At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain cutting-edge Cisco network blueprints for global campus deployments.
- Company: Join a world-leading tech company with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, flexible working environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of network design and make a significant impact globally.
- Qualifications: Expertise in Cisco networking and low-level design required.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 37500 £ per year.
INSIDE IR35
Role Summary
Engineering-led Network Designer responsible for creating the gold-standard Cisco network blueprints that underpin all campus deployments globally. Owns the engineering design standards, low-level designs (LLDs), routing architecture, and technical blueprints that Solution Architects use as repeatable "Lego blocks" to build site-specific solutions. This is a nuts-and-bolts Cisco engineering role, focused on design depth rather than solution architecture breadth.
Key Responsibilities
- Engineering Design Ownership
- Own and maintain Cisco network blueprints and engineering standards.
- Develop reusable reference architectures for all campus environments.
- Create implementation-ready Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
- Define standards independent of site size or location.
- Act as technical design authority for Cisco campus networking.
- Core Cisco Design
- Core switching architecture design.
- Campus LAN design.
- Enterprise Wi-Fi design.
- Routing and switching architecture.
- Network segmentation and security zoning.
- High availability, resilience, and failover design.
- Define standard configurations and build patterns.
- Routing & Network Engineering
- Expert knowledge of:
- BGP
- OSPF
- EIGRP
- IS-IS
- HSRP
- Route Redistribution
- Layer 2/Layer 3 design
- STP and network protection mechanisms
- Tooling & Visibility
- SolarWinds
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard
- Cisco DNA Centre
- Cisco ISE
- Network monitoring and operational design
Skills
- Infrastructure
- Cisco
- Low level design
- Low level routing
- Wi-Fi
- LAN
Employee Value Proposition: world leading CH company
Location: London, UK
Rate/Salary: 350.00 - 375.00 GBP Daily
Job Type: Contract
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