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# Senior Network Engineer- Outside IR35 Contract

- **Company:** Focus Group
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £73,105.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Wireless LAN, Wide Area Networks, Fortinet, Firepower, Cisco
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5820931904

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience across some or all of the following technologies:

 * SD-WAN: Cisco Viptela, Meraki, Fortinet

 * LAN/WLAN: Cisco, Meraki

 * Security: Fortinet, Cisco Firepower

 * Excellent troubleshooting, fault-finding and diagnostic skills.

 * Experience managing critical incidents, technical escalations and complex change requests.

 * Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.

 * Ability to take technical ownership and provide leadership during major incidents and project delivery.

 * Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel when required.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to lead the technical delivery of customer projects and act as the technical lead for network faults, escalations and major incidents.

Working closely with Project Managers, Account Managers and fellow engineers, you will take ownership of technical quality, solution delivery and documentation, whilst providing expert support across enterprise customer environments.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing role that includes travel to customer sites across the UK and occasional planned out-of-hours work to support change windows and critical project activity.


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