Network Engineer

Urgent Contract Network Engineer 

Location: London 

Duration: 6 months + 

• Proven experience as a Network Engineer focusing on routing, switching, Cisco WiFi
• Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g., QoS, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, 802.11, 802.1x, IPSEC).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic, and network analytics tools including Cisco ThousandEyes.
• Primarily a network engineer role with core competency of Routing & Switching.  Should be comfortable working on CISCO and Checkpoint firewalls
• Needs to work very closely with the UC team to help set up MS Teams and Cisco telephony systems, manage QoS issues, circuit capacity planning, etc. from network perspective
• Experience with implementing Cisco ThousandEyes. Someone who can architect and implement it.
• Knowledge of Cisco SD-WAN, SD-Access, Catalysts Center and ISE a plus
• Network firewall policy administration a plus
• Hands-on experience of automation/scripting and configuration management tools such as Ansible
• University degree in Computer Science or a related subject.
• Professional certification (e.g., CCNA, CCNP) is preferred.
• Experience with Cisco: switches, routers, firewalls, Catalyst Center, ISE, WiFi.