Branch & Campus Patching Manager

We're looking for an experienced Branch & Campus Patching Manager to lead a large-scale network upgrade programme across a distributed estate of 10,000-20,000 devices.

You'll plan, coordinate and oversee firmware and software upgrades across branch and campus environments, keeping the business running while changes land safely across hundreds of locations.

This is a hands-on delivery role so you must be comfortable with network changes at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of firmware and software upgrades across branch and campus networks (10,000-20,000 devices)
• Design and run staged, ring based rollouts to limit risk and blast radius
• Assess the impact of change across large numbers of locations before go-live
• Define local validation checks and remote recovery procedures for each rollout stage
• Coordinate on-site engineers who carry out the changes, including managing shift rotas and weekend cover
• Account for WAN dependencies, campus switching and wireless dependencies, and regional connectivity differences when planning
• Work with the mix of technologies in scope: mostly Cisco, plus F5 and Check Point

What they're looking for:

• Proven experience delivering patching or upgrade programmes at scale (10-20k devices or comparable)
• Strong knowledge of branch connectivity and WAN dependencies
• Understanding of campus switching and wireless-related dependencies
• Understanding of local resilience and survivability, such as how sites cope when the WAN is down
• Awareness of regional variations in connectivity and how they affect rollout planning
• Familiarity with Cisco (the majority of the estate), F5 and Check Point

If this sounds like a good fot, apply now! We're commencing interviewing stages imminently.

Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.