Network Engineer

Network Engineer - Cisco / Palo Alto / Enterprise Networking

London - £65,000 - DOE

Are you an experienced Network Engineer looking for your next challenge?

We're recruiting for an exciting opportunity to join an established organisation with a complex, business-critical network infrastructure.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on Network Engineer who enjoys working with Cisco routing and switching technologies, troubleshooting complex networking issues and helping maintain highly available, resilient enterprise networks.

You'll join a collaborative team of IT and Network specialists, working across a diverse technical environment with opportunities to develop your skills in advanced networking, security and infrastructure technologies.

The Role

As a Network Engineer, you'll be responsible for supporting, maintaining and improving a complex, multi-site network environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and maintaining enterprise-grade Cisco routing and switching infrastructure.
• Supporting Cisco switching environments.
• Configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols.
• Managing network security, including Palo Alto firewalls, VPNs, NAT and security policies.
• Supporting resilient, high-availability network infrastructure across multiple locations.
• Troubleshooting complex network issues.
• Working with VLANs, trunking, STP, LACP, VRFs and network redundancy technologies.
• Monitoring network performance and availability using tools such as SolarWinds.
• Supporting network upgrades, infrastructure improvements and technical projects.
• Maintaining network documentation, diagrams and operational procedures.
• Collaborating with internal teams and external suppliers to deliver effective networking solutions.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in speaking with Network Engineers who have:

• Experience supporting complex, multi-site enterprise networks.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching, particularly Catalyst and Nexus.
• CCNP certification.
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, STP and Layered networking.
• Practical experience configuring and troubleshooting Palo Alto firewalls.
• Good understanding of network security, segmentation, VPNs, NAT and high-availability solutions.
• Experience using network troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark
• Familiarity with network monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and documentation skills.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.