Network & Firewall Engineer
London, United Kingdom
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Genomics England
Genomics England analyses sequenced genomes for the NHS and then equips researchers to use data to help find the cause of disease.Company Description
Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.
Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.
We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.
Job Description
As a Network & Firewall Engineer, you will own the firewalls and take responsibility for the deployment, design, maintenance of our network & firewall infrastructure. Ensuring smooth running and providing a quick response to any incidents.
Working closely with our Platform Engineers and Solution Architects you will ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, as well as assist with deployment and sustaining of networking and firewall tools.
At Genomics England we have a network that covers on-prem data centres and AWS with large sensitive Data Sets which require specific security, networking, and firewalls in place. In this role, you will work with the broader Cyber Security Team developing skills across networking and security.
Skills & Experience
- It is essential you have experience of the Fortinet Product Stack - FortiManager, Fortigate/NGFW
- Knowledge of how to maintain and upgrade firewall hardware and software to ensure high performance
- Experience of designing, deploying, and managing computer networks utilising firewalls as a security mechanism
- Experience configuring and installing different network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS) (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS).
- Good experience in a network focused hands-on technical role working with IP routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data center and/or WAN network environments, is also highly desirable
Qualifications
Ideally, one or more networking or security certification
Additional Information
Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:
- 30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
- A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
- Life Assurance (3 x salary)
- Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
- A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
- Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
- Blended working arrangements
Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.
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As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.
Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. For some people this is 1 day a quarter, for others it is several days a week. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to. The exception would be some of our roles that would require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team.
Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.
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Perks/benefits: Career development Fitness / gym Flex vacation Health care Parental leave Wellness Yoga
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