Full job descriptionNetwork Patching Engineer | £495 per day (Inside IR35) | 6 months | January start | UK-based, remote
We’re looking for an experienced Network Patching Engineer to support a large-scale network upgrade programme across a distributed estate of 10,000-20,000 devices. You’ll carry out approved patching and upgrade activities safely, validating service health before and after every change and troubleshooting methodically when things don’t go to plan.
This is a hands-on delivery role, so you must be comfortable executing controlled network changes at scale.
Key responsibilities
*Execute approved network patching and firmware/software upgrade activities in line with the agreed change plan
*Review change plans, identify missing prerequisites or unsafe assumptions, and raise them before work begins
*Complete pre-change health checks and capture a reliable baseline before every change
*Follow process scripts and change control procedures accurately
*Run defined post-change tests, compare results against the baseline and recognise abnormal results
*Troubleshoot using monitoring, logs, configuration comparison and connectivity tests
*Work across a mix of technologies, mostly Cisco, plus F5 and Check Point
What we’re looking for
*Practical experience in network patching, upgrades or change implementation in a large or comparable estate
*Network routing protocols and routing troubleshooting
*LAN technologies and switching
*WAN connectivity and carrier dependencies
*Firewall and security policy concepts
*Load balancer and traffic-flow concepts
*High availability and failover
*Network monitoring, alarms and logging
If this sounds like a good fit, apply now!
Network Patching Engineer | £495 per day (Inside IR35) | 6 months | January start | UK-based, remote
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