Senior Network Engineer

Working with a global financial services organisation who are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to help deliver a high-profile project. Details Location - London Hybrid - 3 days / week in office Duration - Initially 6 months Rate - £800-£900 / day Inside IR35 via Umbrella Skills and Experience Required Minimum 7-10 years' experience in enterprise network engineering within financial services or other highly regulated, mission-critical environments. Core Competencies: • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift networking (CNI plugins, eBPF, service mesh, ingress/egress controllers, network policies). • Strong experience in routing, switching, firewalling and load balancing with major vendor platforms (Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, A10/F5). • Cisco CCNP/CCIE • Proven experience supporting and integrating cloud platforms and cloud-native networking (AWS/Azure/GCP). Financial services experience • Deep expertise across core networking technologies and protocols, including: BGP, OSPF, VRF, VLANs, VXLAN, VPN, NAT, DNS, DHCP, Multicast. If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk