Microsoft Network Specialist

We are currently hiring for a Microsoft Network Specialist to join the IT Service division for a growing business solutions client. This role will assist in technical pre-sales, formal scoping, design, deployment and support for Networking technologies. Due to the wide-ranging portfolio, it is assumed that the person undertaking this role would have a core understanding of key networking and firewall technologies.

Your responsibilities for this role will include;

• Supporting our Pre-sales consultants in creation of client proposals and High-Level Designs.
• Upon approval, create a detailed low-level design, Scope of Works and Service Technical Architecture document whilst meeting the original proposal and cost objectives.
• Take technical ownership of allocated client work, ensuring a high technical standard and that relevant stakeholders and communication promptly and professionally.
• Upon project completion and/or closure, there may be a requirement to provide hand-over training to the respective client teams around your technical delivery.
• In addition, you would be required to provide detailed configuration documentation as part of the BAU hand-over process.

You will need to have experience in the following;

• Experience with delivering customer requirements and/or technical projects.
• The ability to create technical documentation for project deployment and of a quality that can be presented to a client for approval.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals, IP subnetting, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
• Experience with FortiGate Firewalls
• Experience with MPLS, point to point, VPN, and SDWAN solutions
• Understanding of cloud-based networking principles

Salary: £60-65,000

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Remote - must be located South of Northampton