08 February 2008

Senior Engineer Urgent GBP33,000 to GBP40,000 per annum

Senior Engineer Urgent GBP33,000 to GBP40,000 per annum
Position Description
We are currently looking for a mature and experienced Senior Engineer to fill a key technical role within our growing Engineering department. The successful candidate will play a prominent role within the department and should be capable of providing technical expertise across a broad range of technologies.
The Senior Engineer should provide input at a comparative level to that of the Engineering Manager with a predominant focus on being a high level technical resource for all aspects of the company. The Senior Engineer should be able to fill a principal technical role in the absence of the CTO and Engineering Manager.
Please include a covering letter with your application explaining a little about your background and outlining how you can fulfil this requirement.
Required Experience
Essential:
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years experience in the industry and be able to show clear and consistent career progression and increasing responsibility in line with a constantly expanding skillset.
* Minimum 2 years in a high level technical role (ie. Senior Engineer, IT Manager, etc.)
* Demonstrated enthusiasm for expanding technical knowledge and skills.
* You must also live within a commutable range of Chelsea (nearest tube is Fulham Broadway)
* Be able to speak and write English fluently and clearly
*** PLEASE APPLY FOR THE POSITION ONLY IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE SKILLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS ***
* Network
o IP level networking, including:
 MPLS
 Routing
 Layer 2 and 3 switching
 VLAN, QOS
 Firewall configuration
o WAN technologies, including:
 ADSL, SDSL, Leased Lines, LES, WES
 VPN, ISAKMP, IPSEC
o Network Services: DNS, DHCP, HTTP, SSL, SMTP
o Network and system design
* Hardware
o Hardware technologies in use on the managed network, including:
 Cisco routers, firewalls, access points and switches
 Sonicwall firewalls
 Linksys switches and access points
 Zyxel routers and switches
 Draytek routers
o Server hardware including:
 RAID configuration
 Dell and HP server builds and maintenance
 Blade server builds and maintenance
o Storage hardware including:
 SAN, DAS and NAS technologies
 Fibre Channel and iSCSI
 Tape drives and autoloaders
* Virtualisation technologies including:
o VMWare Server
o ESX Server
o Windows Virtual Server 2005
* Windows server solutions including:
o SBS 2000 and 2003
o Windows Server 2000 and 2003
o Terminal Services
o Exchange 2000 and 2003
o SQL Server 2000 and 2005
o WSUS
o SharePoint Services
o Group policies
o Data Protection Manager
Salary & Benefits
GBP33,000-GBP40,000 per annum
Employer Description
We are a fast-growing "outsourced IT department" for SMEs, with a blue-chip client list including high-street brands, financial institutions and multinational companies. We supply and maintain a complete range of IT equipment and services, working to demanding fixed-price contracts with best-of-breed tools. We succeed by standardising and automating, then applying intelligent engineers to what remains. We invest heavily in R&D; and combine the cutting-edge with reliable professionalism.

Call: Dom@conosco.com, Dom Johnston