Network Engineer - Immediate Start

Network Engineer (Telephony) | 12 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, Edinburgh| Starting ASAP Day Rate: DOE You will be a Network Engineer with extensive practical day to day and some strategic Cisco switching and routing experience with a CCNP certificate at minimum. Though experience in Palo Alto, F5, Collaboration, VPN, Windows and, Linux is advantageous. Promoting best practice in network management you will ensure that the clients policy and procedures maintain quality assurance levels of a high standard. The key focus for this contract at the start is to focus on the following projects: Manage the migration of internet and azure hosted traffic to the new sdwan solution, as well as rollout of new VPN solution, upgrade of estates wide LAN hardware/software (Triage of site failures over 50+ sites), Wi-Fi system upgrade (New controllers, AP's, expansion of coverage etc). More projects are in the works so there is scope for more works around F5, Data centre exit, ISE Upgrade/replacement, management systems. Consult in the delivery of a design and strategy around managing a large multi-site network including SDWAN, WiFi and LAN active projects leading to you implementing said designs. Provide effective, timely and accurate advice and sound professional judgement to colleagues on networking/infrastructure design ensuring design principles are adhered to, Represent Change and Digital Innovation (Networks team) at meetings both internal and external in relation to the change programme. Consult on the overall network roadmap based on the 3 year and 5-year business plan. Provide technical design consultation to DDIA and network security. Policy and governance Ensure design compliance within PSN networks and the appropriate policies and procedures Attend meetings and network events as required and identify and share best practice methods Attend CAB (Change Authority Board) meetings when required to further explain submitted/ proposed Network changes in line with the change programme. Ensure all collateral required by Project Managers is provided within agreed timescales. Consult with others within the clients and outside agencies to continuously improve service provision and make suggestions for improvements to systems and processes based on the network roadmap. Proven up to date experience of Cisco equipment (2960X/XR, 4500, 9000 series as well as Nexus switches), ideally supported by a recognised network certification. Knowledge of troubleshooting physical network site infrastructure Experience of building, managing and maintaining high availability networks with Cisco devices Cisco Networking, Unified Communications, WLC, F5 VPN, F5 Silverline/XC, IPsec tunnel and Palo Alto Firewalls. Experience of running, using and implementation of network monitoring solutions Ability to work in partnership with IT colleagues and operational colleagues Good working knowledge of how analogue telephone services are presented to customer premises. The ability to trace cabling from supplier core presentation to equipment socket, with the assistance of local resources where appropriate. Maintaining accurate records in relation to the identification work and testing of analogue services across the national estate, reporting back to key project personnel when required.