Network Consultant - 6-Month Contract - Hybrid - London/WFH

Network Consultant - 6-Month Contract - Hybrid - London/WFH

• Location: London (Hybrid - on-site as required)
• Duration: 6 months
• Day Rate: £400 Per Day - £500 Per Day (Inside IR35)
• Start Date: ASAP

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Network Consultant with strong Arista experience. You will work on high-impact network transformation initiatives, delivering robust designs, migration strategies, and technical leadership across a world-class service provider environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop advanced network solutions aligned with industry best practices.
• Produce High-Level Designs (HLDs) and present to technical and business stakeholders.
• Create Bills of Materials to support project scope and delivery.
• Analyse fibre route maps and define resilient physical network designs to remove single points of failure.
• Develop migration plans and bespoke technical solutions as required.
• Provide training, knowledge transfer, and technical guidance to engineering teams.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Deep understanding of Layer 2 & Layer 3 networking, TCP/IP, IPv6.
• Strong hands-on experience with VXLAN EVPN, Arista Switches, and Arista CloudVision Portal (CVP).
• Excellent routing and switching knowledge including BGP and OSPF.
• Expertise in Segment Routing (SR), SR-TE, and Flex-Algo.
• Proven experience designing and deploying multicast networks.
• Experience automating Arista networks.

Desirable Skills:

• Proficiency with automation tools: Ansible, Python, NSO, Git/GitLab.
• Knowledge of public cloud networking.
• Experience with network testing tools (Ixia, Traffic Generators, CML, etc.).

Network Consultant - 6-Month Contract - Hybrid - London/WFH