Senior Network Engineer

  • OpticoreIT Limited
  • 24/07/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Python Cisco Testing

Job Description

Opticore IT are currently searching for a Senior Network Engineer who is operating at a CCNP level with strong general routing and switching knowledge and experience delivering a variety of projects to join an enterprise financial services client. This opportunity is hybrid, with a HQ in Central London and requires travel initially around the UK for projects.

Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.

What you'll be doing
  • Required to travel for onsite deployments when required.
  • Working on multiple projects under the direction of the IT/Network Manager.
  • Deployment engineer supporting the following: DC exit program required this year (London), SDWAN rollout using Palo Alto Prisma (UK), WiFi refresh (UK), ISE refresh (London).
  • Working out of hours and some weekends for deployments.
  • Have and possess technical capability and experience to undertake tasks to complete the remaining migration tasks.
  • Create documentation for the remaining migration tasks.
  • Change planning including discovery, pre work, implementation, testing, validation and regression activities within Change Management guideline.
What you'll bring
  • Solid knowledge and hands on experience with Cisco networking technologies. Strong CCNP level capability.
  • Ability to configure, troubleshoot, and optimise enterprise grade routing and switching environments.
  • Good working experience with Palo Alto and firewalls.
  • Basic understanding of WiFi.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively with peers. Happy with UK wide travel when required.
What you'll gain

Here at Opticore IT we believe in investing in our team as we understand that we are only as great as our engineers, so learning and development is a big deal for us. Whether you're going for a CCNP, CCIE, HashiCorp, Python, Cloud Technology or anything in between, Opticore IT has your back with all our training, labs, courses, and shared knowledge and the most important part it's all free! On top of that, we also give you:

  • Competitive Salary & discretionary bonus.
  • 23 days holiday + bank holidays.
  • Private healthcare & dental.
  • Pension.
  • EV car, workplace nursery, tech, and cycle to work salary sacrifice schemes.
  • Team & Company Social events.
  • EMI share scheme.
Diversity

At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.

We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.