Network Designer

Description: INSIDE IR35

Role Summary

Engineering-led Network Designer responsible for creating the gold-standard Cisco network blueprints that underpin all campus deployments globally.

Owns the engineering design standards, low-level designs (LLDs), routing architecture, and technical blueprints that Solution Architects use as repeatable "Lego blocks" to build site-specific solutions.

This is a nuts-and-bolts Cisco engineering role, focused on design depth rather than solution architecture breadth.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Design Ownership

Own and maintain Cisco network blueprints and engineering standards.

Develop reusable reference architectures for all campus environments.

Create implementation-ready Low-Level Designs (LLDs).

Define standards independent of site size or location.

Act as technical design authority for Cisco campus networking.

Core Cisco Design

Core switching architecture design.

Campus LAN design.

Enterprise Wi-Fi design.

Routing and switching architecture.

Network segmentation and security zoning.

High availability, resilience, and failover design.

Define standard configurations and build patterns.

Routing & Network Engineering

Expert knowledge of:

BGP

OSPF

EIGRP

IS-IS

HSRP

Route Redistribution

Layer 2/Layer 3 design

STP and network protection mechanisms

Tooling & Visibility

SolarWinds

Cisco Nexus Dashboard

Cisco DNA Centre

Cisco ISE

Network monitoring and operational design

Skills

• Infrastructure
• Cisco
• low level design
• low level routing
• wifi
• LAN

Employee Value Proposition: world leading CH company

Job Title:: Network Designer

Location:: London, UK

Rate/Salary:: 350.00 - 375.00 GBP Daily

Job Type:: Contract