Network Engineer

CEI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An IT consulting firm in Greater London is looking for a Mid-Senior level Network Engineer for a contract position lasting 12+ months. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Fortinet firewalls and excellent understanding of firewall architecture. The role requires crafting high and low-level design documentation as well as applying network automation. A hybrid work model is in place, focusing on flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Mid-Senior level candidate with strong hands-on networking experience.
• Demonstrable experience in firewall architecture and configuration.
• Knowledge of Python and GIT for automation would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Engage in designing and managing firewall architectures.
• Craft and own design documentation.
• Apply network automation techniques for firewall management.

Skills

Fortinet NSE4 certification

Hands-on experience with FortiGate firewalls

Understanding of firewall policies and address objects

Experience in High Level and Low Level Design documentation

Good understanding of NAT and dynamic routing (BGP)

Knowledge of routing and switching (Nokia SROS/Cisco)

Job description

Hello,

Duration – 12+ Months

Location – 1 Brick Ln, London E1 6PU, United Kingdom (Hybrid/2 days a week)

Skills

• Fortinet NSE4 certification and strong hands‑on experience of FortiGate firewalls, FortiAnalyser and fortimanager
• Solid grasp of firewall architecture.
• Demonstrable experience in crafting and owning both High Level Design and Low Level Design documentation.
• Good understanding of configuring firewall policies, address objects, NAT, Interfaces, Zones, Dynamic Routing (BGP), logging.
• Good understanding of routing and switching especially of Nokia SROS devices (e.g. 7750) would be advantageous, else Cisco (CCNA/CCNP); MPLS

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Palo Alto firewalls, F5 LTM/GTM (or other load balancing) and Mobile 5G technologies
• Ability to apply Open-config and Vendor specific NETCONF-YANG models, JSON and XML payload for network automation to configure and manage firewalls
• Knowledge of Python and GIT to manage configuration templates and develop Automation solutions

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering, Design, and Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Technology, Information and Media, and Telecommunications

Thanks

Sugan