Network Analyst - £400 to £450 PD - Inside IR 35 - 3 months

Our long-standing customer that operates within the financial services industry is hiring a Network Analyst to provide second-line support for network-related incidents, requests, and changes, ensuring stable, secure, and performant systems across the organisation on hybrid basis situated in Chatham or Wolverhampton 2/3 days per week.

Our client is seeking a Network Analyst with hands on capabilities in Network & Telephony related technologies including Cisco, DNS/DHCP, VLAN's, VOIP, VMware and Storage (Dell/HP Sans) but not limited too as our client continues their multi-site digital transformation campaign (Azure),

Key Responsibilities

Provide second-line support for business-critical network services (voice and data), ensuring SLA adherence.
Diagnose, resolve, and escalate network incidents and problems, ensuring stability and minimal disruption.
Support delivery of change requests and small-scale projects, following best practice change management processes.
Monitor, maintain, and optimise network performance, including routing, switching, firewalls, and VOIP.
Contribute to disaster recovery (DR), business continuity (BCP) testing, and compliance with security and risk policies.
Create and maintain accurate network documentation, collaborating with internal teams and third-party suppliers.
Share knowledge with colleagues to build capability and support continual service improvement.Skills & Experience

Strong experience IT infrastructure environments, with at least 3 years supporting network and telephony technologies preferably CISCO is a must have
Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, firewalls, VLANs, routing, switching, and VOIP is a must have.
Experience with VMware, storage, monitoring tools, security technologies, and AWS/cloud services (desirable).
Ability to troubleshoot multi-site, technical issues and manage 3rd party relationships.
Experience of the financial domain would be highly desirable.
At least one industry certification (e.g., Cisco, Microsoft, Citrix, VMware).
ITIL Foundation (desirable).One stage interview process via video to start / DBS and Financial Check in order to pass compliance