Network Consultant-CCNP,NSE7,Cisco,Fortinet,LAN,WAN,SD-Wan-£70,000-£80,000-Southampton-Hybrid

InfraView - Specialist Cloud & IT Infrastructure Technology Recruitmen; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is looking for a Network Consultant in Southampton to design, plan, and implement network solutions. You will handle both core network management and client delivery responsibilities. Ideal candidates will have CCNP certification, experience in LAN/WAN, SD-Wan, and knowledge of Fortinet solutions. This position offers a salary range of £70,000 - £80,000, contributing significantly to client-facing professional services and internal network operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in professional services environment.
• Ability to manage and maintain an internal network.
• Previous experience delivering Fortinet-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement LAN, Wireless, and Security Solutions for external clients.
• Deliver Fortinet-based and Cisco solutions.
• Manage and maintain the core network infrastructure.

Skills

Client facing skills

Low Level Design

LAN/WAN/SD-Wan/Wireless experience

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

CCNP or higher

Fortinet - NSE7

Tools

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

Job description

Network Consultant - CCNP, NSE7, Cisco, Fortinet, LAN, WAN, SD-Wan - £70,000 - £80,000 - Southampton

Looking for a Network Consultant to join and leading Solutions Provider. Your role will be split across Professional Services and their own Core Network. You will design, plan and implement exceptional solutions to clients, and also ensure that the network runs well internally to keep the business moving forward. You will on occasion be asked to support the service desk with final escalations.

You will be responsible for both core network management and Support Escalation (50%) and customer delivery (50%), ensuring reliable and secure connectivity across the multi-tenant environment.

Key Skills

• Proven experience in professional services environment
• Exceptional Client facing skills
• Low Level Design and Implementation of complex network solutions.
• Ability to manage and maintain and internal network
• LAN/WAN/SD-Wan/Wireless experience.
• CCNP or higher
• Fortinet - NSE7 ideally
• Previous experience delivering Fortinet-based solutions
• BGP, OSPF, VXLAN and MPLS routing environments.

Key Responsibilities

Professional Services

• Plan, Design and implement LAN, Wireless and Security Solutions for external PS Clients.
• Deliver Fortinet-based solutions (FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer) and Cisco routing & Cisco Meraki solutions for new and existing customers.
• Configure and deploy customer Firewalls, VPNs, SD-WAN, and network segmentation designs.

Core Network

• Manage and maintain the core network infrastructure
• Administer and optimise BGP, OSPF, and MPLS routing environments.
• Manage core Firewalls, Routers, and Switches across data centre and edge environments.
• Develop automation scripts and tools (eg, Python, Ansible, REST APIs) to streamline provisioning, configuration, and monitoring.

Please hit the button to Apply and/or call Will Martin at InfraView for further info.

Network Consultant - CCNP, NSE7, Cisco, Fortinet, LAN, WAN, SD-Wan - £70,000 - £80,000 - Southampton