Network Engineer

The National Lottery Community Fund

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Details

Reference number

375460

Salary

£43,000 - £46,000
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Information Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Birmingham

Job summary

The National Lottery Community Fund is looking for a skilled and proactive Network Engineer to become part of their compact IT Infrastructure Team located in Birmingham. This role will report directly to the Head of IT Infrastructure. Hybrid office working is available, though occasional travel to various UK sites will be required.

Job description

As a Network Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing our IT network, ensuring optimal performance, up-to-date security, and reliability.

Responsibilities:

  • Be an integral part of the Team and act as the go to person and SME for networking requirements.
  • Collaborate closely with Network Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, Security Team and Project Managers to understand and address their requirements.
  • Manage and optimise network infrastructure, including on-premise networks, public cloud (Azure) networks, virtual networks and WAN technologies.
  • Configure and manage Firewalls, Routers, Access Points, Switches, SD-WAN and Networking Appliances.
  • Demonstrate advanced knowledge of networking, including TCP/IP protocols, subnetting, VLANs, load balancing, and VPNs.
  • Apply strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve network issues.
  • Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
  • Monitor network performance, identify and resolve bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with service desk staff, providing education and support while resolving network-related tickets.
  • Be responsible for end-to-end delivery of the Project tasks.
  • Lead networking element of projects to improve production environments.
  • Configuring and installing hardware in both office and data centre environments.
  • Ability to write clear, concise technical documentation such as Network Designs.
  • Responsible for ensuring that any designs produced are in line with the current network architecture and infrastructure strategy documentation and are fit for purpose.
  • Contribute to design and architecture discussions.
  • Mitigate Pen Test and Audit findings.
  • Participate in out of hours implementations of change/support as required.
  • Accurate estimation of workload and timelines for delivery.
  • Support and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Compliance to regulatory and mandatory policies.
  • Relevant vendor management experience.
  • Provide timely updates and whenever necessary timely escalation of issues to right stakeholders.

Interview dates: 28th / 29th November (online for 45 minutes)

Location: Birmingham - We have a hybrid, flexible approach to working and this role can be office based along with homeworking.

Any questions about the recruitment process, please email: recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

Person specification

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below

Essential criteria

  • 3+ years in network administration and deployment.
  • Experience with Cisco Switches, including configuration, security, and firmware updates.
  • Knowledge of Firewalls (Preferentially Barracuda and Azure Firewalls).
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and architectures, networking (NSG, VNet peering, UDR, Private Link/Endpoint, Azure Firewall, load balancer).
  • Knowledge of Aruba SilverPeak SD-WAN.
  • Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents escalated from service desk support.

Desirable criteria

  • Knowledge of Arista Wireless Access Points.
  • Zero Trust Network Architecture – Security Service Edge such as Netskope or Zscaler.
  • Familiarity with PRTG, SolarWinds or similar monitoring tooling.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.  

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.) 

Alongside your salary of £43,000, The National Lottery Community Fund contributes £12,457 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

A full list of our benefits can be found on our website using the link:

• Generous Civil Service Pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Enhanced paid maternity/paternity leave
• Paid volunteering leave
• Season ticket loan

Selection process details

Please apply via our website, uploading your CV and writing an 800 word supporting statement aligned to the criteria in the advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
  • Email : recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

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