Senior Network Engineer | Hybrid MSP/Datacentre Role

WE Talent; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

WE Talent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer in Basildon, hybrid with occasional site visits. You will own complex network projects and act as a technical authority across ISP/datacentre environments, including Fortinet and Cisco platforms.

Ideal candidates bring senior MSP/ISP experience, strong BGP and Cisco routing skills, and a proven ability to troubleshoot across L2/L3 networks while supporting customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Strong senior-level network engineering experience within an MSP, ISP or service-provider environment.
• Extensive hands-on BGP experience, including design, peering, route policy and production troubleshooting
• Strong Cisco routing and switching experience, particularly Cisco Nexus and ASR
• Excellent Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking knowledge, including VLANs, trunking, STP, EIGRP and network redundancy/HA
• Datacentre networking experience, including resilient network design and structured cabling
• Strong Fortinet experience, particularly FortiGate and FortiManager
• Experience with firewalling at scale, NAT, IPS, web and antivirus filtering, IPSec site-to-site VPNs and SSL VPNs
• Understanding of internet connectivity including FTTC, FTTP and leased lines, together with transit and peering concepts
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent customer-facing communication skills
• Full UK driving licence

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of network installation and migration projects from start to finish
• Work closely with the Network Manager, Account Managers and customers to deliver projects successfully
• Maintain and develop the ISP and datacentre network, including core routing, peering, transit and edge connectivity
• Configure, manage and troubleshoot multi-customer firewall environments using FortiGate, FortiManager and Sophos XG
• Configure and support Cisco Nexus datacentre and ASR edge/service-provider platforms
• Configure and troubleshoot BGP, including peering and route policies
• Maintain and develop network monitoring and alerting systems
• Provide technical support across customer and internal network environments
• Participate in the 24/7 out-of-hours on-call rota, with a separate on-call allowance and paid callout payments
• Attend customer sites and datacentres for installations, migrations and technical support when required

Skills

BGP design & troubleshooting

L2/L3 networking

Datacentre networking

Firewalling at scale

Network monitoring & troubleshooting

Customer-facing communication

Driving licence

Education

CCNP or equivalent

Tools

FortiGate

FortiManager

Sophos XG

Cisco Nexus

Cisco ASR

Job description

WE Talent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer in Basildon, hybrid with occasional site visits. You will own complex network projects and act as a technical authority across ISP/datacentre environments, including Fortinet and Cisco platforms.

Ideal candidates bring senior MSP/ISP experience, strong BGP and Cisco routing skills, and a proven ability to troubleshoot across L2/L3 networks while supporting customers and internal teams.