- Company Name
- Intec Select
- Job Title
- Contract Network Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Contract Network Engineer
**Role Summary**
Provide contract-based network engineering support for enterprise LAN/WLAN, VPN, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, firewall, and cloud networking (AWS/GCP). Maintain reliability, performance, and security of critical network infrastructure while supporting occasional systems administration duties.
**Expectations**
- Deliver 6‑12 month contract performance within agreed SLAs.
- Participate in UK on‑call rotation for post‑business‑hour incidents.
- Maintain clear documentation and knowledge sharing.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. Administer, operate, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure (LAN/WLAN, VPN, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, firewalls, AWS/GCP networking).
2. Monitor and troubleshoot performance, availability, and connectivity; own incident resolution end‑to‑end.
3. Support systems admin tasks (account provisioning, server patching, storage, backup troubleshooting) as needed.
4. Strengthen network security through policy enforcement, configuration audits, and best‑practice adherence.
5. Collaborate with IT Engineering on network design reviews and production hand‑offs.
6. Document configurations, SOPs, runbooks, and network diagrams.
**Required Skills**
- Enterprise network operations and troubleshooting.
- LAN/WLAN configuration, routing/switching, VLANs, DNS/DHCP.
- Routing protocols (BGP, VRRP/HSRP), TCP/UDP, LACP.
- Diagnostic tools (packet capture, troubleshooting utilities).
- Strong communication, documentation, and proactive problem‑solving.
- Willingness to perform occasional systems administration.
- Beneficial: Arista EOS/CloudVision, Palo Alto firewalls, 802.1x/RADIUS, zero‑trust concepts, infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform/Ansible), Git, monitoring tools (LogicMonitor, Grafana, Prometheus), AWS Direct Connect, GCP Interconnect.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Relevant certifications: CCNP, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, or Google Cloud Network Engineer.
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