Network Engineer
Harvey Nash
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 124KJob location
Remote
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Agile Methodologies
Application Firewall
Border Gateway Protocol
Computer Security
Data Centers
Network Architecture
Cisco Nexus Switches
Open Shortest Path First
Overlay Transport Virtualization
vSphere
Juniper
Cisco networks
Job description
A highly skilled Network Engineer is required to support the design, build, and optimisation of new and existing network infrastructure within a cloud-focused, agile environment. The role sits within a multi-disciplinary resilience team committed to delivering robust, high-quality digital services.
Requirements
- Strong expertise with Palo Alto technologies (security, content filtering)
- Significant experience with Cisco and Juniper platforms
- Advanced routing and switching knowledge (OSPF, BGP)
- Proficiency in Layer 2/3 design topologies
- NSX and Palo Alto Firewall administration
- Experience with Cisco Nexus
- Deep understanding of OSPF/BGP design and tuning
- Datacentre management and best-practice implementation
- Agile ways of working (Kanban, retrospectives, feedback loops)
- Strong risk awareness, attention to detail, and technical decision-making
- Proven experience leading infrastructure projects
- Creative problem-solving and knowledge-sharing mindset
- Certifications: CCNP (minimum), with preference for ACE, CCIE, PCNSE
- Experience designing multi-datacentre fabrics
- Experience deploying and tuning IPAM/monitoring tools (NetBox, LibreNMS, Kentik)
Any experience with Arista CloudVision, alongside strong familiarity with monitoring platforms such as ThousandEyes, Catchpoint, and AppNeta and a grounding in security architecture, SDN and NSX environments, Cisco OTV, and VMware vSphere, including cross-site deployments would be advantageous.
