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 & 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 Centre 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 Centre, ISE, WiFi