Network Engineer

Manchester Airport Group
At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. The safety of our customers is at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has a unique opportunity to contribute as we help families, businesses and cargo connect around the world. We are ambitious for our airports, investing in the infrastructure our airports need to grow beyond pre-pandemic levels over the coming years. We are always on the lookout for new ways we can add value for customers as they travel, as well as seeking opportunities to work smarter and collaborate more. We’re all here on a journey ourselves, striving every day to help make air travel smoother, more seamless, connecting more people and goods with the world. As a team, we recognise the importance of what we do, supporting one another along the way. Together, we are the Journey Makers.

The Network Engineer role
You’ll be joining us at this exciting time of great transformation within IT infrastructure and within our business. You’ll be providing support to MAG data networks to ensure a high quality of service to our customers, in a 24/7/365 fast-paced environment where you’ll be working as part of a service-focused team supporting critical data networks. You’ll be following the ITIL process, responding to and fixing all LAN / WAN LAN / WAN, Wireless Network and security infrastructure faults using established best practice and standard for the completion of all known incidents and problems, providing 2nd line technical referral to external support parties where necessary. You’ll be performing analysis & troubleshooting on core network devices to determine baselines, bottlenecks and forecasts for capacity planning, using available tools (such as Solarwinds) to proactively monitor the state of the data networks. Along with the Network Support Team Leader, Network Project Manager and Infrastructure Operations Manager, you’ll play a key role in projects requiring change and development to the airport’s data network, focusing on the technical aspects of design and implementation. You’ll configure network devices and their deployment into the production LAN / WAN, Wireless Network and security infrastructure and you’ll perform detailed risk analysis for any configuration changes needed to devices on the live environment. You’ll maintain high level of support documentation, detailing the current design, topology and support mechanisms to help improve resolution times.

What will make you a successful Network Engineer?
You’ll have at least 5 years’ experience in a similar Network Engineer role in a large, complex organisation along with demonstrable competence on a variety of LAN (Cisco) & Wireless (Aruba) technologies, network protocols such as BGP and OSPF, Firewalls (ASA) & Firepower Configuration, VPNs and network management tools such as Cisco DCNM & DNAC. Aruba experience would be advantageous.

What can we offer in return?
Great benefits as you would expect from a business the size of MAG – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package including 6% company contribution pension, 24 days holidays plus bank holidays, free parking, subsidised public transport and a huge range of company discounts.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such welcome applications from candidates from all diverse backgrounds.

MAG is a Disability confident employer and therefore are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing HR.Recruitment@MAGAirports.com