Network Engineer - Contract - London (hybrid) - £500/day - 6 Months
Posted Today by Hamilton Barnes
£500 Per day
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Network Engineer role is a contract position focused on delivering project-based network and security changes for a large distributed retail organization. This position does not involve any business-as-usual (BAU) or operational support responsibilities. The role requires hands-on experience with various networking technologies and tools. The contract duration is six months, with a hybrid working arrangement in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver planned configuration changes across Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Juniper SRX Firewalls
- Implement routing changes using BGP and associated enterprise protocols
- Build IPSec tunnels, VPNs, and Zero Trust access configurations following approved designs
- Configure F5 LTM for application delivery and traffic management
- Complete migration tasks, cutovers, and validation steps in line with project plans
- Produce implementation runbooks, testing steps, and post-change records
- Deploy Azure networking components (VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints)
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of routing and switching technologies
- Hands-on experience implementing BGP, OSPF, VLANs, NAT, QoS, and IPsec VPN
- Hands-on experience with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks, and Juniper SRX (policy creation, rule updates, segmentation, configuration deployment)
- Experience deploying Zscaler ZIA and/or ZPA, with understanding of Zero Trust concepts
- Practical experience delivering Azure networking solutions and hybrid connectivity
- Desirable: automation experience with Python, Terraform, GitHub, and/or Ansible; F5 LTM configuration experience; experience in large distributed or retail organisation
Salary (Rate): £500 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
NETWORK ENGINEER - CONTRACT - LONDON (HYBRID) - £500/DAY - 6 months
Our client, a large distributed retail organisation, is seeking a Network Engineer to deliver project-based network and security changes. This is a project delivery role only, with no BAU or operational support responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver planned configuration changes across Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Juniper SRX Firewalls
- Implement routing changes using BGP and associated enterprise protocols
- Build IPSec tunnels, VPNs, and Zero Trust access configurations following approved designs
- Configure F5 LTM for application delivery and traffic management
- Complete migration tasks, cutovers, and validation steps in line with project plans
- Produce implementation runbooks, testing steps, and post-change records
- Deploy Azure networking components (VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints)
What You Will Ideally Bring:
- Strong understanding of routing and switching technologies
- Hands-on experience implementing BGP, OSPF, VLANs, NAT, QoS, and IPsec VPN
- Hands-on experience with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks, and Juniper SRX (policy creation, rule updates, segmentation, configuration deployment)
- Experience deploying Zscaler ZIA and/or ZPA, with understanding of Zero Trust concepts
- Practical experience delivering Azure networking solutions and hybrid connectivity
- Desirable: automation experience with Python, Terraform, GitHub, and/or Ansible; F5 LTM configuration experience; experience in large distributed or retail organisation
Contract Details:
- Duration: 6 months
- Rate: £500 per day
- Location: London (Hybrid - 2-3 days on-site)
- Start Date: ASAP