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IT Network Security Engineer

Hybrid

Exeter, United kingdom

Freelance

23-04-2025

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Job Specifications

Exeter

In office during probation, 3 days per week in office thereafter

GBP36.5k

I am working with a manufacturing and commerce client based in Exeter.

They are looking for a network security engineer to join their IT team.

Ideally you will have some or all of the skills that are listed below.

There is training provided for the right candidate, so if you have some, or all of the below and you would like to work with the associated technologies on business projects, then this is a great opportunity to develop within your career.

You will be getting involved in building and maintaining secure, efficient and stable networks and systems. You will be responsible for ensuring that networks and communications are optimised and that they function consistently, both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

Design and deploy companies network services securely

Monitoring and administration of installations, integration of network communications including routers, switches, firewalls, DMZ, servers, telephony, LAN/WAN.

Manage IP subnet, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, VoIP traffic.

Protect network security.

Ensure failure protocols are in place.

Stakeholder communication.

Ensure connectivity is balanced and sufficient with failover plan in place.

General activities such as administration, asset management, documentation, hardware builds and deployment, technical support of hardware infrastructure.

Train end users in safe use of IT infrastructure, and update relevant technical documentation.

Skills And Experience

MS Windows Environment experience

CCNA/CCNP Accreditation

Awareness of cyber threats and how to manage them is absolutely essential.

Cat6 / fibre communication protocol skills

Network : routers, switches, firewalls, LAN/WAN, servers

Active Directory / MS Entra : profiles, security groups, group policy and configuration.

Network Security and preventative security measures.

Management of web connectivity, email services, and security.

Failover protocol experience.

Asset Management.

Desirable Experience

Dell switches with fibre

Fortigate products

SCCM / MECM

ESXi and VMware

Veeam, CrowdStrike, Cortex XDR configuration and administration

Benefits

Holiday increases with length of service.

Hybrid working after 3 month probation.

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Flexitime

Cycle to work

And more x2026;

This is an urgent vacancy, please apply if you would like to be considered, along with a copy of your up to date CV, quoting reference

If you are interested in this position please click apply.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent and contract roles within Engineering and Manufacturing, IT and Digital, Science and Technology and Service and Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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