Details:
- Salary: 0 - 92.53 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Yeovil
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Senior Network Engineer – NSX (JFF5) – 1736
Location: Yeovil, Somerset
Onsite: Full time on site (flexible extended hours available)
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £92.53 Per hour (Umbrella)
Security Clearance: Active DV clearance or lapsed DV is required due to the sensitive nature of the project
Your Impact
Do you want to grow your career in network engineering and work on projects that safeguard some of the UK’s most critical systems? As a Senior Network Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, configuring, and supporting secure network environments that keep critical services connected and protected.
You will lead the resolution of complex customer challenges in an agile, innovative, and collaborative environment. This role requires close engagement with technical teams, stakeholders, and customers to ensure successful delivery of secure networking solutions.
We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer with strong NSX / network virtualisation expertise to support the delivery of secure and complex infrastructure projects.
What You Will Do
Design, configure, and support network virtualisation solutions (e.g. VMware NSX) within secure and enterprise environments
Take ownership of engineering delivery for one or more work packages, including planning, estimation, execution, and reporting
Develop and review high- and low-level network designs and technical documentation
Integrate and test network components, ensuring compliance with performance and security requirements
Provide mentoring, guidance, and technical leadership to Network Engineers and Technicians
Collaborate with stakeholders, project teams, and customers to ensure solutions meet requirements
Drive continuous improvement and contribute to engineering standards and governance
What You’ll Bring
Strong experience designing, configuring, and supporting network virtualisation platforms (e.g. NSX or similar)
Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities
Confidence to take ownership of solutions and represent networking in technical discussions
Core Areas (Must Have)
Strong understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, and routing/switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, QoS, VPNs, VLANs)
Network virtualisation (NSX-T): design, configuration, and support of NSX-based networking environments
Software-defined networking: implementation of logical switching, routing, and micro-segmentation
Integration of NSX networking within virtualised and platform environments (e.g. VCF)
Hands-on experience with Cisco or equivalent multi-vendor network equipment
Network security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, segmentation)
Familiarity with virtualisation and cloud networking concepts
Network monitoring, diagnostic, and analytics tools
Understanding of ITIL and service management frameworks
Experience delivering within secure, enterprise, or defence environments
Desirable
VMware NSX-T deep expertise and certification (or equivalent experience)
VCF networking integration (vSphere, vSAN, Aria Suite)
Overlay / underlay network design concepts
Automation of network configuration (Ansible, Terraform, APIs)
Integration with security tooling (SIEM, SOC platforms)
Cloud networking (AWS, Azure) and hybrid connectivity
Experience working in highly secure or regulated environments
If this is something of interest, can you please send me your most up to date cv to - or alternatively call me on (phone number removed)