About this role
Salary: £60,000 - 65,000 per year
Requirements: Strong senior-level network engineering experience within an MSP, ISP or service-provider environmentExtensive hands-on BGP experience, including design, peering, route policy and production troubleshootingStrong Cisco routing and switching experience, particularly Cisco Nexus and ASRExcellent Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking knowledge, including VLANs, trunking, STP, EIGRP and network redundancy/HADatacentre networking experience, including resilient network design and structured cablingStrong Fortinet experience, particularly FortiGate and FortiManagerExperience with firewalling at scale, NAT, IPS, web and antivirus filtering, IPSec site-to-site VPNs and SSL VPNsUnderstanding of internet connectivity including FTTC, FTTP and leased lines, together with transit and peering conceptsStrong analytical and troubleshooting skillsExcellent customer-facing communication skillsFull UK driving licenceCCNP or equivalentFortinet NSE/FCP certificationHPE Aruba, Cisco Meraki or Ubiquiti UniFiSophos or Cisco ASA/FirepowerWindows Server knowledgeHyper-V or VMwareExperience working within CNI, datacentre or other high-availability environments Responsibilities: Take ownership of network installation and migration projects from start to finishWork closely with the Network Manager, Account Managers and customers to deliver projects successfullyMaintain and develop the ISP and datacentre network, including core routing, peering, transit and edge connectivityConfigure, manage and troubleshoot multi-customer firewall environments using FortiGate, FortiManager and Sophos XGConfigure and support Cisco Nexus datacentre and ASR edge/service-provider platformsConfigure and troubleshoot BGP, including peering and route policiesMaintain and develop network monitoring and alerting systemsProvide technical support across customer and internal network environmentsParticipate in the 24/7 out-of-hours on-call rota, with a separate on-call allowance and paid callout paymentsAttend customer sites and datacentres for installations, migrations and technical support when required Technologies: ArubaCiscoFirewallFortiGateHyper-VSupportNATNetworkNexusVMwareWebWindows More:
We are an established UK Managed Service Provider (MSP) operating our own ISP and datacentre infrastructure, delivering complex managed network services to enterprise and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) customers. This is a hands-on senior technical role based in Basildon, Essex on a hybrid basis, with occasional customer site and data centre visits. You will join an experienced Network and ISP Engineering team and work on technically varied infrastructure across Cisco and Fortinet technologies, with strong service-provider routing built around BGP. We offer a salary of up to £65,000 depending on experience, plus a separate on-call allowance and paid callout payments. We are committed to inclusive recruitment and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
last updated 35 week of 2026