Senior Infrastructure Engineer

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for a 6 months Inside contract based Hybrid Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, Blackpool SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active SV clearance.  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives. Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to: Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, your main responsibilities will be: Essential: Palo Alto Firewalls Experience with VXLAN overlay technology, EVPN and multi-site fabric architectures and VRF segmentation (Arista technologies desirable. Implement and troubleshoot dynamic routing protocols, in particular complex OSPF and BGP environments for optimized traffic flow and redundancy. Experience with Load Balancing technologies and modules (F5 ASM, APM, LTM BIG IP) Experience in network project delivery Experience and successful track record of operation of products, services and techniques used to operate network services in large scale organisations SC clearance.