Network Engineer

Job title: Network Engineer - SONiC / Advanced Networking
Day rate: £400-450 per day - Outside IR35 / Limited Company
Start date: Immediate
Duration: TBC - multiple projects
Location: Fully remote

Overview
We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to provide specialist network engineering. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud), advanced networking technologies and BGP routing.

Experience with Celestica SONiC is highly desirable; however, candidates with experience of other enterprise or community SONiC distributions will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and support SONiC based networking environments
• Troubleshoot and optimise Layer 2 and Layer 3 network infrastructure
• Configure and support BGP routing
• Support Software VPN implementations
• Diagnose and resolve network issues in a fast-paced project environment

Essential Skills

• Hands-on experience with SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud)
• Strong understanding of advanced networking principles
• Proven experience configuring and troubleshooting BGP
• Experience with Software VPN technologies
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Celestica SONiC
• Experience with Dell Enterprise SONiC or other enterprise/community SONiC distributions
• Linux networking
• EVPN/VXLAN
• FRRouting (FRR)
• Experience with white-box switching platforms
• Data centre networking experience