Senior Network Engineer

Penta Consulting are a technology service provider and leading outsourced partner helping to deliver professional and managed solutions across EMEA.We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer to support a large-scale, complex network environment. This role will have a strong focus on Data Centre networking, Enterprise Routing & Switching, Network Security, Automation and troubleshooting critical network issues.The successful candidate will be heavily involved in operational support, complex incident resolution, root cause analysis and network maintenance activities.Key ResponsibilitiesTroubleshoot and resolve critical network outages and complex technical issuesProvide escalation support for Severity 1 & 2 incidentsPerform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and recommend corrective actionsSupport critical maintenance windows, upgrades and network changesWork closely with customer technical teams to improve network performance and stabilityKey Technical SkillsData Centre: VXLAN, EVPN, ECMP, IS-IS, MP-BGPCisco: Nexus Switches, Nexus DashboardRouting & Switching: L2/L3, BGP, OSPFSecurity: Firewalls, Cisco ISE, RADIUS/TACACSAutomation: Ansible, Python, Postman & APIsOptical: DWDM, SFP/SFP+/QSFPServer Load Balancing, Virtualisation & AI Data Centre Infrastructure