Network Field Engineer | 12 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, Edinburgh| Starting ASAP Must be Scotland based due to travel to end client sitesDay Rate: £DOEAbout the Role:You will be a subject expert in the field of Networking. You will have extensive practical day to day and some strategic Cisco switching and routing experience with a CCNP certificate at minimum. Though experience in Palo Alto, F5, Collaboration, VPN, Windows and Linux is advantageous. You need to be technically skilled and have the drive and the ability to be proactive to deliver results as part of the overall change programme. Promoting best practice in network management you will ensure that the clients policy and procedures maintain quality assurance levels of a high standard.Main ResponsibilitiesThe key focus for this contract at the start is to focus on the following projects: Manage the migration of Internet and azure hosted traffic to the new SDWAN solution, as well as rollout of new VPN solution, upgrade of estates wide LAN hardware/software (Triage of site failures over 50+ sites), Wi-Fi system upgrade (New controllers, AP''s, expansion of coverage etc). More projects are in the works so there is scope for more works around F5, Data centre exit, ISE Upgrade/replacement, management systems. Programme DeliveryConsult in the delivery of a design and strategy around managing a large multi-site network including SDWAN, WiFi and LAN active projects leading to you implementing said designs.Provi