Network Engineer – 9-month contract – Stoke-on-Trent
My Customer is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support the day-to-day operation, maintenance and development of a business-critical network infrastructure.
This role will suit a technically strong, hands-on engineer who can take ownership of network support and troubleshooting while providing technical guidance, mentoring and knowledge transfer to the existing engineering team.
Technical Experience from the Network Engineer
- Strong experience in network engineering and infrastructure support.
- Hands-on experience with switching, VLANs and network troubleshooting.
- FortiGate firewall administration and support.
- Experience with Cisco, Allied Telesis or similar networking technologies.
- Experience managing network incidents, recovery and infrastructure changes.
- Understanding of network upgrades, migrations and hardware replacements.
Key Responsibilities of the Network Engineer
- Provide hands-on network support, maintenance and troubleshooting across the existing infrastructure.
- Support switching, VLANs, routing and FortiGate firewall environments.
- Manage network incidents, fault resolution and service recovery.
- Plan and implement network changes, upgrades and infrastructure improvements.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching and knowledge transfer to the existing engineering team.
- Support network projects, including 1Gb to 10Gb core upgrades, switch replacements and credential refreshes.
- Ensure network changes are properly documented and managed through CAB processes.
- Work collaboratively with infrastructure teams to maintain a stable and secure network environment.
Desirable Experience
- Allied Telesis switching experience.
- Hyper-V and OpenShift environments.
- Zscaler.
- Network monitoring tools such as PRTG or Zabbix.
- IA (Information Assurance) services.
- Manufacturing environments.
- CAB and formal change management processes.
The Network Engineer is required to work at least 4 days a week onsite in Stoke-on-Trent.
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