Summary: An experienced Network Engineer is sought to support and enhance a critical IP network environment, focusing on business-as-usual operations, incident resolution, and ongoing improvements. The role is fully remote and emphasizes collaboration with various teams to ensure effective service delivery. The position is outside IR35 and offers a competitive daily rate. The contract duration is 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide operational support for enterprise IP networks, including LAN and WAN environments.
- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routing and switching technologies (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, MPLS).
- Perform deep-dive fault analysis to resolve complex network incidents and performance issues.
- Support planned network changes, upgrades, and optimisations in line with change management processes.
- Monitor network performance and capacity, identifying risks and improvement opportunities.
- Work closely with other infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to support end-to-end service delivery.
- Maintain accurate network documentation, diagrams, and configuration records.
- Engage with vendors and service providers as required to resolve issues.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of IP networking and TCP/IP fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience operating production networks using BGP and OSPF.
- Solid routing and switching experience in enterprise or service-provider environments.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot Layer 2-4 network issues.
- Experience working in remote teams and supporting live services.
- Experience with MPLS, SD-WAN, or large-scale WAN environments.
- Basic network automation or Scripting experience (eg Python, Ansible).
- IPv6 experience.
Salary (Rate): £300 Per Day
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Network Engineer - 12 Months - Fully Remote - Outside IR35
An experienced Network Engineer is required to support, operate, and enhance a business-critical IP network environment. The role focuses on BAU operations, incident resolution, and ongoing network improvements across a distributed infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide operational support for enterprise IP networks, including LAN and WAN environments.
- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routing and switching technologies (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, MPLS).
- Perform deep-dive fault analysis to resolve complex network incidents and performance issues.
- Support planned network changes, upgrades, and optimisations in line with change management processes.
- Monitor network performance and capacity, identifying risks and improvement opportunities.
- Work closely with other infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to support end-to-end service delivery.
- Maintain accurate network documentation, diagrams, and configuration records.
- Engage with vendors and service providers as required to resolve issues.
Technical Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Strong understanding of IP networking and TCP/IP fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience operating production networks using BGP and OSPF.
- Solid routing and switching experience in enterprise or service-provider environments.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot Layer 2-4 network issues.
- Experience working in remote teams and supporting live services.
Desirable:
- Experience with MPLS, SD-WAN, or large-scale WAN environments.
- Basic network automation or Scripting experience (eg Python, Ansible).
- IPv6 experience.
Contract Details:
- Duration: 12 Months
- Location: Fully Remote
- Day Rate: £200 Per Day - £300 Per Day (Outside IR35)
- Start Date: ASAP
Network Engineer - 12 Months - Fully Remote - Outside IR35
