Network Engineer, with a Cisco ACI focus.

Job Role: Network Engineer, with a Cisco ACI focus
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Length: 6 months +
Location: Remote
Day Rate: €340-400

About us
FT Select is a niche technology search and selection company, specialising in recruiting elite Sales Executives and high-end Technology specialists for high-growth tech businesses.

About the Company
We are helping to build a dedicated project delivery team for a leading global systems integrator with whom we have a successful, long-term partnership. We work with high-profile, high-availability organisations to provide high-end technology
specialists for complex IT projects.
This project is for a global financial services organisation.

Description of Role:
We are recruiting for an experienced Network Engineer with a Cisco ACI focus. Join a high-impact global initiative to moderniseload-balancing infrastructure for a leading financial services client. We’re assembling a skilled engineering team to deliver a fullscale upgrade of the F5 Big-IP estate.

Key Responsibilities
You will be involved with the fabric setup, configuration, policy management and troubleshooting. In addition, the
configuration of the firewall rules, static routes, scripting and automation.

Requirements & Skills
• BS degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience with IP networking and security devices.
• Good communication skills: verbal & written.
• Experience with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), including fabric setup, configuration, policy management, and troubleshooting
• Comprehensive knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP
• Experience with FortiGate Firewalls and FortiManager, including configuration of firewall rules and static routes
• Experience with scripting and automation tools (Python, Ansible) to develop custom scripts to streamline ACI and F5 deployments is highly desirable
• Excellent collaboration skills, ability to work closely with F5 migration engineers and Technical Leads, and willingness to support the F5 migration project
• Experience working in large organisations with mature processes and rigid change management framework

Desired Skills and Experience
• Some experience/exposure to F5 platforms
• Relevant certifications such as Cisco CCNP Data Center or specialist ACI credentials