Network Implementation Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• At least 7 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise network environments, with strong practical expertise in Cisco Meraki and Cisco Catalyst solutions.
• Strong design and implementation experience with WLAN technologies, including Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and access points, Aruba WLAN, and Meraki Wireless.
• Proven experience in deploying and troubleshooting routers, switches, wireless infrastructure, firewalls, SD-WAN, and WAN circuits.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking architecture, high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Experience managing major incidents, problem management, capacity management, and service improvement initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and vendor coordination skills.
• Certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, Cisco Meraki Solutions Specialist, PCNSA/PCNSE, Aruba Certified Professional, or equivalent are desirable.
• Strong customer-facing and consulting experience.
• Ability to operate independently in a global network implementation and project delivery environment.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise and hybrid-cloud network infrastructures.
• Passion for automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver greenfield and brownfield network implementations across complex enterprise environments.
• Configure, test and commission Cisco Catalyst 9K, Cisco Meraki, routing, switching and wireless technologies.
• Support network discovery, requirements validation, staging, deployment, migration, testing and handover.
• Implement LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, SD WAN and internet connectivity solutions.
• Work across Cisco Meraki, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus and Aruba Wireless environments.
• Produce technical documentation including HLDs, LLDs, MOPs, migration plans, rollback plans, test plans and as-built documentation.
• Lead technical activity during deployments, cutovers and complex implementation issues.
• Configure and troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 network environments.
• Implement IOS, firmware and security upgrades while minimising disruption to live services.
• Work closely with Architecture, Engineering, Security and Operations teams throughout project delivery.
• Support network migrations, infrastructure refreshes and technology rollouts.
• Identify technical risks, vulnerabilities and single points of failure and recommend appropriate improvements.
• Provide technical guidance to customers around network upgrades, optimisation and new technology.
• Support change management activity including implementation, validation and post-change reviews.
• Contribute to network monitoring, automation and service improvement initiatives.

Technologies:

• Aruba
• Cloud
• Cisco
• Firmware
• Support
• LAN
• Network
• Nexus
• Security
• VPN
• WLAN
• iOS
• ITSM
• MPLS
• ServiceNow

More:

We are working with one of the worlds largest solutions companies on an exciting contract opportunity for an experienced Network Implementation Engineer. This hands-on role supports a major programme of network deployments and infrastructure change across multiple London sites. The contract is inside IR35, pays £400 to £450 per day, and has an initial length of six weeks. We are seeking someone comfortable working independently in complex enterprise environments and collaborating with technical teams, vendors and customers to deliver successful network changes. ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

last updated 40 week of 2026