Network Engineer

Network Engineer – 9-month contract – Stoke-on-Trent

My Customer is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support the day-to-day operation, maintenance and development of a business-critical network infrastructure.

This role will suit a technically strong, hands-on engineer who can take ownership of network support and troubleshooting while providing technical guidance, mentoring and knowledge transfer to the existing engineering team.

Technical Experience from the Network Engineer

• Strong experience in network engineering and infrastructure support.
• Hands-on experience with switching, VLANs and network troubleshooting.
• FortiGate firewall administration and support.
• Experience with Cisco, Allied Telesis or similar networking technologies.
• Experience managing network incidents, recovery and infrastructure changes.
• Understanding of network upgrades, migrations and hardware replacements.

Key Responsibilities of the Network Engineer

• Provide hands-on network support, maintenance and troubleshooting across the existing infrastructure.
• Support switching, VLANs, routing and FortiGate firewall environments.
• Manage network incidents, fault resolution and service recovery.
• Plan and implement network changes, upgrades and infrastructure improvements.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and knowledge transfer to the existing engineering team.
• Support network projects, including 1Gb to 10Gb core upgrades, switch replacements and credential refreshes.
• Ensure network changes are properly documented and managed through CAB processes.
• Work collaboratively with infrastructure teams to maintain a stable and secure network environment.

Desirable Experience

• Allied Telesis switching experience.
• Hyper-V and OpenShift environments.
• Zscaler.
• Network monitoring tools such as PRTG or Zabbix.
• IA (Information Assurance) services.
• Manufacturing environments.
• CAB and formal change management processes.

The Network Engineer is required to work at least 4 days a week onsite in Stoke-on-Trent.

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