Depot Network Engineer | Cisco 9000 LAN/WAN | Multi-Site

Gist; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% M&S discount

25 days annual leave

Healthcare cash plan discounts

Annual bonus scheme

Pension (Auto Enrolment / DC)

Cycle to work

Wellbeing support

Training and induction

Job summary

Gist is recruiting a Depot Infrastructure Network Engineer to oversee network projects from planning to handover across 20 sites in the UK and Ireland. The role requires hands-on delivery, strong Cisco expertise and regular travel to depots and distribution hubs.

You will design, deploy and validate enterprise LAN/Wi‑Fi solutions, run migrations, and coordinate with architects, PMs and partners to minimise disruption while upholding security and performance standards.

Qualifications

• CCNP Enterprise level networking experience or equivalent practical networking experience.
• Hands on experience with Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series and enterprise LAN deployments.
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2/3 networking, VLANs, OSPF and BGP, network security and device hardening.
• Experience delivering large scale, multi-site LAN refreshes, upgrades or transformations.
• Proven troubleshooting, root cause analysis and monitoring skills.
• Experience with change management, governance and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Developing and documenting implementation, migration, cutover and rollback plans.
• Deploying and configuring Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series switches and enterprise LAN infrastructure.
• Delivering LAN and Wi-Fi solutions across depot environments.
• Supporting large scale network refresh, transformation and upgrades.
• Collaborating with Architects, PMs, operations and partners to deliver projects.
• Planning migrations and cutovers with minimal disruption to operations.
• Performing network validation, testing and quality assurance.
• Providing hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis during implementation.
• Ensuring deployments meet security, resilience and availability standards.

Skills

CCNP Enterprise

Cisco Catalyst 9000

Layer 2/3 networking

OSPF

BGP

Troubleshooting

Network monitoring

Tools

Fortinet SD-WAN

DNA Centre

Zebra HHTs

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

Job description

Gist is recruiting a Depot Infrastructure Network Engineer to oversee network projects from planning to handover across 20 sites in the UK and Ireland. The role requires hands-on delivery, strong Cisco expertise and regular travel to depots and distribution hubs.

You will design, deploy and validate enterprise LAN/Wi‑Fi solutions, run migrations, and coordinate with architects, PMs and partners to minimise disruption while upholding security and performance standards.