Salary: £136,500 - 136,500 per year Requirements: We require active MOD SC Clearance. We require sole UK national status. We require a minimum of 5 years of experience in Network Engineering roles. We require strong hands-on experience with switching, routing, firewall configuration, load balancing, and voice technologies. We require Cisco CCNA certification or an equivalent qualification. We require a strong understanding of network security, VPN technologies, converged networks, and broadband technologies. We require experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise LAN, WAN, and voice infrastructure. We require an understanding of racking, cabling, and containment standards. We require the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced project environments. We prefer subject matter expert capability in one or more networking disciplines. We prefer experience working within highly secure or defence-related environments. Responsibilities: We will have you install and configure network equipment for complex or business-critical environments. We will have you conduct infrastructure surveys across wired and wireless networks. We will have you support office moves, adds, and changes. We will have you carry out network hardware and cabling refresh activities. We will have you configure switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, and voice systems. We will have you perform impact assessments across large-scale network environments. We will have you test solutions against predefined plans and analyse the results. We will have you support LAN, WAN, and voice infrastructure environments. We will have you work onsite with project managers, architects, and technical SMEs to support delivery of complex network infrastructure projects. We will have you collaborate with operational support teams to ensure smooth transition and integration into live services. Technologies: Cisco Firewall Hardware Support LAN Load Balancing Network Security VPN More: We are offering a 6-month contract role for an experienced Network Engineer based full-time onsite in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, working 5 days per week. This is an inside IR35 opportunity at a rate of £525 per day, with expenses payable in line with project policy. You will join us in a hands-on delivery environment, working closely with project managers, architects, technical subject matter experts, and operational support teams to deliver complex network infrastructure projects within a highly secure setting. last updated 21 week of 2026