Urgent Contract Network Engineer

Duration: 6 months +

Inside IR35

3 to 4 days onsite at either the Edinburgh

* 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 Centre 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 Centre, ISE, WiFi