Cisco Training and Job Opportunities

Posted by Peter George

Free Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Training at Net Resources

We are currently recruiting job seekers for our first Cisco Certified Network Associate course which will be delivered at our newly built Cisco Community Networking Academy in Haymarket.

To be eligible, you will be unemployed and living in Edinburgh, qualified to at least NC Computing, HNC/HND Computing or related discipline, or CompTIA A+. In addition, we’re looking for candidates who have not benefited from either Training for Work or New Deal type training support in the past.

We are particularly interested in hearing from young people, lone parents and women returners to the labour market, who are interested in developing a career in network engineering.

This is a unique opportunity to gain one of the most sought after career certifications in the industry today. If you are considering applying, and would like to find out more, please call Peter at Net Resources Academy on 0131 477 7127.

Cisco – Network Consulting Engineer, Edinburgh

This is a senior Cisco role, an a fantastic opportunity for a CCIE with finance/large enterprise industry background BS, CS, or University degree equivalent plus 6-8 years experience in network engineering or telecommunications support environment. Advanced degree strongly preferred.

Our good friends Hudson are handling the recruitment. Find out more and apply online at the Hudson web site

Networking and Security Opportunities at DNS

With headquarters in Edinburgh dns is a leading provider of information security services in the UK.

Their web site details three very exciting senior career opportunities;

• Senior Consultant specialising in Network Security, based in the South East of England.

• Senior Consultant – Identity Management / Portal Directory Architect, Edinburgh, Scotland and the M4 corridor.

• Senior Security Analyst – Managed Security Services, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Systems Developer – Lumison

Thriving Edinburgh based ISP Lumison have a great looking opportunity for the right person, based at their Newbridge datacentre.

“The role of systems developer will involve being part of a team that is responsible for designing, implementing and developing the Lumison hosting system and network. The Lumison hosting system currently provides web, mail, ftp, database, DNS, RADIUS and other ISP-related services and is mainly based on unix (Linux), but also involves Windows 2003, load balancers, routers, switches and dslams. The design aims will be to provide a fast, resilient, reliable hosting environment and network with guaranteed levels of service across the infrastructure.”

Find out more and apply over at the Lumison web site.

Edinburgh University – Senior Computing Officer x 2

“Two Senior Computing Officers are required for the JANET Videoconferencing Service Management Centre in the Network team to help support videoconferencing services to staff of HE/FE and schools sector organisations across the UK.

IT support experience, a broad knowledge of computer systems with videoconferencing over IP & ISDN networks as well as excellent problem-solving skills are essential and you must be able to work in a team and communicate well with users. You must possess excellent presentation and communication skills. Knowledge of H.323 and H.320 protocols and associated videoconferencing equipment is desirable.”

Find out more and apply online at jobs.ed.ac.uk

Edinburgh University – Web Designer/Developer, Management School and Economics

Applications are invited for a full-time Web Designer/Developer for a fixed term of one year. Edinburgh University School of Management and Economics are about to undertake a major redevelopment of the School’s web site, so this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced web designer/developer to become part of their 3 strong web team.

A dynamic and engaging web presence is essential to attract the very best students to our high quality programmes, and to forge and strengthen their links with the corporate community. You will have a comprehensive range of technical competencies and an excellent track record in the use of database technologies in site design, and will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and technical development of the School’s web presence. Essential requirements include an in-depth working knowledge of HTML and CSS using DreamWeaver MX, experience of ColdFusion/SQL and an excellent standard of written English.

Find out more and apply online at jobs.ed.ac.uk

Scotweb Store – Web / Database Developer

Scotweb Store is a highly successful and fast-growing specialist online retail operation, built on their own back-end programming and customer facing web sites, all developed in-house.

Your duties will mostly entail development and maintenance of their software and web sites, working alongside their systems administrator and their site content coordinator. You will also be partially responsible for the day to day upkeep of the (mostly Apple Mac) office systems.

You will need:

• One or more high level languages (Perl/PHP/Java/C etc.)
• Relational databases (Specifically PostgreSQL or MySQL)
• XHTML/CSS
• Willingness to learn

These would be an advantage:

• Filemaker Pro or similar products e.g. Microsoft Access
• Linux experience
• Knowledge of usability principles

The working environment is friendly but focussed, as part of a team of around nine full-time staff. Hours will mostly be normal weekday 9-5 or 10-6, but emergency cover out of hours (usually possible off-site) may be required very occasionally.

Salary will be between 16K & 24K, depending on skills and experience.

To apply, attach your CV with a covering email (not a separate Word doc please) to ‘jobs@scotweb.co.uk’ after taking a quick look at their sites: www.scotwebstore.com

Scotweb Stores tell us that they will be particularly interested in your covering letter, so please tell them why the job interests you, and also tell them your salary expectations and possible start date.

Web Developer – Realise

Possibly a bit late in the day for this one as it was posted 14th March, but blue chip web agency Realise were looking for an experienced Web Developer to join the team down in Leith.

“You need to have excellent client-coding skills, with a minimum of 1 years’ practical experience. Experience of HTML, XHTML, DHTML, XSLT, CSS, Javascript, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver are essential. A familiarity with Flash Action Scripting, XSL-FO, CMSs and .NET would be an advantage.”

More details, and how to apply over at the Realise web site

CV’s Accepted at Navy Blue

No job descriptions posted, but Navy Blue look like they have an open door policy with regards to accepting speculative CV’s. If you’re hot on corprate branding identity, web development, or 3d design you could hardly look for a more exciting and dynamic place to work. Why not visit the Navy Blue web site and forward them your CV?

And finally …

Not much to report from The Scotsman jobs section this week. You heard about all the best jobs here first anyway. ;-)

Good luck with your job hunting. Do help spread the word about our Cisco training opportunities as we’re actively recruiting right now!