At a Glance
- Tasks: Support major office relocations and data centre migrations using advanced networking technologies.
- Company: Dynamic tech firm focused on innovative network solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible homeworking, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Hands-on role with excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Join a fast-paced environment and make a real impact on critical network transformations.
- Qualifications: Experience with Arista, Aruba, and Cisco technologies is essential.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 £ per year.
We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a major office relocation, data centre migration, and network transformation programme. This includes the deployment of a new FX trading platform, migration of critical network infrastructure, and the relocation of services across multiple sites and data centres.
The successful candidate will play a key role in the migration and implementation of Arista, Aruba, and Cisco networking technologies, alongside Layer 2 and Layer 3 telecoms migrations. You will work closely with third-party telecom providers to migrate existing circuits and services while ensuring minimal disruption to business-critical operations.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong technical expertise across both physical infrastructure and logical network migrations. The position will involve working within fast-paced, highly available environments and will require occasional out-of-hours support for cutovers, implementation windows, and post-migration validation.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the planning, implementation, and execution of office relocation and data centre migration activities.
- Deploy and migrate network infrastructure using Arista, Aruba, and Cisco technologies.
- Perform Layer 2 and Layer 3 network migrations, ensuring service continuity and network stability.
- Coordinate with telecom providers to migrate WAN circuits, carrier services, and existing connectivity.
- Execute network cutovers, testing, validation, and troubleshooting activities.
- Install, patch, and manage physical network infrastructure, including copper and fibre cabling.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, migration runbooks, and implementation plans.
- Work closely with infrastructure, telecoms, and business stakeholders across multiple locations.
- Provide out-of-hours support during critical migration and implementation phases.
Required Experience
- Proven track record delivering office relocation projects, data centre migration programmes, and network implementations supporting trading platforms or other business-critical systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with Arista, Aruba, and Cisco networking technologies.
- Excellent understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, including switching, routing, VLANs, trunking, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), IP addressing, interface configuration, connectivity testing and troubleshooting, and multicast networking.
- Experience delivering telecom and WAN migrations, including carrier transitions and service handovers.
- Experience working directly with telecom providers and network carriers to migrate and validate services.
- Strong practical cabling experience, including copper and fibre patching, rack installations, cable routing and management, labelling standards, and physical infrastructure best practice.
Preferred Experience
- Financial services, capital markets, or trading environment experience.
- Experience supporting low-latency or business-critical platforms.
- Knowledge of multicast networking within trading environments.
- Experience with Infinera or optical transport platforms.
Familiarity with
- Out-of-band management solutions.
- Console access technologies.
- Structured migration methodologies.
- Detailed migration runbooks and change procedures.
- Relevant certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, Arista ACE, or equivalent industry certifications.
Network Engineer - Homeworking in London employer: System Recruitment Specialists
As a Network Engineer at our London-based company, you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to delivering cutting-edge network solutions in a fast-paced environment. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative work culture that encourages professional growth and innovation, offering opportunities for skill enhancement through hands-on projects and training. With the flexibility of homeworking and a commitment to employee well-being, we ensure that our team members can thrive both personally and professionally while contributing to impactful projects.
Contact Details:
System Recruitment Specialists Recruitment Team
