Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer | Contract | London

What the successful Senior Network Engineer will be doing:

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• Supporting a major office relocation and data centre migration for a global financial services group, working across Arista, Aruba and Cisco infrastructure
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• Delivering Layer 2/3 network migration (switching, routing, VLANs, trunking, STP, LACP) alongside a new FX trading platform build
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• Handling hands-on physical infrastructure work - copper and fibre patching, cable routing, labelling, to a professional installation standard
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• Supporting cutovers, implementation windows and post-change validation, including out-of-hours work when required
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• Ongoing support post go-live
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The Senior Network Engineer needs the following:

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• Proven contractor experience delivering building moves and data centre migrations, ideally supporting a trading platform build
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• Strong hands-on experience with Arista, Aruba and Cisco kit
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• Solid Layer 2/3 networking knowledge, including connectivity validation and troubleshooting
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• Track record working with third-party carriers on circuit/WAN migrations
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• Comfortable in a fast-paced, business-critical, multi-site environment
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Desirable skill for the network engineer:

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• French language skills
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• Experience with multicast networking or Infinera/optical transport
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• CCNA, CCNP, Arista ACE or equivalent certification
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Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.