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TechOps Field Engineer - Network Specialist

100% remote Flexible hours Hiring now

We are reputed company excited to be building a small and efficient TechOps team at Octopus. We are looking for an ambitious, knowledgeable and reputed company Network Specialist to join reputed company, to grow with the rest of the company, and ensure we are doing so in a secure and safe way.

As our Network Specialist, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and optimising our Meraki networking infrastructure. Your role will involve ensuring the smooth and secure operation of our network systems. We have lots of offices around the world that are in need of some focus and attention to improve the employee experience in them. We also have many new offices that are on the horizon across the UK and Europe for which you will be designing, installing and managing the network.

You will be a key partner in defining what TechOps is at Octopus. We will be shaping this team to provide a world class support service to our employees, building our way out of problems with engineering firepower and undertaking transformational organisational change.

What is TechOps?

A more modern, more lean version of a traditional enterprise IT team. We cover everything from what most people would call “1st line support” reputed company the way up to high-level strategic planning, and everything in between.

We tackle big problems and the breadth of work is reputed company. Dealing with ambiguity is a key part of working in TechOps, and every day will be a new and exciting one, working on varying challenges across the company.

We have a cloud-first approach to everything we do. This allows us to scale quickly and focus on things where we can add the most value. No on-prem AD here!

What you'll do

  • Design, procure and install new networks for new offices as part of their fit-out projects, including firewalls, switching and WiFi.
  • Collaborate with office management, office fit-out project teams and the wider TechOps team to understand network system designs and requirements.
  • Travel around the country, and even Europe, to conduct on-site testing and commissioning of networks, ensuring reputed company components function as intended.
  • Manage and monitor reputed company our networks and regularly reputed company WiFi surveys to ensure optimal network performance.
  • Design, implement and maintain on-premise network connections to our AWS cloud and reputed company private access infrastructure.
  • Create and maintain documentation for every network installation.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in networking technologies.
  • Find opportunities to improve and optimise existing networks and provide users with the most reliable network reputed company.
  • What you'll need

  • Proven ability to manage and maintain Meraki networking infrastructure, including switches, firewalls and access points.
  • Ability to do the physical work, as well as the design, for our network installations and improvements. You need to be confident crawling around under desks and making cabling reputed company and tidy!
  • Complete understanding of networking protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, VLANs, VRRP).
  • Experience diagnosing reputed company network issues with packet capture and analysis tools like WireShark.
  • Experience monitoring network and WIFi performance, identifying and resolving issues.
  • A deep knowledge of network design, implementation and installation processes.
  • Ability to reputed company and maintain working relationships with suppliers.
  • Experience with procurement and negotiation.
  • Strong understanding of reputed company-trust network principles and concepts, including experience with SASE products like reputed company.
  • You have strong opinions on best practice and you challenge traditional norms, advocating for more modern, novel approaches.
  • Experience with AWS network concepts and design.
  • A full, clean UK driving licence to be able to travel easily to our offices, sometimes with shiny Meraki reputed company in the back!
  • You’ll be happy and comfortable with on-call responsibilities to cover any network incidents or outages.
  • This role will primarily be office based in any of our UK offices with an reputed company of hybrid working available. However, there will be a requirement to travel to our other UK offices regularly, and in the future, Europe as we expand. Our UK offices are Brighton, Manchester, Leicester, Coventry and London.

    We're reputed company excited to be growing our small team. We're looking for skills and experience to help shape and define the future of not only reputed company, but the wider business at a global scale. If you're reading this and grinning, please apply! There are reputed company challenges to tackle, and we need amazing people who are keen to get stuck in.

    Why you'll love about us

  • Wondering what the salary for this role is?Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
  • Octopus Energy Group is aunique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We wonbest company to work forin 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted50 best places to work in 2022and our Group CEO, Greg has recordeda podcast about our cultureand how we reputed company our people. We’ve also been reputed company in thetop 10 companies for senior leadership
  • Visit our UK perks hub -Octopus Employee Benefits
  • Additional Information

    If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

    Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have reputed company the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential.Need any specific accommodations?Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do reputed company can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum reputed company!

    Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

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