Network Engineer

We’re recruiting for a Network Engineer to join a specialist networking business that is continuing to grow following a strong period of project wins.

This is a good opportunity for someone who already has a solid networking foundation and wants to move further into hands-on project delivery, implementation and customer environments .

The role combines network support and project work , giving you exposure to live customer environments while also getting involved in upgrades, migrations, deployments and wider infrastructure projects.

The Role

You’ll be involved in:

• Network implementation and project delivery
• LAN, WAN and wireless environments
• Routing and switching
• Network upgrades and migrations
• Configuring and deploying network equipment
• Cisco and multi-vendor networking
• SD-WAN environments
• Network troubleshooting and technical escalation
• Testing and validation
• Customer cutovers
• Supporting live customer environments
• Working alongside senior engineers on larger projects
• Producing technical and project documentation
• Taking increasing ownership as you develop

Technology Environment

Experience across some of the following would be particularly relevant:

• Cisco
• Cisco Catalyst
• Cisco Wireless
• Cisco ISE
• Cisco Meraki
• Juniper
• Aruba
• Aruba ClearPass
• Fortinet
• SD-WAN
• LAN / WAN
• Routing and switching
• Enterprise wireless

You do not need to tick every technology listed.

What I’m Looking For

I’d be keen to speak with people coming from backgrounds such as:

• Network Engineer
• Network Support Engineer
• Network Infrastructure Engineer
• Network Project Engineer
• Network Implementation Engineer
• 2nd / 3rd Line Network Engineer
• NOC Engineer looking for more project exposure

The strongest profiles will have good networking fundamentals alongside genuine hands-on experience configuring, troubleshooting or implementing network infrastructure .

Experience across Cisco is particularly useful, with any exposure to Juniper, Aruba, Fortinet, ISE, ClearPass or SD-WAN being beneficial.

Project experience is also important, whether that has been through:

• Network rollouts
• Switch upgrades
• Wireless deployments
• SD-WAN
• Customer migrations
• Site cutovers
• Hardware refreshes
• LAN / WAN projects

You do not need to be a finished senior engineer.

This business has a strong track record of developing engineers who have the right fundamentals and want to progress technically.

The Opportunity

• £40,000 to £60,000 basic salary
• Hybrid working
• Salford based
• Strong pipeline of network project work
• Mix of support and project delivery
• Broad multi-vendor exposure
• Hands-on engineering environment
• Structured technical development
• Certification support
• Opportunity to progress towards Senior Network Engineering
• Exposure to experienced engineers and architects

If you’re currently spending too much time in BAU support and want more exposure to implementation, migrations and proper network project delivery , I’d be interested in speaking.