Network Engineer

SBA are currently supporting our Central Government client, who are seeking a Senior Network Engineer on an initial 6 month + contract Vacancies: 2 The RoleJoin a highly skilled engineering team supporting complex, business-critical enterprise network environments.Provide 3rd-line support across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, wireless and remote-access technologies.Design, implement and support secure, resilient networks across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.Drive Network Automation, DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.Develop automated network deployment and configuration solutions using Ansible, Python/PowerShell, Git and REST APIs.Integrate network provisioning and configuration into CI/CD pipelines.Support monitoring, observability, capacity planning, performance optimisation and continuous service improvement. What We''re Looking ForStrong experience as a Senior Network Engineer within complex enterprise environments.Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, NAT, QoS and VLSM.Strong experience with LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPNs, OSPF and BGP.Hands-on experience across routing, switching, firewalls, wireless and load balancing.Strong Ansible experience, including playbooks, roles, inventories and automation workflows.Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell or Bash.Experience with Git, REST APIs, JSON/YAML, IaC and CI/CD.Experience supporting on-premises and cloud networking, resilience, high availability and ..... full job details .....