Network Engineer BACLJP00013360 – Full Time – Chester

Catering; Chester; On-site; GBP 88,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Support Engineer is required for a 12 month contract in Chester with hybrid onsite requirements. The role pays £550 p/d inside IR35 and does not provide sponsorship.

This client operates in the financial services sector. You will collect, normalize and onboard network telemetry data into Splunk and approved analytics platforms, work with Network Engineering to understand device behaviours, health indicators and performance signals across routing, switching, wireless and SD-WAN, and

Qualifications

• Enterprise network infrastructure knowledge: routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN.
• Hands-on Splunk data ingestion, searches, dashboards and alerts.
• Experience with SNMP, syslog, telemetry streams, APIs and device metrics.

Responsibilities

• Collect and onboard network telemetry data into analytics platforms.
• Collaborate with Network Engineering to monitor device health and performance signals across networks.

Skills

Routing

Switching

Wireless

SD-WAN

Telemetry

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Network Support Engineer

12 Month Contract

Chester Hybrid

£550 p/d inside IR35

Client within the financial services industry is currently seeking for a Networks support engineer to join the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, normalize, and onboard network device telemetry and instrumentation data (metrics, logs, events, streams) into Splunk and approved analytics platforms.
• Work with Network Engineering teams to understand device behaviors, health indicators, and performance signals across routing, switching, wireless, and SD-WAN platforms.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of enterprise network infrastructure (routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN).
• Hands‑on experience with Splunk for data ingestion, searches, dashboards, and alerts.
• Experience working with network telemetry sources such as SNMP, syslog, telemetry streams, APIs, and device metrics.
• Please note this role requires 3 days onsite and sponsorship cannot be provided.

Salary: £550/day

Job Type: Contract

Location: Chester, Cheshire