, please do apply, wed love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time Permanent
Location: Farnborough
Security Clearance Level: Current SC clearance and eligible for DV
Internal Recruiter: Annecia
Salary: up to £47,200
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
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Sopra Sterias Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the clients goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UKs most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us knowwhen completingyour application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
