Senior Network Engineer

World Wide Technology; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Part time

Job summary

World Wide Technology (WWT) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a contract role (Inside IR35) in London. You will execute legacy-to-ACI migrations across two data centres and work hands-on on implementation and deployment from approved design documentation.

Strong routing, switching, and BGP skills are essential. The role is hybrid in London (2 days a week) and requires ability to operate in a structured process environment and coordinate across change-management systems.

Qualifications

• Solid routing, switching, and BGP fundamentals.
• Comfortable following LLD/HLD documentation and processes.

Responsibilities

• Rack, cable, and configure data centre equipment.
• Migrate legacy infrastructure to Cisco ACI.
• Implement strictly from approved LLD/HLD documentation.
• Work across legacy Cisco Nexus environments (9000/7000/5000) and existing ACI environments.
• Operate across multiple ticketing and change management systems.
• Support a large-scale, multi-entity data centre environment.

Skills

Routing fundamentals

Switching fundamentals

BGP fundamentals

Tools

Cisco Nexus 9000/7000/5000

Cisco ACI

Job description

World Wide Technology (WWT), a 36-year-old global technology integrator and IT solutions provider. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results from idea to outcome.

World Wide Technology (WWT) has an opportunity for Senior Network Engineers to execute a legacy-to-ACI migration across two data centres supporting a major financial services client. This is hands-on, Implementation, Migration & deployment-focused work engineers will implement against Low-Level Designs already produced by the design team, not design the solution themselves. Candidates must be able to demonstrate solid routing, switching, and BGP fundamentals, as technical depth in these areas is a key screening criterion for this role.

This is a contract Role & Inside IR35

Contract Duration: To be confirmed

Location: London (Hybrid - 2 days a week)

Key Responsibilities

• Physically rack, cable, and configure data centre equipment.
• Migrate legacy infrastructure to Cisco ACI.
• Implement strictly from approved LLD/HLD documentation.
• Work across legacy Cisco Nexus (9000/7000/5000) and existing ACI environments.
• Operate across multiple ticketing and change management systems.
• Support a large-scale, multi-entity data centre environment.

What We're Looking For

• Solid routing, switching, and BGP fundamentals.
• Comfortable working from LLD/HLD documentation rather than improvising design.
• Self-starting, able to complete tasks with minimal oversight.
• Comfortable following defined process in a structured environment.

Note:

Candidates will be required to go through background checks before commencing contract.

Must be eligible to live and work in the specified work location. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

World Wide Technology is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, color, 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.