Contract Network Engineer

Intec Select Ltd

Network Engineer – £450 - £550 Per Day – Oxford (Hybrid) – 6 Months

Overview:
We are currently searching for an experienced Network & Systems Engineer to join a leading technology organisation on a hybrid basis in Oxford. The role will focus primarily on enterprise networking across campus, data centre and multi-cloud environments, while also providing broader systems administration support when required.

Role & Responsibilities:
  • Support and maintain enterprise LAN/WLAN, routing, switching, VLANs, VPNs, DNS, DHCP and IPAM environments.
  • Manage and troubleshoot firewalls, cloud networking and connectivity across AWS and GCP.
  • Monitor network performance and availability, taking ownership of incidents through to resolution.
  • Support systems administration tasks including account provisioning, server patching, storage and backup troubleshooting.
  • Maintain network security through configuration reviews, policy enforcement and best practice.
  • Support network design reviews and the transition of new infrastructure into production.
  • Maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, SOPs and operational runbooks.
Technical Requirements:
  • 5+ years’ experience within enterprise network operations and troubleshooting.
  • Strong experience with LAN/WLAN, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS and DHCP.
  • Knowledge of networking protocols including BGP, VRRP/HSRP, TCP/UDP and LACP.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills, including packet capture and network diagnostic tools.
  • Experience with AWS and/or GCP networking.
  • Experience with Arista EOS / CloudVision or similar networking platforms would be highly advantageous.
  • Knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls, 802.1x, RADIUS and Zero Trust environments would be beneficial.
  • Exposure to Terraform, Ansible, Git, LogicMonitor, Grafana or Prometheus would be advantageous.
  • Experience with AWS Direct Connect or GCP Interconnect would be beneficial.
  • Comfortable providing wider Windows/Linux systems administration support when required.
Role & Package:
  • £450 - £550 Per Day
  • 6 Months (Likely Extensions)
  • Oxford (Hybrid)
Network Engineer – £450 - £550 Per Day – Oxford (Hybrid) – 6 Months
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