Senior Network Engineer - Cisco & Arista

Contract: Senior Network Engineer (CCIE-Level) Start Date ASAP Duration: 12 months Location: UK remote with occasional travel to Europe Rate: £500 - £570 a day (Inside IR35 via umbrella) Reference: 20681

We're looking for a Senior Network Engineer with CCIE-level expertise to support a major transformation of a clients EMEA data centre network estate. This is a hands-on contract role focused on migrating Legacy Cisco infrastructure to a modern Arista environment.

You'll play a key role in designing and delivering large-scale network migrations, providing technical leadership throughout the project while working closely with engineering teams to ensure a smooth transition.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading Cisco-to-Arista data centre migration activities
• Designing and implementing scalable Arista network fabrics
• Working with EVPN/VXLAN, routing, switching and data centre networking technologies
• Using Arista CloudVision, CVaaS and AVD to automate deployments and manage configurations
• Converting network configurations into AVD YAML and supporting GitOps-based deployment pipelines
• Producing technical documentation and mentoring internal engineering teams throughout the migration

What we're looking for:

• CCIE-level knowledge of enterprise data centre networking (certification preferred but not essential)
• Extensive experience with Cisco Nexus, NX-OS, vPC and large-scale Cisco environments
• Strong hands-on experience with Arista EOS, CloudVision, AVD and EVPN/VXLAN
• Proven background delivering Cisco-to-Arista migration projects
• Experience with network automation, GitOps or CI/CD pipelines would be highly desirable
• Knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation, Palo Alto Firewalls and F5/NetScaler technologies would be advantageous

Networking People (UK) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.