Network Operations Specialist - Data Centre & DMZ

Network Operations Engineer - Data Centre & DMZ | £70-75 per hour (Inside IR35) | 6 months initially, with potential to extend (Remote, UK) | 4-day working week, maximum 40 hours, worked on a rota basis We're looking for an experienced network operations engineer to join a Tier 2 support function covering global data centre and DMZ infrastructure. We're looking for someone who is a hands on troubleshooter with strong protocol knowledge and comfortable owning incidents through to resolution. What You'll Be Doing: • Acting as a senior Tier 2 point of contact for incidents affecting data centre and DMZ network infrastructure • Working across Cisco ASR/ISR routers, Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches, and Arista DCS/CloudVision, covering internet routing, aggregation, distribution and access layers • Stakeholder management experience • Spotting potential failure points, vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities before they become incidents • Running proactive checks such as DR testing and reviewing observability gaps across the network stack What We're Looking For: • Strong hands-on experience with core networking: TCP/IP, IPv4, Layer 2 protocols, Multicast, BGP, EIGRP, QoS, UDP, OSPF, carrier circuits, leased line, broadband, DIA, and tunnelling protocols • Comfortable working with JIRA, Confluence and Agile/Scrum • Exposure to monitoring/diagnostic tooling such as SevOne, Splunk, Netscout, Wireshark, NNMi, OBM, IBM Watson or NSO • Some exposure to network automation tools and practices If this sounds like a good fit, apply now as interviews commence imminently! Network Operations Engineer - Data Centre & DMZ | £70-75 per hour (Inside IR35) | 6 months initially, with potential to extend (Remote, UK) | 4-day working week, maximum 40 hours, worked on a rota basis Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.