Job Description:

Network Engineer (CCNA/CCNP)

Flexible on Location London – EC2R 7HJ, Staines - TW18 3DZ or Manchester – M50 3SP

Hybrid (3 to 4 days working from home)

Permanent

Competitive Salary plus fantastic benefits

Full time – 37.5 hrs

We make health happen

At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.

Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

The Network Engineer (CCNA/CCNP) is responsible for working with Senior Leads for design and implementation of critical Information Services built on best of breed technologies and infrastructures. The role contributes to developing and maintaining high-level and low-level designs through to deployment and providing SME support for Bupa’s IT services.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Contribute to design, evaluation, recommendation, and implementation of critical business technical solutions. Solutions both tactical and strategic in scope.

• Understanding application connectivity requirements across complex infrastructures Cloud routing, Cloud Platform and cloud security services experience (Azure primarily)

• Able to deploy highly complex industry leading technical systems working closely with other IT teams, vendors and solution providers. The role typically collaborates at high levels of technical knowledge with managed service providers, ensuring that the outcomes required are technically assured and adhere to Bupa’s standards and policies.

• Technically assure the definition and implement for 24 X 7 availability and performance delivery of deployed solutions within agreed service levels, aligned to Bupa’s SLAs and OLAs and evidenced through monitoring, reporting and metrics.

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of Bupa’s plans and contribute to integrate core IT solutions creating a strong infrastructure foundation for business systems development and deployments. Bupa is in the process of planning and adopting a ‘cloud first’ strategy over the coming years, therefore experience within network and security transformation from ‘on premise’ to cloud is strongly desired.

• Contribute to development, documentation, communication, enforcement, and maintenance of technology policies and standards.

• Implement ITIL best practices as key milestones within Connectivity operational processes aligned with Bupa’s Service Management and Service Delivery teams.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Recognizes potential improvement areas and takes the lead in a continuous improvement program.

• Experience in supporting network data and security environments and systems

• Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching,

• Technical SME with 3+ years’ experience in at least two of the following technologies

  • Routing and Switching

  • Wireless solutions (Enterprise Prime and Meraki Wireless)

  • Firewall (Palo Alto, Firepower, Checkpoint)

  • Zscaler Cloud solutions

  • Meraki solutions (Routing/Switching/Wireless)

  • SDWAN

  • Cloud solutions (Azure preferred)

• Any understanding of other network and security strongly preferred:

  • Algosec

  • Segmentation (such as Tetration, Elisity)

  • NAC solutions (Forescout preferred)

  • dMonitoring Toolsets (Solarwinds)

  • WAF (Barracuda, Cloudflare)

  • Telephony VOIP knowledge an advantage

• Strong analytical approach to problem solving and solution development

• Must be self-motivated and have the ability to drive for improvements with a ‘can do’ attitude

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you would like more information on the role, require an alternative format, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact the recruiter

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