Junior Network Engineer

About The Role

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Role: Junior Network Engineer

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months

Salary Package: Competitive

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Demand for SCC’s Professional services continues to grow both from existing and new customers. This has created an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Junior Network Engineer to join our talented team, based in Birmingham, London or Manchester.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with other engineers and Technical Architects to bring Network designs to life
• Performing Network (WAN, LAN, WLAN and Firewall) configuration, deployment, troubleshooting and administration as part of a project.
• Performing authorised changes to customer environments, attending CABs where necessary
• Ensuring technical documentation is completed and updated
• Assisting with acceptance into service into operational support for all new implementations and enhancements/upgrades
• Liaison with third party vendors (such as Cisco, Aruba or Fortinet) and escalation when necessary
• Contributing to delivering team performance

• Minimum CCNA level accreditation (or demonstrable progress along the certification track, such as ICND1 / ICND2)
• CompTIA Network+ or equivalent
• Some background with core network technologies
• Experience of working with switching, routing, firewall and other network technologies
• Demonstrating excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to research and troubleshoot technical, multi-site and multi-disciplinary problems and incidents
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Background with core network, computer and storage technologies in large-scale deployments

About Us

SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.

We are an equal opportunities employer

SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.