Network Engineer - Site Resilience

Network Engineer - Site Resilience

Location - Remote (with occasional trip to Edinburgh as required)

Duration - 6months (possible extensions)

Day rate - £450 (OUTSIDE ir35)

An experienced Network Engineer is required to support the design, build and ongoing operation of enterprise network infrastructure. This role sits within the Site Resilience domain and focuses on delivering resilient, secure and high-performing network services while supporting a wider transition from on-premise infrastructure towards cloud-based products.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deliver new network infrastructure, including data centre re-location activities
• Install, configure and support routers, switches, firewalls and remote access devices
• Manage and plan data centre networking, including power distribution and best-practice design
• Improve network and firewall performance, efficiency and resilience
• Enhance the network platform through continuous, incremental improvements
• Maintain vulnerability management in line with internal security policies
• Support data centre, campus network and Wi-Fi refresh projects
• Provide network consultancy and technical support to other teams and projects
• Support disaster recovery assurance activities, targeting a 2-hour RTO and zero RPO
• Participate in out-of-hours work where required to ensure service continuity

Essential skills & experience

• Extensive experience with Palo Alto technologies and network security
• Strong background with Cisco and Juniper platforms, including Nexus
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching (OSPF, BGP) and L2/L3 design
• Experience with NSX and firewall administration
• Proven data centre design and management experience
• Agile working practices (Kanban, retrospectives, continuous improvement)
• Experience designing and leading infrastructure projects
• Certified to CCNP or higher
• Experience with multi-datacentre fabrics and IPAM/monitoring tools

Desirable

• Network automation and IaC (Ansible, Python, CI/CD)
• Arista technologies and CloudVision
• Advanced network monitoring and observability tools
• SDN, security architecture and DR/BCP assurance experience

Please apply today or email your CV to to be considered

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.