IT Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by Totaljobs
£395 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
Summary: The role of IT Engineer involves supporting CCTV deployments and communications cabinet remediation within enterprise network environments for a leading retailer. The Infrastructure Engineer will focus on preparing network racks and comms rooms, ensuring compliance with operational standards while working within live Cisco network environments. Experience with Cisco infrastructure and Software Defined Access (SDA) is advantageous for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Performed comms cabinet remediation to prepare racks for CCTV and network equipment installations.
- Executed port purge activities, identifying and removing unused, redundant, or abandoned cabling from communications rooms.
- Conducted rack space optimisation, repositioning or removing equipment to create sufficient installation clearance.
- Removed legacy telecoms infrastructure, including obsolete voice panels, modules, and mounting bars obstructing switch access.
- Completed space remediation to improve rack capacity, airflow, and cabinet organisation.
- Delivered structured cabling remediation, removing redundant cabling and improving cable routing.
- Cleared patch panel and cable management obstructions to restore structured cabling pathways.
- Implemented best practice cable management, improving accessibility, maintenance, and airflow.
- Ensured racks were configured for efficient equipment installation, airflow optimisation, and operational access.
- Prepared cabinets to support CCTV NVRs, switches, and associated network infrastructure.
- Adjusted and relocated Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to avoid installation conflicts and maintain safe power distribution.
- Performed PDU remediation, ensuring adequate power capacity, redundancy, and compliance with infrastructure standards.
- Reorganised fibre panels and fibre patching infrastructure to prevent cable conflicts and maintain fibre routing integrity.
- Worked within Cisco enterprise network environments, supporting cabinet preparation for network infrastructure upgrades.
- Exposure to Cisco Software Defined Access (SDA) architecture and supporting infrastructure.
Key Skills:
- Experience with Cisco infrastructure.
- Knowledge of Software Defined Access (SDA) environments.
- Proficiency in structured cabling remediation and cable management.
- Ability to perform rack space optimisation and legacy equipment removal.
- Understanding of power distribution and fibre infrastructure.
- Experience working within live network environments.
Salary (Rate): £395 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
IT EngineerA leading retailer are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to support CCTV deployments and communications cabinet remediation within enterprise network environments.As the Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for preparing network racks and comms rooms through structured cabling remediation, rack space optimisation, legacy equipment removal, and power/fibre management to enable safe installation of CCTV and network hardware.The work will be carried out within live Cisco network environments, ensuring cabinets meet operational standards for accessibility, airflow, cable management, and power distribution. Experience with Cisco infrastructure and Software Defined Access (SDA) environments is advantageous.
Key Responsibilities
- Network Cabinet Remediation
- Performed comms cabinet remediation to prepare racks for CCTV and network equipment installations.
- Executed port purge activities, identifying and removing unused, redundant, or abandoned cabling from communications rooms.
- Conducted rack space optimisation, repositioning or removing equipment to create sufficient installation clearance.
- Removed legacy telecoms infrastructure, including obsolete voice panels, modules, and mounting bars obstructing switch access.
- Completed space remediation to improve rack capacity, airflow, and cabinet organisation.
- Structured Cabling & Cable Management
- Delivered structured cabling remediation, removing redundant cabling and improving cable routing.
- Cleared patch panel and cable management obstructions to restore structured cabling pathways.
- Implemented best practice cable management, improving accessibility, maintenance, and airflow.
- Ensured racks were configured for efficient equipment installation, airflow optimisation, and operational access.
- Prepared cabinets to support CCTV NVRs, switches, and associated network infrastructure.
- Power & Fibre Infrastructure
- Adjusted and relocated Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to avoid installation conflicts and maintain safe power distribution.
- Performed PDU remediation, ensuring adequate power capacity, redundancy, and compliance with infrastructure standards.
- Reorganise fibre panels and fibre patching infrastructure to prevent cable conflicts and maintain fibre routing integrity.
- Networking Environment
- Worked within Cisco enterprise network environments, supporting cabinet preparation for network infrastructure upgrades.
- Exposure to Cisco Software Defined Access (SDA) architecture and supporting infrastructure.
If you are an Infrastructure Engineer looking to join an exciting project then send your CV, along with day rate/availability to be considered for this role