Network Engineer (9 Months Contract, Inside IR35)

We are looking for a passionate, hands-on, cloud network infrastructure engineer to play a key role in the development, support and continual improvement of our cloud platform service. Reporting into the Network Manager, this role will work closely with application and development teams to ensure that the platform continuously supports business needs as well as fulfilling core network and security requirements. This is a great opportunity for someone with the technical aptitude, passion and drive to help support and improve cloud infrastructure services with focus on using the latest methodologies and technologies.

You are an ambitious and hardworking individual, with broad ranging skills and extensive experience within cloud services and network automation. You can comfortably handle multiple tasks and competing priorities and can prioritize effectively. You have excellent communication, can build strong and lasting business relationships and focus on excellence. You are self-motivated and are able to work individually as well as part of a team. Minimum criteria:

• Proficient knowledge of AWS Networking Services i.e. VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, WAF, NACL, SG etc.
• Hand-on experience with Palo Alto Networks products e.g. firewalls, Panorama, Prisma Access
• Knowledge and experience of core Networking principles (TCP/IP, Packet Capture, Dynamic Routing - BGP,OSPF)
• Experience working with scalable networking technologies such as Load Balancers/Firewalls and web standards
• Understanding of Cloud strategy and architecture
• Understanding of network concepts in relation to On-premise, Hybrid and Cloud environments
• Working with development methodologies: Agile, Scrum
• AWS and/or Palo Alto Certified
• Can work effectively with Manage Service Providers/ and 3rd parties
• Familiar with Cloud Security, Identity, compliance and standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates and key management.
  
  Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 700,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:
• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care
We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on-site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2-days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.