Group IT Network Engineer

Vacancy - Group IT Network Engineer

Are you seeking an opportunity to use your networking experience in a varied role, where you will have the chance to work across a variety of environments managing a diverse range of challenges each day?  Are you excited to broaden your skills and experience and progress your career in an organisation that encourages and values development for all? 

We’re seeking a Group IT Network Engineer, to join our team, where you will be encouraged to make a real difference, supporting all aspects of our network.

Your Role

In this role you will support, maintain and upgrade the network for all Ports across our Group.  You will be based at the Port of Liverpool but with an opportunity for occasional travel to other locations to support the enhancement of our networks.

Working with senior engineers, who will support, coach and develop you, you will play a role in configuring Cisco networks, ensuring the network is working effectively to maximise system availability, stability and performance for users across both office and operational locations.

What you'll bring

You will:

• An understanding of Cisco and HP platforms, as well as network fundamentals within virtualisation
• Have experience working with and configuring firewalls, such as Fortigate;
• Be a team player with experience of working with internal customers;

You will ideally:

• Have experience working with Aruba and/or Cisco Wi-Fi technologies;
• Have an understanding of or exposure to Azure networking and fibre optics;
• Have CCNA certification or be working towards it.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development 
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!