Network Engineer

St. James's Place (SJP) works inpartnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. Wedeliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trustus to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via thePartnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financialwellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. Webelieve in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help usproblem solve and innovate for clients.

We look for people to join SJP to make animpact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long termrelationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join the Network and Unified Comms Team in our Technology Division. The Network Engineer will ensure all SJP’s physical & wireless networks and remote access infrastructure are available and continue to run efficiently whilst implementing new technologies.

The role is directly responsibility for several operational systems. These include all aspects of our network including physical & wireless networks, datacentre connectivity, network & web security, secure partner access, secure web gateway and mobile device management

If you are a skilled network professional with a keen interest in financial services, we would love you hear from you!

What you’ll be doing?

• Maintaining, supporting, and improving corporate connectivity by proactively monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages should they occur.
• Developing and supporting the Partner and employee secure remote access solutions and maintaining and support our secure web gateway.
• Leading, implementing and supporting new solutions and improve resilience of the current network environment.
• Undertaking network capacity management, continuous service improvement, and supplier management.
• Providing expert Network SME support across the business and leading on network related projects.
• Participation in the shift and 24/7 on call rota (Qualifies for an additional payment).

Who are we looking for?

• Solid understanding of networking technologies and ability to be able to provide 3rd line(or above) network support.
• Experience with Firewalls(Palo Alto), Switching(Cisco), Wireless(Aruba), MDM(Ivanti), Cloud technology(Zscaler), Microsoft Server technologies, or similar technology.
• Be able to problem solve and the ability to carry out in depth detailed analysis of complex networking systems.
• Understanding context is essential and you must demonstrate a high level of skill to ensure effective communication across all levels of stakeholders

What's in it for you?

• Private Medical paid for by Company.
• Meaningful protection benefits with real value, such as 10X life cover, PHI, and critical illness.*
• Non-Contributory Pension – 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching.
• Parental leave – 6 months full pay
• 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday

*Not applicable to Fixed-Term Contracts (standard uplift applies in lieu of the protection benefits)

Flexible WorkingWe know that everyone works best indifferent ways, at different times and in different environments. We haveintroduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-timework, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people areencouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle, so please askthe question and start a conversation!

Research tells us that applicants(especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applyingfor a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extendedcareer-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and candemonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whetheryou tick every box.

Reasonable Adjustments
We're anequal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process isaccessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) atany stage please let us know by emailing us at

What's next?

Our team will be in touch. As a businessregulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with theconduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to aninterview with SJP.

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