Data Centre Network Deployment Engineer – Hands-On

La Fosse; Greater London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is seeking a Network Deployment Engineer to own the network layer across new data centre site deployments. This is a hands-on role, working with a Senior Deployment Lead to deliver switches, external connectivity and firewall deployment on each site.

You will be the on-site contact for network operators, fibre providers and contractors, responsible for deploying, configuring and testing the network end-to-end. Regular travel is required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data centre network deployment experience including switch installation.
• Experience with carriers, ISPs and fibre operators to establish live connectivity.
• Hands-on firewall deployment and configuration in live infra builds.
• Primary on-site contact for external network operators or contractors.
• Willing to work on-site and own deployments from start to finish.
• Experience in hyperscale, neo-cloud, GPU cloud or large-scale data centres.
• Field engineering experience with an ISP or fibre operator, especially last-mile.
• Experience in colo or enterprise data centre network operations.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure network switches on-site as part of data centre builds.
• Establish external connectivity with carriers, ISPs and fibre providers.
• Own relationships with network operators through live circuit delivery.
• Deploy and configure firewalls as part of network perimeter.
• Serve as primary on-site contact for operators and contractors.
• Coordinate with deployment and data centre ops teams to deliver network with physical build.
• Troubleshoot and resolve on-site network deployment issues.

Skills

Hands-on deployment

Carriers connectivity

Fibre providers

Firewall deployment

On-site coordination

Site ownership

Hyperscale data centre

Field engineering ISP

Colocation network ops

Tools

Network switches

Firewall configuration

Job description

La Fosse is seeking a Network Deployment Engineer to own the network layer across new data centre site deployments. This is a hands-on role, working with a Senior Deployment Lead to deliver switches, external connectivity and firewall deployment on each site.

You will be the on-site contact for network operators, fibre providers and contractors, responsible for deploying, configuring and testing the network end-to-end. Regular travel is required.