Network Engineer

Network Engineer 6-month contract — London/remote

My high‑profile legal customer is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a combination of project delivery and business‑as‑usual operational activities within a complex enterprise environment.

This role requires a highly skilled network professional with strong troubleshooting capabilities and extensive experience across network, security, and load‑balancing technologies, including hands‑on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.

The Network Engineer should have a strong operational mindset, be comfortable working within enterprise environments, and be capable of independently owning complex network and security issues through to resolution.

• Experience working on projects and BAU tasks.
• Advanced hands‑on experience with Palo Alto firewalls, including Panorama management.
• Strong Fortinet Forti Gate administration and support expertise.
• Proven ability to configure and manage firewall policies, NAT rules, virtual routers, and virtual systems.
• Strong Cisco routing and switching background – troubleshooting BGP, Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking issues.
• Solid understanding of VRFs and MPLS environments.
• Nexus and Catalyst switch knowledge.
• Experience supporting and administering F5 GTM and LTM solutions.
• Experience with Riverbed WAN optimisation technologies.
• Familiarity with Solar Winds monitoring and management platforms.
• Ability to perform upgrades and maintenance across Palo Alto, Forti Gate, and F5 environments.
• Understanding of 802.1X authentication technologies.
• Experience supporting Aruba Clear Pass wireless solutions would be beneficial.
• Experience in the legal industry would be beneficial.