Network Consultant

Hamilton Barnes ?; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

London project travel

On-call pay

25 days holiday

Job summary

Our client is a London-based network consultancy with a Cisco heritage. They seek a Network Consultant to lead enterprise projects across multi-vendor environments (Aruba, Palo Alto, Fortinet) and to represent the business on customer sites with confidence.

Expect design and delivery focus, 80% hands-on engineering, and a hybrid working pattern with London-centric project work. The role emphasises strong delivery, design expertise, and customer-facing professionalism.

Qualifications

• Strong Cisco delivery background — routing, switching, and wireless in enterprise project environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver enterprise network projects across a multi-vendor environment — LLD through to full implementation.
• Produce Low-Level Designs across routing, switching, wireless, and firewall disciplines.
• Represent the business on customer sites — professional, confident, and technically credible.
• Support pre-sales engagements — scoping, technical input, and customer conversations.
• Act as SME escalation point and participate in a low-volume on-call rota — 1 in 5 rotation, paid additionally

Skills

Cisco delivery

Multi-vendor delivery

LLD design

Customer-facing

On-call management

Tools

Aruba

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Job description

Cisco-led all-rounder, London project delivery, up to £75,000

Our client is a well-established network consultancy with a strong Cisco heritage and a growing multi-vendor practice. They're looking for a Network Consultant to join the delivery team — someone who can hit the ground running on enterprise projects, represent the business confidently on customer sites, and work across a broad stack without needing hand-holding.

Cisco is the primary vendor but this isn't a one-platform role. Aruba, Palo Alto, and Fortinet all feature regularly. Design, delivery, wireless, firewalls, infrastructure — you need to be comfortable across all of it. London-accessible is key; the majority of project work is in and around the capital.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Lead and deliver enterprise network projects across a multi-vendor environment — LLD through to full implementation (80% of the role)
• Produce Low-Level Designs across routing, switching, wireless, and firewall disciplines
• Represent the business on customer sites — professional, confident, and technically credible
• Support pre-sales engagements — scoping, technical input, and customer conversations (10%)
• Act as SME escalation point and participate in a low-volume on-call rota — 1 in 5 rotation, paid additionally (10%)

TECH STACK

• Cisco Routing & Switching (primary)

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong Cisco delivery background — routing, switching, and wireless in enterprise project environments
• Comfortable across multi-vendor environments — Aruba, Palo Alto, and Fortinet experience alongside Cisco
• All-rounder — wireless, firewalls, and infrastructure projects all in your wheelhouse
• LLD production capability — you've designed and delivered, not just supported
• Excellent customer-facing skills — you can represent the business on site without supervision
• Commutable to London within 1.5 hours — the majority of project work is London-based
• Can hit the ground running from day one — no lengthy onboarding required

THE PACKAGE

• £70,000 – £80,000 base salary depending on experience
• ~£2,000 annual bonus — 60% personal performance, 40% company performance, paid quarterly
• Hybrid working — London project travel is the priority, with occasional South Coast office days
• On-call: 1 in 5 rotation, low call volume, paid additionally
• Overtime paid or TOIL at your choice
• 25 days holiday rising with tenure
• EV scheme available | Mileage and hotels claimable for travel over 60 miles from office

WHY THIS ROLE STANDS OUT

• Up to £80k for the right person — London-accessible candidates with strong delivery experience will be at the top of the range
• Genuine all-rounder role — Cisco core, Aruba, Palo Alto, and Fortinet all in play
• 80% design and delivery — proper project engineering, not a support queue
• On-call is low volume and well-compensated — 1 in 5 with additional pay
• Quarterly bonus instalments — you see the reward regularly, not once a year
• Multi-vendor exposure that keeps your CV sharp and your skills broad

Cisco-led network consultant commutable to London and ready to deliver? Let's talk.