Network Engineer, Professional Services

Network Engineer, Professional Services
We are recruiting for an experienced Network Engineer to join an established American Network Integrator focused on Network automation. This role involves maintaining and expanding the network landscape for our diverse clientele, with a particular focus on Arista technology.
This position offers an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Network Engineer to work with innovative technologies within an Enterprise environment.
As a senior role, it requires a strong existing knowledge base and experience, combined with a demonstrated ability to take ownership of challenges, lead projects, transfer knowledge, and drive innovation. The ideal candidate will be a quick learner with a genuine passion for building and maintaining a scalable and secure infrastructure that supports our company's growth.
Job Description:
As a Network Engineer, your main responsibility is to design, consult on, implement, and support security services for our customers. In this role, you will spend most of your time working directly with clients. You will collaborate with designated consulting and engineering team members while also operating with a high degree of independence. This position requires a solid understanding of Cisco and Arista networking products.

Responsibilities:
• Assist in pre-implementation services scope & solutions design activities, supporting Project Management to develop defined statements of work and resource plans.
• Perform solutions delivery activities for customer success, through demonstrated technical knowledge and consultative skills
• Lead customer design workshops, evaluating design options and solutions to finalize design principals
• Create a High Level Design of the technical solution specifications
• Develop a Low Level Design against the agreed requirements
• Develop the technical implementation/migration plan
• Develop the network test & system plan
• Implements & configures of solutions as per approved designs and implementation plans
• Test & commission solutions as per approved system acceptance test plans
• Develop & execute service transition plans/handover
• As required, train customer technical & operations personnel
• Identify opportunities for additional engagements & solutions
• Develop & nurture strong relationships with customer and OEM teams
• Through focused customer account knowledge, provide sales account managers with lead opportunities
• Leads as General Technical Expert: Identifies opportunities, locally and globally, for additional engagements, and for development of new services and solutions
• Provide technical expertise for the Business Development function
• Designs innovative technical solutions that drive strategic objectives

Required Skills:
• 4 Years’ Industry Experience
• Knowledge and demonstrated operating experience, preferably with Professional Level Manufacturer certifications in one or more areas of specialization, including Cisco and Arista
• Teamwork - The ability to cooperate with others to meet objectives.
• Goal achievement - The ability to identify and prioritize activities that lead to a goal.
• Customer focus - A commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Communication - The ability to listen, interpret, communicate and present, in an effective manner.
• Self-Management - Ability to prioritize and complete tasks in order to deliver desired outcomes within allotted time frames
• Continuous Learning - The ability to take personal responsibility and action toward learning and implementing new ideas, methods and technologies.
• Problem solving - The ability to identify key components of a problem to formulate a solution or solutions
• Persuasive Presentation - Effectively & concisely communicates through verbal and visual methods to gain the support and cooperation from stakeholders, superiors, colleagues, subordinates and other parties to achieve a desired course of action
• Facilitation Skills - Impartially guides a group with an overall goal of reaching consensus, solving problems or accomplishing tasks.

Other
• Travel required (up to 25%), mainly in the London area.

Remuneration
• Attractive salary and benefits, including a large training budget