My NHS client is currently seeking a Network Engineer with solid experience of working within the NHS environment. This Network Engineer will work onsite in Gillingham, Kent from Monday - Friday and the contract will be initially for 3 months.

Rate: £22.40 per hour (inside IR35, via an umbrella company)

Location: Onsite at Gillingham, Kent site (full time)

Tenure: 3 months, extendable

The predominant duties of this Network Engineer is to:

• Support and maintain service capability of the IT network infrastructure, specifically in the area of Networking, Switching,
• Routing, Wireless, Switch Cabinets, Firewalls, Cabling, WAN Links, ADSL, Network
• Performance, Security and Resilience.
• Extensive knowledge of IT standards and system management methodologies
• Good knowledge on Security/VPN's, MPLS etc.
• Good knowledge on network switching & routing in a multi-site environment
• Good knowledge of Firewall configuration and management, including Firewall security
• Good knowledge of Proxy Servers
• Thorough understanding of LANS/WANS (P2P vs national Ethernet vs ISDN etc.)
• Basic understanding of server infrastructure technologies including VMWare, Active Directory, Clustering and MSSQL.

Keywords: Network, Cisco, CCNA, LAN, WAN, VPN, switching, cabinets, cabling, cable, wireless, Firewalls, ADSL, routing