Network Engineer - FS Industry

Job Title: Network Engineer - FS Industry
Location: Manchester - 3 days per week
Salary/Rate: £330 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 18/05/2026
Job Type: Contract - 6 months

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Provide a network engineer to complete the replacement of 50 end of life network switches in the EMEA co-lo sites.
• Preconfigure devices in the lab
• Work with remote hands to rack devices
• Raise changes to communicate w stakeholders and obtain approval for the migration in an agreed window
• Migrate connections from old to new devices on agreed weekend with remote hands.
• Perform necessary checks and be ready for start of week checks on Sunday should any issues arise.
• Coordinate to decom, un-rack, and dispose of old kit
• Keep track of progress in our centralized tracking sheet.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Possess professional-level working knowledge of networks (TCP/IP, BGP routing, PIM routing, STP, route maps, access lists).
• Must have practical hands-on experience working with network routers and switches.
• Have experience working with Arista and Cisco switches.
• Experience in the financial sector a plus.
• Experience managing such a project end-to-end a plus
• Ideally have working-level knowledge of Ansible and other tooling to achieve objectives in an efficient manner.
• Possess strong analytical and project management skills to be able to manage the end of life project and communicate effectively with stakeholders

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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