Network Manager Full Time

Keystream Group Limited

A Network Manager is needed for a large private healthcare group to manage the IT Networks team, 3rd party providers, contracted resources and managed service partners ensuring the operational stability, availability and security of the IT Network services on a day-to-day basis. This is a permanent role and offers a salary of £60,000 – £75,000, dependent on candidate experience. This role also offers a bonus and benefits scheme. The role is flexible in terms of remote working and has a requirement of occasional travel to nationwide sites.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Oversee the network environments; monitoring performance, ensuring system availability, reliability and providing input into capacity planning to handle projected growth
• Lead the IT Service Delivery elements of major networks projects and change programmes
• Design, develop and implement IT networks estate and services
• Direct the installation, support, and maintenance of production systems to completion
• Function as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the IT Networks team and wider IT department
• Liaise with 3rd party providers, contracted resources and managed service providers ensuring they are delivering services to the agreed objectives and targets.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to member of the IT Network team, including providing pastoral care for team members, undertaking both informal review and formal appraisals and recruitment of new members

The successful candidate will be strongly motivated to deliver high levels of service to the IT service delivery team and will have a willingness to support and mentor junior staff.

Other key skills include:

• 7+ years’ experience within a medium/large organisation (6,000+ end-users, 40+ different locations)

• 7+ years’ experience in Network technologies such as: LAN Switching, WAN/LAN Routing and L3 technologies, Firewalls, Load Balancing and traffic prioritising technologies, VPN and Remote Access Technologies, Network management platform technologies, WLAN, network capacity planning and management including detailed sub/supernetting

• 5+ years’ experience of enterprise architecture, network design and documentation including designing solutions derived from standards and templates

• 1+ years’ experience in supplier relationship management, commercial and budgetary management.

For more information and to apply for this Network Manager role, please contact a member of the Keystream team today.