Network Engineer

context recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national infrastructure company in Birmingham seeks a Network Engineer for a hybrid contract role with up to £550 per day. You'll work in a skilled IT team, supporting project work and infrastructure maintenance. Essential skills include CCNA, VPN management, and firewall configuration. Experience with security audits and network diagrams is also needed. The contract is initially for 3 months, likely to extend.

Qualifications

• CCNA or equivalent experience is required.
• Experience with VPNs set up and maintenance is critical.
• Knowledge of Cisco and HP switch configuration is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support various projects including security audit findings resolution.
• Act as a 3rd line support for network system tickets.
• Maintain administration and support for the network system.

Skills

CCNA (or equivalent experience)

Expert in setting up and maintaining VPNs

General firewall / switch configuration

Troubleshooting faulty sites

Experience of security audit remediations

Production / maintenance of network diagrams (Visio)

SolarWinds administration

Windows Server / VMWare administration

Job description

Network Engineer - Contract

Birmingham (hybrid working, 2 days per week WFH)

Up to £550 p/d - inside IR35

Network Engineer required to join the IT Department of a well‑known and public‑facing critical national infrastructure business (circa 2000 staff, 20 in IT with approx.40 sites in the UK), providing services to hundreds‑of‑thousands. You'll operate as part of a small, highly capable IT team supporting fairly complex infrastructure and contributing to large‑scale projects.

You'll initially be supporting a variety of projects detailed below, including assisting in resolving a number of security audit findings and closing off security vulnerabilities flagged up by a recent pen‑test. You will also support the general administration and maintenance of the network system and act as a 3rd line escalation point for tickets escalated up from the Service Desk.

Currently the role is split circa 50% Project vs 50% BAU support.

Minimum required skills and experience:

• CCNA (or equivalent experience)
• Expert in setting up and maintaining VPNs
• General firewall / switch configuration; experience with both Cisco and HP switches would be beneficial, as would any exposure to CheckPoint firewalls.
• Troubleshooting faulty sites – BT routers / switch / firewalls.
• Experience of security audit remediations would be beneficial; addressing vulnerabilities flagged by scanners (in this case, Tenable), and pen tests.
• Production / maintenance of network diagrams (Visio)
• SolarWinds administration (or similar monitoring tool).
• Windows Server / VMWare administration an advantage (not a requirement).

Initial 3‑month contract (very likely to extend)

Location: Birmingham or Central London with flexibility to work from home two days per week.

Occasional travel to other UK sites required.