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# Network Engineer

- **Company:** VIQU Ltd
- **Location:** Stoke-on-Trent, UK
- **Salary:** £130,000 - £156,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Firewall, Hyper-V, Network Security, Network Troubleshooting, Network Architecture, Network Monitoring, Routing, OpenShift, Paessler Router Traffic Grapher, Virtual Local Area Networks, Zabbix, Computer Network Technologies, Firewalls (Computer Science), Network Support, Fortinet, Cisco
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-7BA25483ECD09B7CC0/

## About the Role

My Customer is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support the day-to-day operation, maintenance and development of a business-critical network infrastructure.

This role will suit a technically strong, hands-on engineer who can take ownership of network support and troubleshooting while providing technical guidance, mentoring and knowledge transfer to the existing engineering team.

Technical Experience from the Network Engineer

 * Strong experience in network engineering and infrastructure support.
 * Hands-on experience with switching, VLANs and network troubleshooting.
 * FortiGate Firewall administration and support.
 * Experience with Cisco, Allied Telesis or similar networking technologies.
 * Experience managing network incidents, recovery and infrastructure changes.
 * Understanding of network upgrades, migrations and hardware replacements.

## Description

* Provide hands-on network support, maintenance and troubleshooting across the existing infrastructure.
 * Support switching, VLANs, routing and FortiGate Firewall environments.
 * Manage network incidents, fault resolution and service recovery.
 * Plan and implement network changes, upgrades and infrastructure improvements.
 * Provide technical leadership, coaching and knowledge transfer to the existing engineering team.
 * Support network projects, including 1Gb to 10Gb core upgrades, switch replacements and credential refreshes.
 * Ensure network changes are properly documented and managed through CAB processes.
 * Work collaboratively with infrastructure teams to maintain a stable and secure network environment.

Desirable Experience

 * Allied Telesis switching experience.
 * Hyper-V and OpenShift environments.
 * Zscaler.
 * Network monitoring tools such as PRTG or Zabbix.
 * IA (Information Assurance) services.
 * Manufacturing environments.
 * CAB and formal change management processes.