Network Consultant

Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - Mobile England | Job-ID: 70321 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting

Consultant (Networks) 

Introduction 
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and rapidly expanding Consultancy Practice within Computacenter. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a consultancy position with focus on traditional, advanced and emerging and network solutions.  

Computacenter is experiencing high growth across all our networking technology services and the position will suit a candidate that enjoys a fast moving and varied role, working into enterprise customers that require the definition and delivery of advanced technology solutions. 

Whilst the candidate will be expected to demonstrate the right level of technical expertise and certification in the disciplines required, Computacenter prides itself on continuous development of our employees. By joining the team, the candidate will benefit from involvement in highly complex interesting projects but will also receive ongoing targeted training that will advance their technical knowledge and career progression. 

Role outline and requirements: 

Working as part of team or as the primary technical consultant to a customer engagement 

Enterprise level project design and delivery activities 

Onsite customer facing activities 

Outcome based deliverables 

High quality documentation 

Customer relationships 

Personal time and quality management 

Strong traditional networking experience supported by vendor certification 

Exposure to advanced and emerging technologies: SDN, SD-WAN, SD-Campus, Network Programmability 

Broad understanding of network security 

Input to pre-sales opportunities where SME knowledge is required. 

Minimum 5 years’ experience as a consultant in a professional services organisation 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Excellent troubleshooting skills 

Experience in attending workshops where SME knowledge is required 

Owning low level designs to ensure the required solution is documented and delivered 

Demonstrable hands-on expertise in delivering traditional and advanced network solutions 

Technical Capabilities: 

Mandatory networking experience: 

Certified CCNA R&S (CCNP preferred) 

Cisco SDA/DNAC experience 

Cisco SD-WAN: Meraki and/or Viptela 

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 

Desirable networking experience: 

Cisco CCNA security 

Cisco ACI 

VMware NSX-T 

Tier One security vendor certification, one of:  

Checkpoint 

Palo Alto 

Fortinet 

HP Aruba Wireless and Networking  

HP Aruba Clearpass  

Cisco Thousand Eyes 

Cisco Devnet 

IOT/OT networking experience 

Desirable programmability experience: 

Terraform 

Ansible 

Python 

Jenkins  

Current information for our applicants

Business as usual? Not quite. Of course, the Corona crisis also presents us with major challenges.

However, we are broadly positioned across various industries, plan for the long term and have always been flexible in our approach to our customers, especially in times of crisis. Our core business is digitisation. We believe that this topic will continue to grow in importance for many companies in both public and private sectors.

That's why there are still areas of our business with clear hiring requirements – and we would like to bring talent like you on board! By the way, we have completely virtualised our application process and our recruiters remain available to you should you have any questions.

We are still looking forward to getting to know you!

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. We have about 17,000 employees worldwide who are accompanying our international customers on their path to digital transformation.

Our team of professionals serves corporate and government clients in a variety of industries. We support around 4.2 million users from our Global Service Desk. They are in more than 70 countries and speak 30 languages.

At our service desk locations, you can expect a dynamic, international and informal work environment with flexible work schedules and various offers for professional and personal development. Our informal atmosphere and the strong feeling of belonging makes you feel like being part of a great community.

Interested in joining a company with a strong sense of community?
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