Network Engineer

McCabe & Barton; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing retail bank is searching for a skilled Network Engineer to design and support its network. This role includes managing firewalls, routing, and load balancers to ensure high availability and security. The ideal candidate will have a Cisco CCNP and experience with routing protocols like OSPF and BGP. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential. Join a collaborative team focused on delivering resilient services within the banking sector.

Qualifications

• Experienced Network Engineer with Cisco CCNP certification.
• Strong skills in routing protocols like OSPF and BGP.
• Familiar with data centre/WAN/LAN infrastructure and load balancing.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support end-to-end network solutions.
• Monitor performance and security, perform system checks.
• Triage, troubleshoot and resolve network issues.

Skills

Cisco CCNP

Routing (OSPF, BGP)

Cisco Routers/Switches

Palo Alto/Cisco Firepower Firewalls

Load balancing

Data centre/WAN/LAN infrastructure

Monitoring tools (SolarWinds, PRTG, CheckMK)

Job description

A growing retail bank is hiring a Network Engineer to design, secure and support its network across Firewalls, routing and switching, voice, video and load balancers, ensuring resilient and highly available services.

About the role

• Design, implement and support end-to-end network solutions covering Firewalls, routing, switching, voice (including contact centre), video and load balancers, ensuring alignment with security and business requirements.
• Own incidents and service requests: triage, troubleshoot and resolve network issues, meet SLAs, maintain clear documentation, and proactively improve processes and automation.
• Monitor performance and security, perform system checks, manage patches and upgrades, and maintain accurate network diagrams, configurations and asset records.

Key requirements

• Experienced Network Engineer with Cisco CCNP (minimum) and strong skills in routing (OSPF, BGP), Cisco Routers/Switches, Palo Alto/Cisco Firepower Firewalls, load balancing and data centre/WAN/LAN infrastructure.
• Exposure to Cisco ISE (RADIUS, 802.1X), IPT/VoIP, Cisco ACI/DNA, SD-WAN, VPN/remote access, multi-factor authentication, and monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG or CheckMK.
• Customer-focused, collaborative and proactive, with strong communication, problem-solving skills and familiarity with ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change).

If align to the key requirements, please apply with an updated CV!