You can be based in either Irlam or Milton Keynes for this role.

We’re changing it up 

We’re on a mission to build the UK’s finest digital infrastructure and unleash Britain’s potential. Together, we’re achieving incredible things. We may have big ambitions, but we never lose sight of what matters. That’s why we’ve created an open, inclusive environment where people can be themselves, where wellbeing and mental health come first, where we take a flexible approach to working, and where everyone has the chance to pursue their passions, keep learning and grow their careers. We’re changing up Britain and we’re changing up the workplace with better rewards, more opportunities to grow and the chance to make a difference to communities across the UK.  

A rewarding career 

We’re passionate about our work and we’re passionate about our people too. With a salary of up to £64,000 depending on experience, when you join the CityFibre family you’ll also enjoy benefits like 25 days’ holiday, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of your choice, performance-related bonus scheme, and private healthcare.

How can you change it up?

Working as part of our active engineering department, you’ll be responsible for the successful delivery of the security strategy and service portfolio. You will maximise network performance by creating and implementing frameworks for monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, and collaborating with network architects on network optimisation.

Some of the key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the implementation and operation of the Active Network Security tooling strategy
• Continual improvement of the wider City Fibre environment by contributing security design to systems, configurations, installation
• Contributing towards defining & implementing required frameworks for the management of network environment
• Supporting the Network Operations group undertaking forensic/ CERT investigations in a final line of Tier3/4 as / when required

What will you bring to the role?

This is a chance for you to bring your experience, enthusiasm, and ambition to an environment where you’ll be making an impact from day one as well as be fully supported to fulfil your potential.

You must have a strong understanding of security and security ops principles in a multi-vendor, zero trust environment. Alongside this, you will need to be knowledgeable of stateful firewalls, IDS / IDP, and other related security technologies.

You’ll also be a natural problem solver with well-developed troubleshooting skills and methodologies, have experience of alternate operating and process methodologies and a good understanding of layer 2 technologies and layer 3 routing protocols.

Our unique culture 

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer; we celebrate diversity, we believe everyone has a voice and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. Even though we come from different backgrounds and do different jobs, we’re united by The CityFibre Way - our unique code of behaviours that inspires how we think, act and work. We back each other, think smart and act fast, and we’re passionate about giving it our best to build a legacy together. 

Ready to start changing it up? Join the CityFibre family today. 

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CityFibre is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to individuals from all backgrounds, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, family status and disability. We recognise that everyone is an individual with a wide range of experiences and perspectives and believe this diversity of thought is what makes CityFibre special.