Network Engineer - Campus / Wireless - Contract

World Wide Technology; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wide Technology (WWT) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support a campus refresh program for an enterprise client in London. The role is delivery and project based, focusing on planning, preparation and end-to-end implementation.

You will relocate equipment rooms, refresh floors, migrate services and deploy new network gear while coordinating with junior engineers. Strong Cisco switching and wireless experience is required.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and refreshing campus network infrastructure.
• Strong BGP and Layer 3 routing experience.
• Hands-on with multiple generations of Cisco wireless and switching gear.
• Ability to guide junior engineers/contractors on site.
• Experience validating network functionality with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and relocating main equipment rooms across the building.
• Refreshing floors as they are decommissioned, refurbished and brought back.
• Migrating services to temporary core/distribution and ultimately to the final.
• Deploying and configuring new network kit as floors and equipment rooms become available, including delivering kit to site, instructing junior engineers/contractors, and migrating and refreshing existing switches.
• Refreshing wireless infrastructure across multiple generations of Wi‑Fi deployed across the estate, including managing user Wi‑Fi through construction and handover phases and coordinating closely with construction teams on the practical nuances this creates.
• Building network infrastructure to the standard expected in live operations, with security requirements designed in from the outset rather than retrofitted
• Validating network functionality jointly with cabling, AV, physical security and end user testing teams

Skills

Cisco Catalyst 6500/4500/9410

Cisco Wireless APs 3800-9130

Cisco Wireless Controllers 5520/5508/Y

BGP & L3 Routing

Campus Wi‑Fi Design

Tools

Cisco Catalyst Centre

Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Job description

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology solution provider, working with the world's largest organisations to design, build and deliver complex infrastructure at scale. Our EMEA business spans a London sales office, a European Integration Center in Amsterdam and an operations team at Schiphol, and continues to grow rapidly.

WWT EMEA has a need for a Senior Network Engineer to help with a campus refresh program for enterprise client. This a delivery and project based role where the successful candidate will be responsible for planning, preparing and implementation of end to end solution. Please see a list of requirements below.

Requirements

• Reviewing and relocating main equipment rooms across the building
• Refreshing floors as they are decommissioned, refurbished and brought back
• Migrating services to temporary core/distribution and ultimately to the final
• Deploying and configuring new network kit as floors and equipment rooms become available, including delivering kit to site, instructing junior engineers/contractors, and migrating and refreshing existing switches
• Refreshing wireless infrastructure across multiple generations of Wi‑Fi deployed across the estate, including managing user Wi‑Fi through construction and handover phases and coordinating closely with construction teams on the practical nuances this creates
• Building network infrastructure to the standard expected in live operations, with security requirements designed in from the outset rather than retrofitted
• Validating network functionality jointly with cabling, AV, physical security and end user testing teams

Skills required:

• Cisco Catalyst switching — 6500, 4500 and 9410 platforms
• Cisco wireless access points across multiple generations — 3800 series through to 9130 series
• Cisco wireless controllers — 5520, 5508 and 9800 series
• Cisco Catalyst Centre and Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• Strong, Wi‑Fi savvy campus wireless experience — this is a key differentiator for this programme
• Recent, hands‑on experience deploying and refreshing network infrastructure in
• Heavy use of BGP and Layer 3 routing domains in a campus context

Supplementary — Desirable

• General awareness of firewalls in a campus context (deep firewall engineering not required)
• Basic multicast configuration — sufficient for use cases such as office
• Voice VLAN configuration to switchport level (no end-to-end voice engineering required)

World Wide Technology is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.