Urgent Contract Network Engineer Location: London Duration: 6 months + Proven experience as a Network Engineer focusing on routing, switching, Cisco WiFi Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g., QoS, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, 802.11, 802.1x, IPSEC). Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic, and network analytics tools including Cisco ThousandEyes. Primarily a network engineer role with core competency of Routing and Switching. Should be comfortable working on CISCO and Checkpoint firewalls Needs to work very closely with the UC team to help set up MS Teams and Cisco telephony systems, manage QoS issues, circuit capacity planning, etc. from network perspective Experience with implementing Cisco ThousandEyes. Someone who can architect and implement it. Knowledge of Cisco SD-WAN, SD-Access, Catalysts Center and ISE a plus Network firewall policy administration a plus Hands-on experience of automation/scripting and configuration management tools such as Ansible University degree in Computer Science or a related subject. Professional certification (e.g., CCNA, CCNP) is preferred. Experience with Cisco: switches, routers, firewalls, Catalyst Center, ISE, WiFi.