Summary: The Network Engineer role requires an SC cleared or eligible candidate to work fully onsite in Cumbria. The position involves designing and configuring network infrastructure components, performing impact assessments, and conducting testing. This contract role is set to last until the end of August, with a start date of April 14, 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Inputting into High Level Designs
• Creating Low Level designs from approved High Level Designs
• Configuring core infrastructure components such as Data Centre Fabric, Access/Distribution Switches, Routers, WAN, Firewalls, load balancers, Authentication Servers, Wifi controllers, and management tooling
• Performing impact assessments on large or complex networks
• Performing testing to pre-determined plans and analysing results
• Planning surveys/surveying for cross/site distribution areas (Fibre) and checking for cabling power/space
• Installing new SDA Switches and testing of kit, providing ELS and decom/removal of old Switches

Key Skills:

• Network Architecture (Compute/storage/End User)
• Working in secure environments
• Network Design (HLD/LLD)
• Cisco Networking (Routing/Switching)
• Data Centre Networking
• Cisco ACI
• Firewalls (Palo Alto/Cisco)
• Authentication (802.1x/Cisco ISE/AD familiarity)
• Network management
• Load balancing (Netscaler)
• Cisco SDA (Software Defined Access)
• Meraki
• Wifi, remote access, encryption

Salary (Rate): £450

City: Cumbria

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT