Network Engineer

Meet our Team
We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Manager - Network Operations & Maintenance, this role will be key to developing, delivering and supporting enterprise network solutions, (both internal and external) that will enable Hitachi Vantara to be a leader in the delivery of solutions for Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and Social Innovation. The Hitachi Vantara Network team is rethinking everything with an emphasis on leveraging software defined solutions in the LAN, WAN, Wireless and Data Center, driving automation throughout the network service stack and increasing efficiency and reliability of delivered services.

What you bring to the team
• Configure, administer, and deploy network services and solutions LAN, WLAN, SDWAN & Palo Alto firewalls
• Deploy solutions starting with the proof of concept and continuing through full deployment and support transition to Operations teams
• Identify, recommend, and lead continuous network infrastructure improvement efforts
• Find and recommend new and innovative products, services, and solutions
• Drive innovation and automation across the network and enable other teams to do the same
• To plan, test and execute Configuration changes and IOS upgrades as per the vendor recommendations.
• Support network operations across all locations
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of incidents
• Responsible for implementation of network Infrastructure projects globally

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Minimum 2 years of industry experience as a Network engineer working on LAN, WAN, Wireless, SD-WAN technologies
• Demonstrable experience in Routing & Switching - Cisco, Firewalls - Palo Alto firewalls, Wireless - Cisco and MIST solutions
• Good understanding of network protocols including BGP, OSPF, IPSEC, HSRP, VDC, 802.11, 802.1x, SNMP
• Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills
• Knowledge in capacity planning, QoS, and intelligent/optimal path selection methodologies
• Hands on experience using network simulation, automation and scripting tools
• Knowledge and use of network monitoring tools such as HP OV, Solarwinds Orion, Panorama, Cisco Prime, Wireshark (or similar network packet capture tools)

Our Values
Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don't meet all of the set criteria. We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect
Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity
Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge