22 network engineer jobs found in Reading

Network Engineer - £450 - £500 Per Day (Outside IR35) – 3 Months Rolling – London (Hybrid) Overview We are currently partnered with a leading UK enterprise seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join a major data centre migration and network transformation programme on an initial 3-month rolling contract in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing and migrating complex enterprise network infrastructure, with a particular focus on Cisco ACI, Fortinet Firewalls and F5 Load Balancers. This is a hands-on, project-focused opportunity involving large-scale data centre migrations, network modernisation and secure connectivity across hybrid infrastructure environments, with no BAU support responsibilities. Role & Responsibilities Design, implement and migrate enterprise network infrastructure across complex data centre environments. Lead technical delivery of data centre migration activities, ensuring minimal disruption to...

Network Engineer - £450 - £500 Per Day (Outside IR35) – 3 Months Rolling – London (Hybrid) Overview We are currently partnered with a leading UK enterprise seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join a major data centre migration and network transformation programme on an initial 3-month rolling contract in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing and migrating complex enterprise network infrastructure, with a particular focus on Cisco ACI, Fortinet Firewalls and F5 Load Balancers. This is a hands-on, project-focused opportunity involving large-scale data centre migrations, network modernisation and secure connectivity across hybrid infrastructure environments, with no BAU support responsibilities. Role & Responsibilities Design, implement and migrate enterprise network infrastructure across complex data centre environments. Lead technical delivery of data centre migration activities, ensuring minimal...

Network Engineer - £450 - £500 Per Day (Outside IR35) - 3 months Rolling - London (Hybrid) Overview We are currently partnered with a leading UK enterprise seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join a major data centre migration and network transformation programme on an initial 3-month rolling contract in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing and migrating complex enterprise network infrastructure, with a particular focus on Cisco ACI, Fortinet Firewalls and F5 Load Balancers. This is a hands-on, project-focused opportunity involving large-scale data centre migrations, network modernisation and secure connectivity across hybrid infrastructure environments, with no BAU support responsibilities. Role & Responsibilities Design, implement and migrate enterprise network infrastructure across complex data centre environments. Lead technical delivery of data centre migration activities, ensuring minimal disruption to...

Network & Voice Engineer - Contract Day Rate: Up to £450 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: 6 Months Location: TBC Start Date: ASAP We are looking for an experienced Network & Voice Engineer to support a business with its network infrastructure and enterprise voice environment on an initial 6-month contract. This is a hands-on technical role requiring particularly strong experience with Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and Microsoft Teams, supporting, troubleshooting and improving enterprise telephony and unified communications services. You 'll need to be comfortable working independently, resolving complex technical issues and supporting the integration of traditional Cisco voice infrastructure with Microsoft Teams. Key Responsibilities Support, administer and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) environments. Manage and optimise Microsoft Teams Phone and associated voice services. Support...

Network & Voice Engineer - Contract Day Rate: Up to £450 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: 6 Months Location: TBC Start Date: ASAP We are looking for an experienced Network & Voice Engineer to support a business with its network infrastructure and enterprise voice environment on an initial 6-month contract. This is a hands-on technical role requiring particularly strong experience with Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and Microsoft Teams, supporting, troubleshooting and improving enterprise telephony and unified communications services. You'll need to be comfortable working independently, resolving complex technical issues and supporting the integration of traditional Cisco voice infrastructure with Microsoft Teams. Key Responsibilities Support, administer and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) environments. Manage and optimise Microsoft Teams Phone and associated voice services. Support voice integration between Cisco CUCM and...

Senior Network Security Engineer £450-500 per day, Outside IR35 Initially until the end of Jan 2027 (+ Likely extensions) 1-2 Days per week onsite in either Newport or Crawley Unify are exclusively partnering with a well known brand in the Defence industry. We are supporting them by strengthening their IT team with crucial Contractor hires who can hit the ground running and add value from day one. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Security Engineer Engineer with the following experience: Must have: Hands on Cato administration, including managing SD WAN traffic. Understanding of routing, traffic policies, network connectivity and troubleshooting. Experience managing enterprise network infrastructure across multiple sites. Practical network security experience, including firewall rules and secure connectivity. Ability to diagnose complex network performance and connectivity issues. Preferred: Cisco Meraki configuration and...

Position: Senior Wireless Network Architect Start Date: ASAP Duration: 6 Month Contract Location: UK - Remote Rate: £500 - £595 per day outside of IR35 Reference: 20895 We are seeking an experienced Wireless Network Architect to support a major enterprise wireless infrastructure transformation. The assignment will focus on the modernisation of an established Cisco-based wireless environment, requiring deep technical expertise across wireless architecture, RF planning, controller migration and deployment delivery. The successful consultant will work alongside the existing technology vendor, providing independent technical oversight, validating proposed designs and ensuring that implementation decisions meet the required operational and performance standards. This is a hands-on architecture role combining technical leadership, engineering delivery and stakeholder engagement. The individual will take ownership of wireless design assurance, RF survey interpretation...

SIEM Content & Platform Engineer | Hybrid London (2 Days Per Week) | £550pd Outside IR35 | 5 Month Initial Contract We're currently looking for an experienced SIEM Content & Platform Engineer to join a Cyber Security team. Role: SIEM Content & Platform Engineer Location: London (2 days per week onsite, remainder remote) Duration: Initial 5 Month Contract Rate: £550 IR35: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP The Role: You will act as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Sentinel, detection engineering, security monitoring architecture and associated security platforms. Key Responsibilities: Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Sentinel, detection engineering, security monitoring architecture, and associated security platforms Design, develop, test, deploy and tune analytics rules, correlation logic, threat-hunting queries and reusable detection content aligned with MITRE ATT&CK Engineer and optimise data connectors, ingestion...

Senior SOC Analyst - Detection Engineering (SC Cleared) £450 per day | Outside IR35 | 9-Month Contract Active SC Clearance Required | London (1 day per month onsite) A leading consultancy is looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to join a high-profile cyber security programme supporting critical public sector services. This role offers a unique blend of detection engineering and SOC operations , providing the opportunity to develop and optimise advanced detection capabilities while helping protect large-scale cloud environments. Working within a Security Operations Centre (SOC), you'll be responsible for building and tuning detections, investigating security incidents, and improving the effectiveness of security monitoring across AWS and Splunk environments. The Role As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will operate at the intersection of security operations, threat detection, and cloud security. You'll work closely with SOC analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to develop high-fidelity...

Senior Azure Security Engineer - £500-£650 Per Day OUTSIDE IR35 - 5-Month Contract - 2 days in London p/w We're looking for an experienced Senior Azure Security Engineer to join a cyber security team on an initial 4-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on security engineer with strong Microsoft Azure security expertise, experience across Microsoft Sentinel, and a passion for strengthening enterprise cyber resilience. You'll play a key role in designing, implementing, securing and supporting Microsoft security technologies across cloud, identity, endpoint, infrastructure and security monitoring platforms. Working closely with Security Operations, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, Identity and Architecture teams, you'll help enhance security controls, improve threat detection, automate security processes and support a complex hybrid enterprise environment. Key Responsibilities Act as a subject matter expert across Microsoft Azure security,...

Operational Acceptance Tester (OAT) - SC Cleared Contract | Outside IR35 | Up to £375 per day Location: Hybrid/Predominantly Remote - occasional travel to London Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required We are looking for an experienced Operational Acceptance Tester (OAT) to join a major technology programme, supporting the operational readiness and production acceptance of secure, cloud-based services. This is a hands-on testing role requiring strong experience across Operational Acceptance Testing, AWS/cloud environments, resilience, recovery, monitoring and release readiness . The successful candidate will help deliver OAT activities and work closely with DevOps, Infrastructure and Release teams. Responsibilities Lead the Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) process, ensuring systems are operationally ready ahead of production deployment. Define OAT strategies, test plans, acceptance criteria and supporting documentation. Test areas...

Detection Engineer (SOC/SIEM/Splunk) £450 per day | Outside IR35 | 9-Month Contract Active SC Clearance Required London (1 day per month onsite) A leading consultancy is looking for a Detection Engineer to join a high-profile cyber security programme supporting critical public sector services. This role offers a unique blend of detection engineering and SOC operations , providing the opportunity to develop and optimise advanced detection capabilities while helping protect large-scale cloud environments. Working within a Security Operations Centre (SOC), you'll be responsible for building and tuning detections, investigating security incidents, and improving the effectiveness of security monitoring across AWS and Splunk environments. The Role As a Detection Engineer, you will operate at the intersection of security operations, threat detection, and cloud security. You'll work closely with SOC analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to develop high-fidelity detections, reduce...

Detection Engineer (SOC/SIEM/Splunk) £450 per day | Outside IR35 | 9-Month Contract Active SC Clearance Required | London (1 day per month onsite) A leading consultancy is looking for a Detection Engineer to join a high-profile cyber security programme supporting critical public sector services. This role offers a unique blend of detection engineering and SOC operations , providing the opportunity to develop and optimise advanced detection capabilities while helping protect large-scale cloud environments. Working within a Security Operations Centre (SOC), you'll be responsible for building and tuning detections, investigating security incidents, and improving the effectiveness of security monitoring across AWS and Splunk environments. The Role As a Detection Engineer, you will operate at the intersection of security operations, threat detection, and cloud security. You'll work closely with SOC analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to develop high-fidelity detections, reduce...

SD-WAN Project Engineer (Contract) TXP are recruiting SD-WAN Project Engineers for a nationwide retail rollout across a number of sites throughout the UK & Ireland. We 're looking for experienced field engineers to support the installation and swap-out of Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliances and Wireless Access Points as part of a large-scale network transformation project. Key Requirements: Network hardware deployment experience Router, firewall, switch or SD-WAN installation background Comfortable following deployment scripts Strong fault-finding skills Full UK driving licence and own vehicle Customer-facing and professional approach Project Details: UK & Ireland Wide - Ideally East or West London based Immediate Start October-December Travel Required Up to 2 sites per day Outside IR35 £180 per day Milage 30p per mile after 75 miles This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-supported...

Hays are working with a large public sector organisation to support the recruitment for a contract Voice Engineer. The role will be outside IR35, paying a rate dependent on experience for 6 months initially. The role will be hybrid, typically 2 days per week on site in Gloucestershire, and you'll need SC clearance and ideally, be eligible or hold additional clearance. You will need: Experience supporting enterprise voice and network environments Strong knowledge of Cisco CUCM and UCCE Experience with Microsoft Teams Voice and VoIP solutions Solid understanding of Cisco routing, switching and wireless technologies Knowledge of Cisco and Check Point firewalls Experience with Cisco ISE (802.1X/MAB) Exposure to SASE technologies Experience using SolarWinds (NPM, NCM, IPAM) Ability to perform firmware upgrades, certificate renewals and hardware maintenance Strong troubleshooting and BAU support experience Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills...

Senior AI Systems Administrator (Contract) | Cambridge | £500 to £600 per day | Outside IR35 A not-for-profit AI organisation in central Cambridge needs an experienced contractor to build and run its GPU infrastructure. You’ll provision and look after multi-rack GPU clusters used for training and inference, from the hardware and fabric up to orchestration. Researchers and engineers rely on this platform every day. What you’ll deliver Multi-rack GPU servers deployed, tuned and stable under training and inference workloads High-performance networking built and maintained (InfiniBand, RDMA, RoCE), plus the switches, routers and firewalls around it The estate managed as code with Git and Terraform/OpenTofu, so it’s repeatable and handed over cleanly Linux hosts, hypervisors and VMs administered across Ubuntu and RHEL Ongoing tuning with the people who use the systems, based on how they actually run them You’ll need A strong track record as a Systems Administrator, HPC...

Senior AI Systems Administrator (Contract) | Cambridge | £500 to £600 per day | Outside IR35 A not-for-profit AI organisation in central Cambridge needs an experienced contractor to build and run its GPU infrastructure. You'll provision and look after multi-rack GPU clusters used for training and inference, from the hardware and fabric up to orchestration. Researchers and engineers rely on this platform every day. What you'll deliver Multi-rack GPU servers deployed, tuned and stable under training and inference workloads High-performance networking built and maintained (InfiniBand, RDMA, RoCE), plus the switches, routers and firewalls around it The estate managed as code with Git and Terraform/OpenTofu, so it's repeatable and handed over cleanly Linux hosts, hypervisors and VMs administered across Ubuntu and RHEL Ongoing tuning with the people who use the systems, based on how they actually run them You'll need A strong track record...

Infrastructure Engineer Test Engineer - DV Cleared- Contract - MOD/Defence Somerset| £600 per day + Expenses | Outside IR35 | DV Security Clearance Required Are you an Infrastructure Test Engineer with strong QA and testing experience across networks, platforms and Infrastructure as Code? This is an opportunity to work on complex Defence and National Security projects, taking responsibility for testing and validating infrastructure before deployment into highly secure production environments. Working alongside Infrastructure Engineers, Architects and DevSecOps specialists, you'll assure infrastructure across physical, virtualised and cloud environments, ensuring it meets the required standards for functionality, resilience and security. What you'll do Create infrastructure-focused test strategies, plans and test cases. Carry out functional, integration, regression, resilience and security testing. Test and validate Infrastructure as Code deployments. Validate physical,...

Infrastructure Engineer Test Engineer - DV Cleared- Contract - MOD/Defence Somerset| £600 per day + Expenses | Outside IR35 | DV Security Clearance Required Are you an Infrastructure Test Engineer with strong QA and testing experience across networks, platforms and Infrastructure as Code? This is an opportunity to work on complex Defence and National Security projects, taking responsibility for testing and validating infrastructure before deployment into highly secure production environments. Working alongside Infrastructure Engineers, Architects and DevSecOps specialists, you'll assure infrastructure across physical, virtualised and cloud environments, ensuring it meets the required standards for functionality, resilience and security. What you'll do Create infrastructure-focused test strategies, plans and test cases. Carry out functional, integration, regression, resilience and security testing. Test and validate Infrastructure as Code deployments. Validate...

We are looking for a QA Test Infrastructure Engineer to work with one of our clients in the defence sector. You'll work alongside engineers, architects, and delivery specialists to develop technology that enables faster, safer decision-making for critical operations. You work will consist of: ensuring quality of products as they move from POC to production, analysing infrastructure requirements and architectures, creating infrastructure-focussed strategies and designing and executing tests across physical infrastructure and IaC. We are looking for someone with skills and experience in: Infrastructure, Networking & Operating Systems Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, switching, Firewalls, VLANs, and related network behaviours. Experience with physical infrastructure setup and troubleshooting (Routers, Switches, cabling). Proficiency with Linux/Unix command line for diagnostics, configuration, and validation. Experience working across virtualisation...