We're looking for an experienced Network Patching Engineer to support a large-scale network upgrade programme across a distributed estate of 10,000-20,000 devices.
You'll carry out approved patching and upgrade activities safely, validating service health before and after every change and troubleshooting methodically when things don't go to plan.
This is a hands-on delivery role, so you must be comfortable executing controlled network changes at scale.
Key responsibilities
- Execute approved network patching and firmware/software upgrade activities in line with the agreed change plan
- Review change plans, identify missing prerequisites or unsafe assumptions, and raise them before work begins
- Complete pre-change health checks and capture a reliable baseline before every change
- Follow process scripts and change control procedures accurately
- Run defined post-change tests, compare results against the baseline and recognise abnormal results
- Troubleshoot using monitoring, logs, configuration comparison and connectivity tests
- Work across a mix of technologies, mostly Cisco, plus F5 and Check Point
What we're looking for
- Practical experience in network patching, upgrades or change implementation in a large or comparable estate
- Network routing protocols and routing troubleshooting
- LAN technologies and switching
- WAN connectivity and carrier dependencies
- Firewall and security policy concepts
- Load balancer and traffic-flow concepts
- High availability and failover
- Network monitoring, alarms and logging
If this sounds like a good fit, apply now!
Rate:
£495/day
Location:
London
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Not Specified