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Lead Technical Network Engineer

Posted 23 Mar 2024
Work experience
2 to 5 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Salary
£59,000 - £65,000 per year
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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About us

National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.

In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.

The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come

Job Purpose

This role will ensure that National Grid maintains internal technical knowledge of our Network LAN / WAN/ WLAN / Voice and Video Configurations within the network infrastructure. National Grid is a global company with networks in both the US and UK. This position will be responsible for the operation of the UK network. This position will be the Service Owner responsible for the complete environment and day to day operations at our Strand location. This offers hybrid working.

Key Accountabilities

  • Provide the specialized technical skills and knowledge for the building, upgrading, configuring, and maintaining the WAN/LAN/WLAN/ Voice and Video network infrastructure.
  • Provides technical expertise, strategic planning and recommendations to management for improvements and new technologies and in the area of WAN and LAN to meet changing business requirements.
  • Deliver technical strategies, architectures, and product roadmaps for National Grid’s corporate Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure through reasoned application of information technology that meet the needs of IT and the business.
  • Translates business requirements into technical solutions through reasoned application of information technology. Responsible for the high level and low-level technical design and architecture of the WAN/LAN/ WLAN infrastructure and oversight of the implementation and operation of these services
  • Present strategies and business cases to leadership for inclusion into investment plan and as part of IT’s strategic delivery.
  • Act in an advisory role between internal business partners and managed service providers to ensure requirements are properly understood and met on time and within budget.

Successful candidates will have

  • Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Substantial experience in Service Operations in a complex multi-vendor environment.
  • Cisco CCNA/CCNP Collaboration, Routing and Switching and Video certifications is desirable
  • LAN/WAN/WLAN Operations
  • IP Telephony and Video Conferencing Operations
  • Cisco Call Manger – Experience with user related changes in CUCM, Unity, UCCE and UCCX.
  • Experience dealing with demanding business users

What you'll get

  • A competitive salary between £59,000 - £65,000
  • 28 days holiday, plus eight statutory days – and options to buy extra holiday days
  • Pension and share option scheme
  • Close mentorship and regular feedback

You will also have access to a number of other flexible benefits such as share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving name to a few.

National Grid is one of the world's largest utilities, focused on delivering energy safely, efficiently, reliably and responsibly. National Grid is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. We play a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to many millions of people across Great Britain and northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner.

Energy
Warwick
10,000 employees