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We at Cisco are looking for a Network Engineer, with a passion for technology and solid academic foundations in analytical disciplines. Cisco is a strong advocate of using its own enterprise networking, data center, collaboration products, and solutions internally; Cisco IT deploys all these technologies – the result being that Cisco IT accrues a great deal of experience in how to design, deploy, operate, and automate these solutions within a large global enterprise.
What you’ll do
As a Network Engineer, daily activities of the role involve working within a large global team of DevOps Network Engineers, Product Owners, and Product Managers to enable the efficient running of all Cisco offices and remote/hybrid working solutions. You'll also have the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects across our technology portfolio.
Activities include but are not limited to:
- Use creative problem-solving to provide Cisco with advanced, essential business capabilities.
- Developing technical prototype environments and concepts.
- Supporting existing platforms and network solutions, including but not limited to both WAN, LAN, and Wireless.
- Single working/or part of a team dependent of the project, using the SAFe methodology.
- Identify and work on areas that can be automated to streamline processes within the team.
Requirements
We are looking for someone that can demonstrate the following;
- Including but not limited to a recent/upcoming graduate of a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) or a certification program (e.g. a bootcamp or apprenticeship). Equivalent experience accepted in lieu of these.
- Strong analytical mind-set
- Familiar with design concepts
- Demonstrate a keen interest in the following technologies: Networking (Routing, Switching, and Wireless), Software Defined Networking (i.e. SDWAN, SD-Access, etc), Automation / Programming – i.e. Python, Ansible, REST, APIs are advantageous but not essential, Virtualisation Technologies – VMware, OpenStack, Docker are advantageous.
What we offer
At Cisco we strongly believe in the wellbeing of our employees and work life balance and our benefits package is designed to reflect this. On top of your remuneration package, you may be entitled to receive these Benefits & Perks and more as part of our People Deal and benefits package + the following:
- Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays + an additional day off for your birthday
- Free shuttle buses between local stations and the Cisco Campus office
- We encourage a culture of giving back to the community, and you will be invited to participate in giving back events organised either by the IT team or the Bedfont Lakes campus CSR team. Every year, you can use up 5 days for volunteering activities on top of your normal annual leave allowance.
- Hands-on experience with the world's largest Networking company.
- Support in gaining your Cisco certifications
- Develop an extensive knowledge of Cisco’s broad product line.
- Give you the chance to work with the top engineers who are specialists in their fields.
- Assign you to projects where you will learn various troubleshooting skills.
- Give you access to the vast resources of Cisco to help enable your learning.
Our Hiring Teams
Network Engineering Access Team: We are responsible for connecting users and devices to our enterprise network across Cisco. We maintain the office wired and wireless networks, alongside several hardware and software remote access solutions with an Agile, SRE mindset and have lots of fun along the way.
Selection Process
Our selection process is as follows: Application - Hiring Team Video Interview – Virtual or Hybrid Cisco Day.
Why you will love Cisco
At Cisco, we connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren't afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.
We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.
Life in Cisco IT
We are uniquely positioned to see how the rest of the business operates – because between us - we support everyone! The possibilities to create, to build solutions that impact transformational change are endless because change is our constant.
Our team is everywhere, and so whilst based in the UK, we regularly work with people across the world and occasionally travel to meet each other.
We are devoted to spreading the word about technology in the community and ask our early in career hires to do the same, allocating 10-20% of their time in the first year to initiatives such as IamIT in schools and STEM events. In addition to this, we like to have fun and have regular team events.
