Junior Network Engineer

Junior Network Engineer

£30,000 – £35,000 + benefits
Lancaster, 5 days a week in the office

The opportunity:

I'm working with a growing MSP based in Lancaster who are looking to bring in a Junior Network Engineer as they continue to expand their networking function following a number of new client wins.

They've got some interesting projects coming up and need someone with a good foundation in networking who can get involved in both project delivery and day-to-day customer support.

This isn't a role where you'll be sat on a service desk all day resetting passwords. You'll be getting hands-on with network installations, configuring equipment, troubleshooting connectivity issues and working alongside more experienced engineers on customer projects.

They're not expecting someone to know everything from day one. What they do want is someone who understands networking fundamentals, has some practical experience and is keen to develop into a more rounded Network Engineer.

Day to day

You'll be working across a mixture of networking projects and day-to-day customer support, both remotely and on-site.

A typical week could involve installing and configuring switches, routers, firewalls and wireless access points, troubleshooting LAN, WAN and Wi-Fi issues, or helping with new customer site installations and network upgrades.

The business works with technologies including Fortinet FortiGate, Ubiquiti UniFi and Juniper Mist, so there's a good opportunity to build experience across different networking platforms.

You'll also get involved in the physical side of networking, whether that's installing equipment into comms cabinets, patching switches or helping with wireless deployments. There'll be some wider IT support involved too, as you'd expect working within an MSP.

You'll have more experienced engineers around you to learn from, but as your knowledge develops, you'll be given more responsibility for your own work and customer projects.

Who we are looking for

We're fairly flexible on background. You could currently be working for an MSP, an ISP or within an internal IT team, provided you've got a good understanding of networking and some hands-on experience.

You might be a 1st or 2nd Line Support Engineer who's naturally gravitated towards networking, or someone who's completed a networking degree or CCNA and is looking for an opportunity to put that knowledge into practice.

Ideally, you'll be comfortable with the fundamentals of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, switching and routing, and have some experience troubleshooting network connectivity issues.

Any exposure to firewalls, particularly Fortinet, would be useful, although we're not expecting you to be an expert across every technology.

More importantly, we're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys networking, likes getting hands-on with equipment and wants to continue developing their technical skills.

You'll also need to be comfortable speaking with customers, attending sites when required and getting involved in whatever needs doing to get the job finished properly.

A full UK driving licence is essential given the customer-facing nature of the role.

The Next Steps

If you're currently working in IT support and want to move into a more networking-focused position, or you're already working in a junior networking role and want more exposure to projects and different technologies, this could be a good next step.

There's plenty of work coming through, a growing networking function and an opportunity to develop your skills alongside experienced engineers.

If you'd like to know more, get in touch with Joe White at CRG TEC for a confidential conversation.