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Role Title: EOL Network Engineer
Duration: contract to run until 28/01/2027
Location: London, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite (weekend work will be required)
Rate: up to £414 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Role Purpose / Summary
Provide a network engineer to complete the replacement of 50 end of life network switches in the client EMEA colo sites.
- Preconfigure devices in the lab
- Work with remote hands to rack devices
- Raise changes to communicate with stakeholders and obtain approval for the migration in an agreed window
- Migrate connections from old to new devices on agreed weekend with remote hands
- Perform necessary checks and be ready for start of week checks on Sunday should any issues arise
- Coordinate to decom, un-rack, and dispose of old kit
- Keep track of progress in our centralized tracking sheet
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Candidate will possess a good attitude, work well with others, and an energetic approach to drive the project to completion, overcoming any obstacles in the way. Strong communication is important.
Skills / Experience
- Possess professional-level working knowledge of networks (TCP/IP, BGP routing, PIM routing, STP, route maps, access lists).
- Must have practical hands-on experience working with network routers and switches.
- Have experience working with Arista and Cisco switches. Experience in the financial sector a plus.
- Experience managing such a project end-to-end a plus
- Ideally have working-level knowledge of Ansible and other tooling to achieve objectives in an efficient manner.
- Possess strong analytical and project management skills to be able to manage the end of life project and communicate effectively with stakeholders
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Mandatory Skills
- Willing to work every weekend
- Extranet experience
- Financial industry experience
- Arista, Firewall experience
- Troubleshooting complex network issues
- Good communication skills to interface with external entities (clients & Exchanges) and internal engineers at technical level.
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