Cisco Catalyst Network Engineer

We have an exciting job opportunity for Cisco Catalyst Network Engineer role at Newbury, UK Role: Cisco Catalyst Network Engineer Duration: Contract Location: Newbury, UK Working Hours: 24/7 Shift Rota Role We are seeking a Senior Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Engineer to join the dedicated MES team. This role sits as an SD-WAN technical authority within the team, providing engineering consultancy, assurance, and governance across the SD-WAN estate rather than operating solely as an implementer. The successful candidate will lead and support medium, and complex network changes, incident troubleshooting as needed, assist in operational governance, and act as a technical advisor to both the customer and internal Vodafone MES teams. Key Responsibilities Act as technical authority for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN within the dedicated MES team. Provide consultative input for Simple, medium, and complex WAN/LAN changes, Routing and design decisions (underlay/overlay, VRFs, segmentation,etc.) and risk assessment and impact analysis for proposed changes Change, Governance andamp; Operational Assurance: Contribute to technical governance forums with the Customer and internal stakeholders. Ensure strong housekeeping and hygiene across the estate, including Configuration drift detection and remediation, Template governance in vManage, Version, feature, and compatibility alignment Help with best practice for security posture, firmware upgrade strategy etc. Work with the CTL to support CAB processes ..... full job details .....