Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer Contract London

What the successful Senior Network Engineer will be doing:

• Supporting a major office relocation and data centre migration for a global financial services group, working across Arista, Aruba and Cisco infrastructure
• Delivering Layer 2/3 network migration (switching, routing, VLANs, trunking, STP, LACP) alongside a new FX trading platform build
• Handling hands-on physical infrastructure work - copper and fibre patching, cable routing, labelling, to a professional installation standard
• Supporting cutovers, implementation windows and post-change validation, including out-of-hours work when required
• Ongoing support post go-live

The Senior Network Engineer needs the following:

• Proven contractor experience delivering building moves and data centre migrations, ideally supporting a trading platform build
• Strong hands-on experience with Arista, Aruba and Cisco kit
• Solid Layer 2/3 networking knowledge, including connectivity validation and troubleshooting
• Track record working with third-party carriers on circuit/WAN migrations
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, business-critical, multi-site environment

Desirable skill for the network engineer:

• French language skills
• Experience with multicast networking or Infinera/optical transport
• CCNA, CCNP, Arista ACE or equivalent certification

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.