Network Engineer

Network Engineer Manchester Contract A client is seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer with deep expertise in enterprise networking to join a major transformation project within the business. The Systems Engineer take ownership of the end-to-end network environment, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across a fast-paced technical estate.Key Responsibilities of the Network Engineer: Own and manage the corporate network across multiple sites, including switching, routing, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, and WAN connectivity.Optimise network performance for high-volume workloads, including Perforce synchronisations, build distribution, and GPU workstation traffic.Design and implement network segmentation and secure access controls.Monitor network capacity, performance, and availability, ensuring a resilient and scalable architecture.Manage network hardware, ISP services, and third-party connectivity providers.Support the wider IT infrastructure estate, including Windows, identity, endpoint, and cloud platforms.Develop and maintain network automation and Infrastructure as Code solutions. Key Skills and Experience of the Network Engineer: Must have expert knowledge of enterprise networking, including switching, routing, BGP, OSPF, wireless, firewalls, and VPN technologies.Experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba, Juniper, Arista, or similar enterprise networking platforms.Strong experience playing a key part of Major internal projectsProven experience ..... full job details .....