Network Team Lead 6-Month Contract
VIQU IT has a customer seeking an experienced Network Team Lead to join their team, combining strong hands on technical networking expertise with excellent leadership, planning, and stakeholder management skills.
This is a varied and hands on role where you will act as a senior figure within the Network team, supporting both business as usual (BAU) operations and the successful planning and delivery of network related projects and remediation activities. While remaining technically involved, this role will also require close collaboration with senior management, coordination across teams, and oversight of project and operational priorities.
Network Team Lead Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across the network infrastructure environment
- Support BAU network operations, ensuring performance, stability, and security
- Plan and deliver remediation and infrastructure improvement projects
- Coordinate incidents, changes, and operational priorities across the Network team
- Work closely with senior management and stakeholders to align technical and business priorities
- Manage vendor maintenance activities and assess operational impact
- Support workload planning, resource coordination, and project delivery
- Maintain clear communication with both technical and non technical stakeholders
Network Team Lead Skills & Experience
- Strong enterprise networking experience across routing, switching, and security
- Hands on technical expertise with Palo Alto, Aruba, Cisco Nexus, MPLS, and SolarWinds
- Previous experience in a senior or lead Network Engineering position
- Proven ability to plan, organise, and deliver technical projects
- Experience supporting BAU operations alongside project-based work
- Good understanding of ITSM processes including incident and change management
- Strong organisational and coordination skills with attention to detail
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly with senior leadership
About the Role
This role will require onsite presence in Glasgow 2 3 days per week.
The successful candidate will be someone who remains technically strong and hands on, while also being capable of leading initiatives, coordinating priorities, and acting as a key point of communication within the Network team and wider business.