ICT Network Engineer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Oldham, OL1 1HD |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75733571 |
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Technology & Digital, and Governance
ICT / Digital
ICT Network Engineer
Ref: 001003
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £42,839- £47,181 per annum (Grade 8)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Location: Spindles, George St, Oldham OL1 1HD
Closing Date: Wednesday 17th September 2025
Interview Date: TBC.
Role Overview:
An opportunity has arisen in the councils ICT service to join our Networking Team, as an IT Network Engineer.
This role is vital in ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our network infrastructure across council sites. You’ll be responsible for maintaining and upgrading network hardware, managing firewalls and VPNs, and supporting the rollout of new technologies to improve service delivery.
We’re looking for someone with strong experience in Cisco and/or FortiGate network environments, a solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, and network security principles. You’ll work closely with internal teams and external partners to troubleshoot issues, implement solutions, and contribute to strategic infrastructure projects. Experience of cloud networking is beneficial with Azure preferred but skills transferable from AWS or GCP.
This role calls for a strong analytical mindset, solid technical capabilities, and a collaborative approach to solving problems within cross-functional teams. Your work will have a direct impact on improving service efficiency, security and availability and improving service delivery to Oldham Council and the people of the Oldham Borough.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide 3rd line technical support of all existing network infrastructure
- Plan and implement updates of network infrastructure, identifying and communicating any risks and possible outages resulting from such changes
- Maintain, design, setup and configure complex network environments
- Troubleshooting malfunctions of network hardware and software applications, security systems to resolve operational issues to a satisfactory conclusion
- Identify and escalate improvements to the operational management of the network infrastructure including the selection of suitable tools
Key Requirements:
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- 4+ years’ experience in a similar role with supporting qualifications.
- Comfortable working within a team, supporting other teams to aid them in fulfilling their duties
- Professional qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, FCA or FCP (desirable)
- Can demonstrate a good understanding of network protocols and services including but not limited to (TCP/IP, routing protocols, VRF’s, VPN, MPLS, VLAN’s, VxLAN, STP, Etherchannel/MCLAG, access-lists/security-policies, NAT, AAA, 802.1x, etc)
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Us:
We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:
A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.
We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.
Our Values and Behaviours:
By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.
We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:
- Work with a resident focus
- Support local leaders
- Committed to the borough
- Delivery high performance
- Take ownership and drive change
You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page
Our Benefits Package:
At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:
- 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
- The option to purchase additional annual leave.
- An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
- Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
- Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
- Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
- Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
- Staff recognition and celebration events.
- Peer support groups
Inclusive Recruitment:
We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.
If you’re an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer or someone who has served in the Armed Forces and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.
Data and Privacy:
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Important Information:
Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.
While we embrace the use of AI as an innovative tool to maximise our services at Oldham Council, we are looking for authenticity in applications we receive. We therefore ask you to think carefully if choosing to use AI when completing your application and ask that you ensure you read all instructions carefully and that your application is written by you and reflects your skills, knowledge and enthusiasm.
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