About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Strong enterprise networking experience, particularly with Cisco routing and switching
- Hands-on experience with Cisco IOS-XE, Cisco Nexus, and Cisco UCS
- Proven experience implementing changes and upgrades in live production environments
- Understanding of ITIL change management and rollback procedures
- Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills
- Experience in utilities, energy, or critical infrastructure environments is advantageous
- Cisco certifications are advantageous
- Candidates must be based in the UK
Responsibilities
- Execute network patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation activities
- Implement approved infrastructure changes during overnight maintenance windows
- Perform pre- and post-change checks and validation testing
- Troubleshoot issues arising from patching and upgrades
- Maintain change records and handover documentation
Technologies
- Cisco
- ITIL
- Network
- Nexus
- Windows
- iOS
- Support
More
We are recruiting experienced Network Engineers for a six-month contract supporting a major infrastructure patching and vulnerability remediation programme in a large, business-critical environment. This is a hands-on operational role focused on network changes, upgrades, and patching during planned overnight maintenance windows. The role is fully remote within the UK and is inside IR35, with payment through an umbrella company. The nights-only shift pattern is expected to be four days on and four days off, with 12-hour shifts from 5:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.; the schedule is to be confirmed.
last updated 44 week of 2026