Contract: Initial 6 Months
Location: Fully Remote (UK-based contractors only)
About the Opportunity
Our client, a leading organisation within the Financial Services sector, is seeking an experienced DDI Network Engineer specialising in Infoblox to join a large-scale enterprise infrastructure project.
This is an initial 6-month contract offering the opportunity to work on business-critical network infrastructure within a complex enterprise environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the management, configuration and optimisation of core DDI services, covering DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (IPAM).
You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, availability, security and performance of these services, while supporting infrastructure changes, troubleshooting activities, migrations and automation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, configure and maintain enterprise DDI infrastructure, with a particular focus on Infoblox and NIOS.
- Administer and optimise DNS, DHCP and IPAM services.
- Manage DNS zones, records, forwarders, DHCP scopes and IP address allocation.
- Ensure the availability, security and performance of core network services.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex DNS, DHCP and network infrastructure issues.
- Support DDI migrations, platform upgrades and infrastructure integrations.
- Work alongside wider infrastructure and network teams on enterprise-level projects.
- Identify opportunities to improve automation, operational efficiency and service resilience.
- Strong hands-on experience working within enterprise DDI environments.
- Extensive experience with Infoblox and NIOS.
- Excellent knowledge of DNS, DHCP and IPAM administration.
- Experience managing DNS zones, records, forwarders, DHCP scopes and IP address allocation.
- Strong understanding of IP addressing, subnetting, VLANs, routing and switching.
- Proven troubleshooting experience across complex DNS, DHCP and network infrastructure environments.
- Experience supporting DDI migrations, upgrades and integrations.
- Infoblox Grid architecture and Grid Master administration.
- Advanced DNS Protection (ADP) and DNSSEC.
- Infoblox APIs and REST API integrations.
- Automation and scripting experience using Ansible and Python.
- Experience integrating DDI services with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
Network DDI Engineer employer: NineTech
At NineTech, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our London headquarters provides a vibrant environment where employees can thrive, with opportunities for professional growth through hands-on experience in a major Campus Refresh Programme. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working while contributing to critical infrastructure upgrades that support our live trading floor and other essential business areas.
