19 August 2008

Senior engineer gbp35,000 45,000 per annum

Position Description
We are currently looking for a mature and experienced Senior Engineer to fill a key technical role within our growing Engineering department. The successful candidate will play a prominent role within the department and should be capable of providing technical expertise across a broad range of technologies.
The Senior Engineer should provide input at a comparative level to that of the Engineering Manager with a predominant focus on being a high level technical resource for all aspects of the company. The Senior Engineer should be able to fill a principal technical role in the absence of the CTO and Engineering Manager.
Please include a covering letter with your application explaining a little about your background and outlining how you can fulfil this requirement.
Required Experience
Essential:
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years experience in the industry and be able to show clear and consistent career progression and increasing responsibility in line with a constantly expanding skillset.
* Minimum 2 years in a high level technical role (ie. Senior Engineer, IT Manager, etc.)
* Demonstrated enthusiasm for expanding technical knowledge and skills.
* You must also live within a commutable range of Chelsea (nearest tube is Fulham Broadway)
* Be able to speak and write English fluently and clearly
*** PLEASE APPLY FOR THE POSITION ONLY IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE SKILLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS ***
1)Network
a)IP level networking, including:
i)MPLS
ii)Routing
iii)Layer 2 and 3 switching
iv)VLAN, QOS
v)Firewall configuration
b)WAN technologies, including:
i)ADSL, SDSL, Leased Lines, LES, WES
ii)VPN, ISAKMP, IPSEC
c)Network Services: DNS, DHCP, HTTP, SSL, SMTP
d)Network and system design
2)Hardware
a)Hardware technologies in use on the managed network, including:
i)Cisco routers, firewalls, access points and switches
ii)Sonicwall firewalls
iii)Linksys switches and access points
iv)Zyxel routers and switches
v)Draytek routers
b)Server hardware including:
i)RAID configuration
ii)Dell and HP server builds and maintenance
iii)Blade server builds and maintenance
c)Storage hardware including:
i)SAN, DAS and NAS technologies
ii)Fibre Channel and iSCSI
iii)Tape drives and autoloaders
3)Virtualisation technologies including:
a)VMWare Server
b)ESX Server
c)Windows Virtual Server 2005
4)Windows server solutions including:
a)SBS 2000 and 2003
b)Windows Server 2000 and 2003
c)Terminal Services
d)Exchange 2000 and 2003
e)SQL Server 2000 and 2005
f)WSUS
g)SharePoint Services
h)Group policies
i)Data Protection Manager
Salary & Benefits
GBP35,000-GBP45,000 per annum
Employer Description
We are a fast-growing "outsourced IT department" for SMEs, with a blue-chip client list including high-street brands, financial institutions and multinational companies. We supply and maintain a complete range of IT equipment and services, working to demanding fixed-price contracts with best-of-breed tools. We succeed by standardising and automating, then applying intelligent engineers to what remains. We invest heavily in R&D; and combine the cutting-edge with reliable professionalism.

Phone: 0845 838 7680