Empowered SMS

Empowered SMS

Barrow in Furness, West Midlands

Network Engineer

Contract£? - ? per yearhierUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:
  • We require an active SC clearance.
  • We are looking for a Network Engineer with experience in Cisco SDA switching and Catalyst Centre.
  • We need hands-on experience with Cisco Wi‑Fi and Meraki Wi‑Fi.
  • We require experience with Cisco ISE.
  • We are looking for experience in wireless surveying and wireless leakage surveys using Ekahau surveying kit.
  • We need experience with LAN/WAN switching and routing, including patching and patch panel management.
  • We require experience with physical racking, cabling, patching, and cabinet upgrades.
  • We are looking for experience with ACI, physical switch installation, and battery replacements.
  • We need firewall experience with ASA, Palo Alto, and Meraki, including management, VPN configuration, and access control.
  • We require experience with F5 load balancing.
  • We are looking for experience with analogue telephony and Avaya telephony system support, including gateway and frame room management and maintenance.
  • We need experience with Catapan/encryptor configuration, management, and keying processes.
  • We require experience with SolarWinds.
  • We are looking for strong network troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities:
  • We will have you support a contract role for 1-2 years as a Network Engineer based in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
  • We will expect you to work in a hybrid arrangement, with 2-3 days per week on site when required.
  • We will have you travel to supported sites to remediate network issues across firewalls, routers, switches, and Catapans.
  • We will rely on you to manage and maintain patch panels, physical cabling, and cabinet upgrades.
  • We will have you carry out physical switch installation and battery replacements.
  • We will expect you to support firewall administration, VPN configuration, and access control tasks.
  • We will have you configure and maintain network and telephony equipment, including Avaya and Catapan/encryptor systems.
  • We will rely on you to use SolarWinds for network monitoring and support.
  • We will expect you to troubleshoot and resolve network problems across supported sites.
Technologies:
  • Cisco
  • Firewall
  • Support
  • LAN
  • Load Balancing
  • Network
  • VPN

More:

We are offering an exciting contract role for 1-2 years as a SC Cleared Network Engineer in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. This is a hybrid position with a requirement to be on site 2-3 days per week if travel is needed. The role involves supporting network infrastructure across multiple sites, with hands-on work covering switching, routing, wireless, firewalls, telephony, encryption, and monitoring technologies.

last updated 31 week of 2026

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Empowered SMS

Empowered SMS

Barrow in Furness

IT

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